Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Are you a Quality professional looking to join an amazing team and make a difference?

Join a team where your skills in problem solving, leadership, and quality process and principles directly impact production efficiency, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement every day.

Apex Placement & Consulting has partnered with an exciting manufacturing organization looking to add a QUALITY ENGINEER to their already amazing team. Their primary responsibility will be to build collaborative relationships between the supplier, customer and plant, implementation and improvement of statistical methods, quality cost analysis, specification and procedure development, following ISO/IATF requirements, effective problem solving and assisting with plant quality audits. Keep reading for more details!

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

• 1st shift 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Competitive hourly wage
• Temporary position up to 12 months

• WHAT YOUR DAY WILL LOOK LIKE:

• Acts as liaison between Manufacturing, Operational Quality and Engineering relative to customer specifications, customer quality requirements and customer problems.
• Monitor all manufacturing processes through audits and daily evaluations, to ensure that processes are being followed and short cuts are not being taken, jeopardizing the quality of our product.
• Review and diagnosis defective material rejected during manufacturing process, customer returns, warranty analysis and supplier.
• Identify the root cause and systematic corrective actions and updating of applicable documentation.
• Provide customer support on existing and new programs, engineering changes and deviations (as needed)
• Possess a high level of interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence to work effectively within team environment to motivate and elicit work output.
• Assist in maintaining IATF16949 status while driving customer scorecard improvements.
• Track and manage KPI’s assigned in the plant to improve FTT / OEE / Scrap and D/T related to quality for assigned customers.
• Practice and promote safe work practices throughout the plant.
• Review statistical data and present in a graphical format.
• Assist plants in implementation of statistical methods and quality improvement programs
• Assist in conducting annual plant audits (VDA, LPA and IATF) systems surveys, assist in providing feedback to improve Quality procedures and systems
• Continually strive to improve: testing methods, tooling, and equipment through statistical sampling, that will ensure adequate quality in our manufactured product.
• Remain flexible with daily activities to handle emergency issues as they arrive
• Travel as necessary to customers and suppliers to control problem areas
• Coach and support quality inspectors, techs and CMM operators / programmers to effectively execute responsibilities and process adherence.
• Update and maintain control plans.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering related field and / or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years’ experience in automotive quality focusing on assembly.
• 2 years’ minimum inspection experience
• ASQC Certifications preferred with commitment to continual education
• IATF 16949, VDA Auditor preferred.
• Demonstrated excellent problem solving, leadership, organizational, oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent problem solving and leadership skills
• Must have working knowledge of manufacturing and quality processes and principles (ISO/IATF), including automotive industry standards.
• Requires experience in product and process failure analysis(FMEA) and an understanding of quality techniques such as SPC, Core Tools, Kaizen, DOE, etc.
• Must have demonstrated a record of achievement in problem solving with production teams
• Excellent verbal communication, presentation, training and leadership skills
• Experience with North American German, Japanese OEM’s preferred - GM, Ford, Stellantis, Honda, Nissan, Daimler, BMW etc…

At Apex, we actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Your unique experiences and perspectives are valuable to us, and we’re excited to see how you might contribute to our team. While we have outlined a set of qualifications for this role, we recognize that experience and skills can come from a variety of backgrounds. If you meet most of these qualifications and are eager to learn and grow with us, we invite you to apply.