Manufacturing Quality Engineer

ITW•Corona, NM

3d•$74,800 - $100,980•Onsite

About The Position

Brooks Instrument is seeking a Manufacturing Quality Engineer based at its Corona, California location. Brooks Instrument is a division of ITW and manufactures flow and pressure instrumentation for critical applications across markets including oil and gas, petrochemical, medical devices, wastewater, life sciences, and analytical instruments. The Manufacturing Quality Engineer ensures manufacturing processes are performed correctly using appropriate tools, materials, and processes. The role plans, develops, applies, and maintains quality standards for manufacturing finished products. The successful candidate is self-directed, organized, analytical, and able to solve problems, manage multiple activities, and work with cross-functional teams while focusing on customer satisfaction. The role supports manufacturing and product quality through audits, quality-system documentation, customer and supplier quality activities, complaint and corrective-action resolution, statistical process analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement. It also serves as the quality representative on cross-functional new product development teams and supports department safety policies and procedures. Some domestic and/or international travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Experience in process writing and flow-charting.
Knowledge of statistical principles and their application; ability to use statistical analysis to assess process performance and drive improvements.
Experience performing data or statistical analysis using Excel, Minitab, or similar statistical programs.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Attention to detail and ability to work in a dynamic, changing environment.
Clear verbal and written communication skills.
Diplomacy and sensitivity when communicating with customers, suppliers, registrars, assessors, and auditors about quality improvement and corrective-action activities.
Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally.

Nice To Haves

Quality, industrial, or mechanical engineering degree specialization.
Three or more years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing facility, preferably in an ISO 9001 or third-party-certified manufacturing facility.
Project management experience.
ASQ certification as a Quality Engineer.
Experience in a manufacturing or test environment.
Minitab experience.
Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Access.
Training in interpersonal relationships, team building, group dynamics, and task coordination.

Responsibilities

Perform quality engineering functions and quality audits, and set quality standards for in-process and finished products and materials.
Participate in maintaining ISO 9001 documentation and perform internal quality-system audits to identify and correct deficiencies or non-conformances; provide Quality Certificate support as needed.
Review customer documentation to identify and ensure fulfillment of customer requirements, including copy-exact requirements.
Initiate plans, procedures, and actions to prevent or eliminate product and systemic quality problems.
Prepare slides for regular Quality review meetings and participate in quality improvement meetings.
Develop and administer department quality information, including auditing quality plans to identify and correct deficiencies.
Verify and approve department operating instructions and support understanding and application of those instructions.
Participate in customer visits, surveys, and audits.
Participate in supplier visits, surveys, and audits, and maintain the ASL.
Coordinate and evaluate annual product validations.
Coordinate timely resolution of customer quality issues and responses to customers.
Analyze customer complaints and field failures; coordinate corrective action using 8D, follow-up, reporting, and customer update meetings.
Track and follow up on corrective and preventive action (CAPA), customer complaints (CC), and failure analysis (FA).
Perform project-specific quality tasks, such as customer-required first article inspections and qualification test failure analysis, to ensure project compliance.
Drive or support resolution of internal and external quality issues with production, engineering, and other cross-functional team members.
Assist with resolving supplier quality problems.
Collect, analyze, and report data to understand and improve operational and quality performance and reduce the cost of poor quality.
Develop and monitor first-pass yield, scrap, and process-audit reports.
Use statistical process controls and techniques to reduce scrap and rework and drive continuous improvement.
Ensure quality-cost concepts are understood and executed.
Analyze data using SPC techniques, charts, Pareto analysis, histograms, and other methods.
Prepare and present analysis results and charts in presentation format.
Collect and maintain data for operational and quality key performance indicators.
Assess whether manufacturing processes and equipment can meet customer quality requirements by analyzing capability studies, control charts, and other statistical data.
Participate in and/or drive continuous-improvement initiatives, including initiatives related to product quality.
Report complex quality analyses and product or process non-conformances, and recommend or implement corrective actions and procedure changes.
Serve as the quality representative on the cross-functional team responsible for new product development.
Maintain and enhance department safety policies and procedures in line with Brooks' zero-accident safety policy.
Perform other duties as assigned.