Quality Engineer I

Responsibilities

• Provide process efficiency and suitability analysis and input to manufacturing engineering and production management and supply base. Use the Warranty and NCP system for review and management of defective product and as a data source for decisions to issue Corrective Action Requests to suppliers (primarily internal). Support production process creation efforts in areas requiring quality control applications. Support the use of statistics for product improvement and process control (CP, Cpk). Act as Facilitator to the Corrective Action Board, providing data and Pareto analysis of problem parts and processes. Provide Plant Performance Measures for the Quality function.
• Assist in the implementation of the ISO 9000 system. Provide ongoing product, process, equipment and method creation/revision input to owners of quality management system element for inclusion in system documentation.
• Provide method design and impact analysis and input to manufacturing engineering and production management.
• Provide equipment capability analysis and qualification input to manufacturing engineering and production management.

Qualifications

• This position requires a four-year college degree or two-year college degree with 3 years’ experience and/or American Society of Quality (ASQ) (or equivalent) Certified Quality Engineer certification.
• Excellent computer literacy, word processing skills (MS Word) and spreadsheet skills (MS Excel) is needed for this position. Knowledge of databases (MS Access) is desired.
• Certain technical skills and training, such as quality tools and techniques, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), process capability theory and statistical process control (SPC) are required.
• The incumbent should have good communication skills, the ability to work effectively with people and the personal drive/sense of urgency necessary to provide needed support in the time frames demanded. This position requires an individual with the flexibility and freedom to travel (up to 25% travel).