What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Quality Engineer position at Optimas Solutions?
Description
SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER
Position Overview
The Quality Engineering Lab Manager requires experience in the core quality tools, leadership, and managing their assigned workload. This role requires someone to be a self-starter as well as give and take direction when needed.
- Customer and Supplier Quality Management: Lead managing complex quality issues with customers and suppliers. The role serves as the customer and supplier liaison for quality related issues.
- Collaboration and Communication: Working closely with other disciplines (i.e. manufacturing, operations, supply chain, etc.) to address quality-related issues.
- Quality Assurance and Improvement: Leading innovative initiatives that increase customer satisfaction, contribute to business objectives, and build stronger customer relationships.
- Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams.
- Professional Skills and Attributes: The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical, communication, and leadership skills. The role suits a collaborative, self-directed individual who is passionate about quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement, thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative work environment.
Responsibilities
- Customer and Supplier Interaction: Address customer and supplier quality issues and concerns.
- Problem Solving: Investigate root causes of quality issues and collaborate with others in developing solutions.
- Continuous Improvement: Create and Implement process improvements.
- Process Compliance: Comply to Optimas established processes.
- Managing and Reporting KPIs: Review and take action to meet assigned Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s.
- Process Monitoring and Control: Monitor manufacturing and operational processes to ensure adherence to quality standards and Optimas standard operating procedures.
- Data Collection and Analysis: Collect quality-related data, perform trend analysis, identify and lead opportunities for improvement.
- Documentation: Maintain required documentation for quality systems and procedures.
- Learning and Development: Continuously learn and apply quality engineering concepts and techniques.
- Audits: Conduct Internal Audits and LPAs.
- Product Knowledge: Understanding the manufacturing of the product as well as heat treatment, surface coatings, and locking/sealing patches.
Key Activities
- Responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
- Creating and Managing CAR records (8D responses).
- Managing supplier responses to corrective actions.
- Reporting and managing assigned customer and internal KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
- Conducting Root Cause Analysis
- Dispositioning Quality Inventory.
- Updating quality records (3 panels).
- Managing Sort and Rework Requests
- Supporting Disruption and Deviation Tracking
- Managing quarantine material (MRB).
- Completing and submitting PPAPs customers.
- And other activities assigned by manager.
Key Competencies
- Customer Orientation.
- Analytical Skills (analyze data, identify trends)
- Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Clear and effective Communication
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Project Management.
- Drive for Results.
- Responsiveness/Sense of Urgency.
- High Sense of Accountability.
- Balance workload
- Timely and Quality Decision Making.
- Presentation Skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Science/Engineering or equivalent, Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- Skilled in blueprint reading; GD&T knowledge advantageous.
- 10 years in a quality role or equivalent performance; CQE certification a plus.
- 10 years of experience in manufacturing quality.
- Demonstrated understanding of fact-based decision making and analytical processes related to quality management and process improvement.
- Advanced in Continuous Improvement processes: 5 Whys and Root Cause Analysis.
- Advanced Core Quality Tools: APQP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, PPAP.
- Internal or process auditing experience: IATF 16949 and LPAs.
- Computer Proficiency: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Minitab, ERP, Tableau, Minitab.
- Automotive industry experience preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Physical Demands/Travel
- Domestic travel (car/air) Infrequent. Up to 10%.
To Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Optimas does not accept unsolicited CVs or applications from agencies. Optimas is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs or applications and reserves its right to contact candidates presented via unsolicited CV or application.
Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary : $90,000 - $110,000
