Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Reports to: Specified Supervisor of Business Unit

FLSA Status: EXEMPT

Schedule: Monday through Friday (8:00a to 5:00p) extended hours may be required to support business needs

Primary duties and responsibilities:

• Develop, apply and maintain quality requirements and standards for the development and manufacture of products.
• Serve as the primary quality assurance for all issues pertaining to the quality of the product from incoming inspection of supplier's material to the final inspection of products.
• Maintain all quality records and documentation in accordance with the quality manual and specific customer requirements.
• Support concurrent engineering efforts by participating in design development projects representing quality assurance and the customer.
• Design, document and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
• Promote and execute quality standards, inspection processes, and test methodology, quality plans, documents and reports. Assist in process certification.
• Develop, execute and analyze quality-reporting measures.
• Report to management on quality issues, trends and losses.
• Review customer purchase orders and specifications, change requests and contracts and ensure that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in the quality and process plans.
• Review suppliers purchase orders and establish supplier quality requirements.
• Conduct internal quality audits within the department.
• Interface with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality assurance and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.
• Serve as the quality assurance representative to the Materials Review Board.
• Maintain calibration records for mechanical and electrical test equipment within the department.
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
• Must demonstrate regular and predictable attendance.

Education, prior work experience and specialized skills and knowledge:

• Has basic experience in CAD & Excel.
• Basic understanding of Quality corrective action methodologies.
• Engineering degree in quality assurance engineering is PREFERRED.
• Two (2) or more years of progressively responsible manufacturing, industrial, or quality experience in a manufacturing environment preferably with fabrication, metal stamping, robotic, MIG, and resistance welding / assembly experience.

Physical environment/working conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other (e.g., customer contact or access to confidential information): Must be able to work as part of a team. Must maintain confidentiality when working with the Executive Management/Plant Management Team on assignments.