Quality Process Flowline Lead: Non-Conforming Material

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a one-hundred year one, driven by aspiration, hunger, and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, test, and ensure quality as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for everyone! If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when there’s an obstacle, we learn and overcome it together; and when you win, we all win - then we’re eager to hear from you!

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Work Location: Remote US / Reporting Location: Windsor, CT.

Shift: 2nd shift M-F; some flexibility

Industry: Aero-Engine (i.e. gas turbine / turbomachinery)

Requirements: Minimum 6 years relevant to role and 4-year tech degree OR 9 years relevant to role with 2-year tech degree.

Primary Role: The flow line lead will own and manage a process flowline used to evaluate non-conforming Aero-Engine components for potential path for acceptance and to do so to contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPI). This high-level process coordination/monitoring role offers opportunities for developing skills, knowledge and experience in this exciting industry. In this role, the person will work directly with globally based internal and external stakeholders. This role also includes relationship building with specialist areas to understand flow bottlenecks, identify and deliver process improvements, drive LEAN behaviors to enable on-time delivery and increased service value.

• Gather, compile, process, and portray Quality Engineering (technical) data that helps ensure part/process quality are achieved and sustained. Efforts support/conveyed to others.
• Comfortable interacting w/ multiple computer systems / software
• Have an aptitude for process-oriented work along with a mindset for doing things right, a desire to see things through, an eye for continuous improvement. A history of doing so successfully in a customer facing, service-oriented, environment
• Collaboratively engage daily with your Peers and Management
• Assist w/ review of other’s work
• Maintain Integrity & Ethics in all situations
• Generate Continuous Improvement ideas to reduce “Cost of Poor Quality”
• Building customer relations

Help Quest Global grow while you learn and develop your career

• Relevant experience in: Quality Management System, Part Qualification (QA), Non-Conformance Management, and/or Continuous Improvement (Development).
• Using Flow Line Management Software / Tools
• Manage multi-faceted and high-volume processes
• Advanced Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook (macros, pivot tables, VB Coding)
• Entering, probing, and extracting technical data within a MRP / ERP system (SAP preferred)
• Self-motivated, disciplined, and organized - with ability to focus on semi-repetitive tasks

Desired Skills / Attributes:

• Knowledge of gas turbine engine workings, design, manufacturing, and MRO
• Read Engineering prints and comprehend associated Quality Requirements
• Gaging experience (manual, visual, computer based, Inspection Planning, SPC, Gage R&R, etc)
• Operating in procedure based and regulatory controlled environments

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Office and/or Shop Floor Environments
• Lift / Transport 25 lb (if/when working on-site)
• Common activities include sitting, walking, and standing
• Typically includes substantial amounts of computer work – but can also include hands-on activities (e.g. lifting, inspecting, transporting, etc)
• Heavily Regulated Industry with strict adherence to procedures and standard work
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late, arriving early, OT
• Ability to use personal transportation (work, customer, other)
• Full-Time salary role (40hr/wk) w/ company benefits and paid OT.
• Shift: M-F. Unpaid Lunch.
• Due to customer’s work classification and security, candidate’s citizenship status must be: “U.S. Citizen”
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.