Sr Quality Engineer

Quality Engineering Manager

Oversee the Quality Engineering Team and fulfill engineering responsibilities associated with process and product quality control and enhancement. This role involves close collaboration with manufacturing, quality, purchasing personnel, external suppliers, and customers.

Essential Responsibilities

1. Lead or actively participate in projects aimed at enhancing the operation, instrumentation, or control of the entire manufacturing process.
2. Initiate and supervise cost-reduction and improvement initiatives.
3. Manage nonconforming materials, administer the quarantine system, and initiate corrective actions. Participate in the Material Review Board.
4. Provide quality support for EB, PAM, VAR, and Powder products, encompassing tasks such as certification (product release), melt releases, and conversion work orders.
5. Investigate and address customer quality issues.
6. Contribute to the internal quality audit program.
7. Assist in regulatory and external audits.
8. Initiate and oversee quality control for new manufacturing technologies and inspection processes.
9. Regularly generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on quality maintenance.
10. Initiate Management of Change (MOC) and Manufacturing Process Experiments (MPE) for product quality control.
11. Assist with customer complaints, audits, and corrective actions, including investigations into quality problems.
12. Support the needs of direct reports.
13. Serve as a weekend Quality Duty Officer on a rotating basis.

Additional Responsibilities

None at this time.

Qualifications and Competencies

1. Analytical: Proficient in analyzing complex information, collecting and researching data, and using both intuition and experience to complement data. Capable of designing workflows and procedures.
2. Accountability: Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Acknowledges and rectifies mistakes, avoiding excuses or blame-shifting. Carries a fair share of the workload and fulfills commitments.
3. Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, effectively manages competing demands, and adjusts approaches to fit the situation. Handles frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.
4. Managing People: Includes staff in planning, decision-making, and process improvement. Takes responsibility for subordinates' activities, provides regular performance feedback, and fosters a quality-focused culture.
5. Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities, exhibits objectivity, welcomes feedback, and contributes to building a positive team spirit. Prioritizes the success of the team.
6. Interpersonal Skills: Focuses on conflict resolution, maintains confidentiality, listens without interrupting, keeps emotions in check, and remains open to new ideas.
7. Continuous Improvement: Actively seeks opportunities to examine and enhance aspects of the business. Plans and implements change, seeks feedback on its effectiveness, and provides support to other managers seeking improvement.
8. Cost Consciousness: Operates within budget constraints, contributes to profitability, implements cost-saving measures, and conserves organizational resources.
9. Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes ownership of actions, keeps commitments, and completes tasks on time or communicates alternate plans.
10. Delivers Results: Sets and achieves goals and objectives, takes actions in support of these goals, and ensures actions are aligned with objectives.
11. Effective Decision Making: Analyzes complex problems and uses functional expertise to make effective decisions, even in uncertain situations.
12. Efficiency: Effectively plans, organizes work, and manages time to meet deadlines and achieve targets. Maintains well-organized materials, anticipates and eliminates roadblocks, and completes tasks efficiently.
13. Quality: Demonstrates accuracy, seeks ways to improve quality, applies feedback for performance improvement, and monitors own work to ensure quality standards are met.
14. Safety and Environmental Awareness: Performs work safely, identifies and rectifies hazards, uses personal protective equipment, and maintains an organized and safe work area. Adheres to safety regulations and considers the safety of others.
15. Leadership: Exhibits confidence in self and others, motivates and inspires team members, influences actions and opinions, accepts feedback, and recognizes the contributions of others.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in an engineering-related field.
• Five or more years of manufacturing experience within a quality department.
• Experience in the metals industry is advantageous.
• Proficiency in statistical software such as Minitab is preferred.