Quality Engineer

Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for the maintenance of Quality Standards to ensure the building of the highest quality product most efficiently, meeting company performance standards, customer specifications, and delivery deadlines, in accordance with company policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supports Manufacturing and Engineering in the identification, control, and documentation of identified in-process or final characteristics to ensure a product that meets customer requirements.
• Directs activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for industrial processes, materials, and products.
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
• Creates sampling procedures and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of product; devises methods to assess cost and responsibility.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.
• Provides training and mentoring to employees regarding the quality system and compliance with quality management standards.
• May specialize in areas of quality control engineering, such as design, incoming material, process control, product evaluation, product reliability, inventory control, metrology (e.g., CMM programming and complex gaging), research and development, and administrative application.
• Ensures the integrity of inspection, measuring, and test equipment, including proper use, care, and handling and writing calibration procedures.
• Manages the quality system audit function; facilitate and take part in any NADCAP, CASE, FAA, customer, internal or any other audit that is required; facilitate the responses to customer complaints by supporting Manufacturing and Engineering during the investigations.
• Creates the paperwork and tracks all customer deviation requests (RMRA’s etc.).
• Facilitates internal, external, and supplier corrective actions to ensure timely responses that will eliminate the causes of the rejection.
• Interacts with other departments to provide assistance and guidance on quality issues; participates in engineering, production, quality, and management meetings when needed.
• Controls/adds methods of measure to Ace Precision Inspection Methods Sheet (IMS) program.
• Manages APQP and PPAP compliance requirements as defined for assigned customer products or other specified products as assigned.
• Performs measurement system analysis (MSA) on inspection methodology to ensure inspection accuracy/precision at a proficient level. Makes quantitative based decisions from analysis results and reverifies desired results.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of and conformity to Ace Precision Quality System Work Instruction requirements that govern quality operations.
• Maintains or exceeds production standards through organization and planning.
• Follows and complies with safety rules, regulations, and work instructions.
• Accurately completes all required documentation.
• Meets attendance policy requirements.
• Contributes to team effort by assisting in areas as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

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, if the company can do so without undue hardship.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Quality Engineering or other manufacturing or technical field, as well as a minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification desired. Knowledge of quality systems and technical skills in process quality engineering, certification in Quality Engineering and computer literacy in Microsoft Windows and Office Applications is essential. Experience with CMM programming and advanced metrology a plus.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as specifications, blueprints, computer programs, process control sheets, routings, and procedure manuals. Ability to communicate effectively with other employees of the organization and maintain positive employee/employer relations. Ability to respond to technical inquiries, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts of algebra, geometry, and advanced shop mathematics. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Requires considerable initiative and decision-making judgment.
 

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