Manufacturing Quality Engineer

RENSA FILTRATION INC•Aurora, IL

89d•Onsite

About The Position

The MANUFACTURING QUALITY ENGINEER is responsible for overseeing quality requirements and standards to support the development and manufacturing of products. This role requires spending over 50% of time on the manufacturing floor, understanding processes, and identifying root causes and corrective actions to reduce customer complaints and scrap. The position also involves ensuring production uptime and problem-solving.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred in an Engineering or Science field of study or 10 years of experience in related industry. Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering or equivalent (or Associate’s degree in these fields plus minimum 4 years industrial experience).
Minimum 3 years experience.
Broad knowledge of theory and principles of statistics and statistical process control.
Diverse knowledge of inspection and control methods, techniques and documentation.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
Strong computer skills including QA applications, word processing, spreadsheets and databases.

Responsibilities

Serve as Quality Assurance resource to department supervisor(s) for part inspection, problem identification, corrective action and continuous improvement.
Lead customer complaint root cause and corrective action investigation and implementation through on-the-floor process reviews.
Develop, apply and maintain quality requirements and standards for development and manufacturing products.
Support concurrent engineering efforts by participating in design development projects representing Quality Assurance and the customer.
Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
Assist in process and product certification.
Review customer purchase orders, contracts and change requests and ensure that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in quality and process plans.
Develop, execute and analyze quality-reporting measures.
Report to management on quality issues, trends and losses.
Respond to customer requests based on their requirements or regulatory needs.
Participate in internal and external quality audits.
Interface with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality assurance and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.
Participate in Materials Review Board (MRB).
May compile, write and deliver training material on quality standards and activities.