What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at First Search Inc.?
This position exists to develop, implement, maintain, maximize and continuously improve manufacturing capability for Industrial and Aerospace Bearing Manufacturing in conformance to ISO9001:2015 and AS9100 Rev. D quality systems. This position has responsibility for quality planning, quality supervision, and cost of quality reduction activities.
Responsibilities
- Maintain AS9100 Rev. D and ISO9001:2015 quality systems, and resolve AS, ISO, and NADCAP issues.
- Participate in customer and third-party audits of the Shiloh Plant quality system.
- Oversee nonconforming products through active participation with the material review board, scrap mitigation, and internal failure management.
- Lead quality planning activities for new products to meet AS9100, ISO9001:2015, NADCAP, and customer requirements.
- Investigate and respond promptly to product quality and manufacturing issues, and address customer inquiries and complaints.
- Conduct Deep Dive analyses on systemic issues and implement root cause corrective actions.
- Train associates on quality system procedures and work instructions.
- Communicate effectively to resolve quality system issues within local operations, other locations, business units, customers, and suppliers.
- Assist with responsibilities in metrology and calibration labs.
- Manage gauge systems, including calibration, gauge MSA activities, and troubleshooting production gauging.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required
- Minimum two years quality engineering in a manufacturing environment
- Certified Quality Engineer - preferred
- Experience with and understanding of quality core tools (e.g., FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, PPAPs, etc.)
- Skill in quality planning from new product introduction to current product advancement
- Understanding of quality systems requirements of AS9100, ISO 9001, NADCAP, etc.
- Blueprint reading skills and knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Experience with gauge calibration monitoring software Indysoft Insite - preferred
- Experience with other fundamental quality tools (pareto charts, cause and effect diagrams, 8D, 5-Why, etc.)
- Auditing skills and ability to evaluate compliance to quality standards
- Ability to apply logic, reasoning, and data analysis to solve complex problems
- Project management skills and ability to lead a team to implement actions for improvement
