Quality Systems Engineer (Group)

Why Badger Meter?
 

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource.  For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient.  Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!

Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.  

We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource. 
 

What You Will Contribute:
 

We are looking for a senior level Quality Systems Engineer (Group) at our Milwaukee Headquarters! Are you a seasoned professional with a passion for innovation and excellence? Do you have the drive to define, improve, and maintain cutting-edge quality systems that shape the future of our products and services?

In this pivotal role, you'll be at the heart of our mission, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and environmental sustainability. As a key player in our U.S. and Foreign Operations, you'll provide technical direction and support continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with internal and external customers to uphold Badger Meter's core values.

Your impact will be felt across the organization as you establish key relationships, develop new data analytics tools, support New Product Development, and drive advanced product quality planning. With your expertise in process development, data analytics, and quality systems, you'll mentor and lead our teams to new heights of performance and excellence.

Join us in this exciting journey and become a part of a dynamic team that is dedicated to making a difference. If you have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, 5 years of relevant experience, and a passion for quality and innovation, we want to hear from you!

 Job Duties:

• Establish and foster key relationships throughout the organization enabling effective performance to execute on commitments, deliver results, and drive critical issues simultaneously.

• Maintain a safe working environment (within the department and across sites).

• Establish a Data Analytics steering committee, leverage key users to develop new tools and/or metrics.

• Within the context of Quality Data Analytics, establish a knowledge transfer strategy that creates "how to" manuals for users and developers, support the transition of administrative tasks like monthly and quarterly reports.

• Support SQDCE metric development and collaborate cross functionally within a multi-site environment.

• Support New Product Development (NPD) teams to identify, schedule, and execute all quality related deliverables.

• Provide launch/post launch data analytics ensuring quality system preparedness of people, process, and systems.

• Provide Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) guidance to NPD, Group, and Site teams.

• Define and Improve NPD processes and establish NPD launch metrics.

• Provide technical guidance to create, review, and improve Badger Meter quality acceptance standards (QAS).

• Identify key industry standards and leverage them to drive uniformity within Badger Meter practices.

• Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities that drive product and process standardization while eliminating and/or minimizing non-conformances.

• Support inspection/test methodologies that demonstrate our capability of meeting/exceeding quality requirements.

• Track quality performance through the analysis of established and new metrics

• Provide timely disposition of non-conformances and assess the effectiveness of corrective/preventive actions.

• Lead training needs with APQP, problem-solving, root cause analysis, process capability, measurement system analysis, and other data analytic techniques.

• Mentor group and site quality teams to develop skills and expand capabilities.

• Up to 25% Travel with some International

Education and Experience:

• 5 years of preferred experience in Process Development, Data Analytics, Quality etc.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Business Intelligence Tools

• Lean Six Sigma practitioner, Black Belt certification preferred

• Strong Project Management Skills, certification preferred

• Proficiency with MS Office and related products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio)

• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

• Proficiency with Statistical Process Techniques, Failure Analysis, and Process Validation.

• Advanced data analytic techniques utilizing Excel, Minitab, MicroStrategy, Power-BI, SQL  

• Knowledge in Quality Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 17025, AS9100)

Competencies:

• Collaboration: Work collaboratively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.

• Understanding of project contractual obligations, particularly with respect to product shipping, inventory and invoicing.

• Communication: Convey information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listen actively to others.

• Initiating Action: Take prompt action to accomplish work goals; take action to achieve results beyond what is required; be proactive.

• Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in a manufacturing/office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment.

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Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:

• Competitive Pay

• Annual Bonus

• Eligible for Annual Pay Increases

• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage 

• 15 days Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays  

• Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation.  In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!

• Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more 

• Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 

• Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.  

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