Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Overview:

At HandyTube Corporation, we are seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our quality department, you will be responsible for driving a culture that promotes quality processes and responsibilities throughout the organization.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment. You will be responsible for planning, developing, implementing, communicating, and maintaining our quality management systems, policies, documentation, data, and customer-specific requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing company, where you will have the chance to make a real impact on our quality processes and contribute to our success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote Safety as the Number One Priority of all HandyTube employees
• Drive a culture that educates and promotes quality processes and responsibilities for all
• Execute root cause analysis and timely resolutions on customer complaints, returns and scrap
• Plans and conducts analysis, inspections, tests and integration of quality assurance into processes
• Applies statistical process control methods to analyze data to make improvements to current processes
• Ensure process and practices conform to various ASTM and customer specifications, as well as, ISO9001, BV, AS9100, NADCAP, Norsok and other certifications and procedures.
• Creates, develops, updates, trains, and inspects SOP's and visual work instructions.
• Preparation of inspection reports
• Coordination and performance of internal process/product audits
• Conduct new supplier quality onsite audits
• Log and follow-up supplier quality complaints
• Evaluate the effectiveness of supplier corrective/preventive actions
• Performs other tasks as assigned
• Create and update SOPs and VWI
• Overall support of the quality department
• Evaluating current processes
• Assist with action items
• Creating reports and slides

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in material science, mechanical or industrial engineering or a related field.
• Junior, or Senior in Engineering Program
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong academic background in mechanical engineering principles and design
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Uses strong, creative critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Analytical- capable of designing experiments, data collection, analysis and interpretation
• Technical writing capability
• Can do attitude
• Analytical skills
• Able to understand the needs of the total organization- 'Big Picture'
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills required
• Ability to learn and utilize ERP and other software systems
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and willingness to learn
• Ability to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects and tools, reach with hands and arms, and regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Knowledge and or ability to learn operating measurement equipment
• Willingness to spend time on the manufacturing floor and have a hand on approach.
• Positive attitude, good judgment and excellent time management skills
• Less than 15% travel may be required
• Must work a minimum of 20 hours a week