What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Quality Engineer position at Barnes Group?
Core Responsibilities:
· Lead the expansion and sustainment of a committed quality culture throughout the value chain through influence and management skills.
· Ensure that all manufacturing and quality processes and tooling conform to customer, organizational, and governmental standards.
· Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs to produce legacy products.
· Assist the quality team with MRR and quality clinic processes.
· Manage pre-production validation package for Customer approval: First Article Inspection
or Production Part Approval Process (knowledge of AS9102 a plus).
· Ensure the centers of excellence and vendor quality systems consistently meet or exceed
customer regulatory requirements, AS-9100 Quality Management System, special
processes, and other customer specific requirements.
· Lead containment, root cause analysis, corrective, and preventive actions (RCCA/CAPA);
train and mentor other associates and suppliers to perform effective problem solving using
standard tools (8D, 3P and 5Why, etc.).
· Manage the quality metrics, cost of poor quality to achieve business goals and optimize return on investment.
· Lead, participate in and facilitate cross-functional teams on process control and optimization projects to stabilize and improve first passed yield; participate in other continuous improvement projects (i.e., Kaizen, Baseline, and Production Preparation Process (3P).
· Responsible for overseeing inspectors, and assisting inspectors with day-to-day processes.
· Assist Quality Manager with MRO tasks such as internal audits, customer audits, quality metric generation and reporting.
· Comfortability leading team meetings, and assisting with leadership activities.
Qualifications:
· 7-10 year’s experience in Quality in a manufacturing environment.
· Managerial experience; cross-functional experience in precision machining a plus.
· Three to five years of supervisory experience is a plus.
· CMM experience/knowledge is a plus.
· Demonstrated leadership effectiveness.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate change effectively.
· Knowledge of FAA parts 145 repair station requirements preferred.
Education Requirements:
· BA or BS in technical field preferred; or equivalent work experience.
