Quality Engineer

Thompson First Group is currently seeking a qualified Quality Manager for a local client in Salisbury, MD.

Position Overview:

• Handles major projects; participates in high-level cross-functional teams.
• Develops inspection and testing processes and procedures.
• Writes, edits, reviews and/or approves quality controlled documents.
• Applies strategic decision-making skills to identify performance gaps and establish goals and objectives to successfully meet the organization's expectations.
• Plans and conducts effective benchmarking, and applies lessons learned.
• Identifies and champions state-of-the-art world-class concepts in quality business processes and continuous improvement.
• Performs reliability analyses such as MTBF calculations and FMEAs.
• Participates in advanced quality planning (e.g. FMEA, QFD, DOE) during design, contract, and process reviews.
• Applies the theory of statistical variation - e.g. ANOVA, t-test, f-test. Interfaces with sales, engineering Customers, and Suppliers.
• Provides input to the contract review process.
• Provides diagnostic research; analyzes data, identifies trends, and suggests corrective and preventive actions.
• Systematically analyzes complex process problems and develops/evaluates alternative solutions.
• Acts as Lead Internal Auditor and/or Lead Auditor for supplier audits.
• Acts as technical interface between design engineering, mechanical engineering, purchasing agent and the supplier.
• May prepare budgets. Integrates quality and statistical tools with lean manufacturing methodologies.
• Effectively presents information to all levels of the company in electronic, oral, and/or written form.
• May have supervisory responsibility.

Qualifications Summary:

• BS degree in a technical discipline with 5 years of quality-related experience.
• Ability to clearly communicate with tact and sensitivity; ability to write succinctly; ability to make presentations and respond to sensitive inquiries.
• Ability to apply advanced statistical techniques.
• Ability to read drawings, blueprints and schematics.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Lean manufacturing experience.
• Strong to expert user of Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal day-to-day direction.
• Ability to manage via influence rather than title.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and manage interactions across diverse groups, e.g. engineers, sales, finance, marketing.
• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer, and ASQ Certified Green Belt highly desirable

Physical Demands:

Described here are characteristics representative of those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Overnight and abroad travel may be required less than 25% of the time.
• Work is sedentary. Typically the employee may sit comfortably to do the work.
• No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Thompson First Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.