Quality Engineer

Why Steele Solutions?

At Steele Solutions, we design and manufacture innovative material handling and workplace infrastructure solutions that help leading organizations improve operational efficiency, productivity, and safety. Our success is driven by a team of skilled professionals committed to continuous improvement, collaboration, and execution excellence.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Technician, you'll play a critical role in supporting production operations through process improvement, equipment optimization, and implementation of manufacturing best practices. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance teams while helping drive efficiency, quality, and growth throughout our manufacturing facilities.

Summary

Under the direction of the Quality Systems, Compliance and CI Manager, the Quality Assurance Engineer coordinates and monitors production/process accuracy and end product quality while delivering quality plans to assure customer compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Works with Design, Production Engineering, IT and Manufacturing to define and improve design, system and manufacturing processes.
• Develops and works within QMS software
• Prepare qualification test plans and procedures based on requirements
• Designs or specifies inspection and testing tools and devices.
• Oversees qualification activities and write qualification test reports.
• Performs internal audits of procedures and manuals.
• Investigates and implements corrective action for process and hardware problems.
• Lead DFMA events
• Lead FMEA processes and actions
• Designs and implements quality assurance sampling systems, procedures and statistical techniques
• Perform internal and external vendor audits
• Contacts customers and vendors and resolves complaints arising from inferior quality.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required
• At least 2 years of experience in Quality Assurance is required
• ASQ – CQT or CQPA preferred
• Experience developing Quality Plans preferred
• Knowledge of AISC standard quality systems preferred.
• Knowledge of AWS Welding Code helpful

General skills

• Detail orientation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational and analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required
• Experience working within a QMS system (Qualio, QT-9, Pilgrim, QCBD)

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, customers, vendors and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requires the use of hearing and eye protection when in the plant While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach above shoulders; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Steele Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. We are committed to maintaining a lawful workforce and verify employment eligibility for all newly hired employees in accordance with federal requirements.