What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Confidential?
The Quality Engineer oversees all Quality Assurance functions at the Plant level throughout the product launch and life-time cycles. The Quality Engineer works closely with internal and external customers to ensure products and processes meet predetermined specifications.
Responsibilities
- Establish and improve procedures for maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and safety.
- Determine and enforce quality and safety requirements in accordance with real company needs, based on current regulations and product development.
- Organize and promote companywide quality improvement efforts.
- Support implementation and maintenance of the company quality system.
- Reporting on the performance of the quality system for review and as a basis for improvement of the quality system.
- Act as liaison with external parties on matters relating to the quality system.
- Participates and understands APQP activity and requirements at the plant level regarding the development and documentation of Process Flow, PFMEA and the Control Plans, including, preparing and submitting PPAPs.
- Facilitates the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of Quality Control work instructions.
- Monitors and reports on both internal and external scrap and Returned Material.
- Facilitates and assists the preparation, implementation, and maintenance of an effective statistical methods program.
- Supports the training of value stream personnel in the use of statistical methods.
- Leads quality improvement by establishing methods of data collection, control charting, dimensional inspection, documentation, or other experimental design techniques.
- Support the activities of the AS / ISO Administrator in relation to maintaining the QMS.
- Monitors products, trends, scorecards and key indicators to meet customer and quality requirements.
- Monitor the Quality Management System for conformance to customer, internal, IATF 16949, and regulatory / legal requirements.
- Report to management on the performance of the QMS (e.g., results of quality audits, corrective actions), including the need for improvement.
- Facilitates the timely response to customer corrective action requests associated with returned product.
- Work with customers, employees, contractors, and outsourcing firms to develop product requirements as needed.
- Actively participate in production meetings with the sales, engineering, programming and manufacturing teams.
- Identify areas for Quality Control improvement and implement new methods accordingly.
- Ability to troubleshoot and program CMMs utilizing PC-DMIS.
- Work from oral and / or written instructions, prints, and sketches.
- Take critical measurements using gauges, fixtures and other measurement tools.
- Work with CMM technicians to develop and train them in necessary skills including basic programming, GD&T, print reading and measurement concepts and techniques.
- Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.
Please note that the duties and requirements described herein are intended to represent general contents of this job. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties and responsibilities.
Qualifications
The Company offers competitive salaries with full benefits, including health / dental / vision / life / disability, PTO, and 401k with employer match.
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
