Quality Engineer

QUALITY ENGINEER

This is an international client based in Europe. They are rapidly growing and very profitable. Ranked number 1 in their industry.

Quality Engineer Position Summary:

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing the quality operations. Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality standards for products and processes. Provides statistical information for quality improvement by gathering data on trends and root cause analysis. Responsible to guide technical evaluation, analysis, and related data acquisition processes to ensure plant quality objectives are achieved.

Scope/Supervision and Interaction:

Reports to Product & Process Manager. Interfaces with Product Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality staff.

Responsibilities:

Assesses quality performance (or cost-of-quality) using statistical and analytical methods. Devises and implements various methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, reliability and accuracy of products, processes and production equipment.

Develops and establishes quality systems and procedures, inspection plans, quality performance trends, statistical plans, cost estimates and technical quality plans for proposals. Ensures that project and/or process control documentation is compliant with requirements and/or contract.

Determines the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications by performing statistical analyses.

Provides input on quality to product development (P2) teams.

Identifies quality performance, trends and corrective action by coordinating with customers and suppliers. Ensures compliance to specified quality requirements by performing in-house and supplier audits and surveys. Develops and initiates programs to improve supplier performance.

Analyzes proposed changes in methods and materials. Creates training material and conducts training sessions.

Participates in failure analysis and corrective action investigations.

Represents company by interfacing with customers, assisting with internal and external audits. May act as main contact in audit. Develops and coordinates corrective action procedures and plans.

Makes quality-related customer and vendor visits and contacts as required.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Engineering or a related discipline.

Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through two or more years of related experience.

Thorough knowledge of quality inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts and general business operations.

Ability to effectively assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions.

Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Six Sigma and Lean experience is desired.

Experience in maintaining and improving ISO9001:2015 Systems.

Experience with Compliance in CFR820 regulated environment preferred. Equal

 

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, life, 401K, STD and LTD. We are looking for professional, growth-oriented people who can work in team settings as well as independently.