Quality Engineer Associate

M.C. Dean, Inc•Manassas, VA

About The Position

The Quality Engineer Associate documents, manages, implements, and institutionalizes the Quality Assurance plan for an assigned business unit and/or service center. The role incorporates and leads M.C. Dean’s Quality Management System on assigned projects, including control of documents and records, management of nonconforming installations, and initiation, follow-up, and closure of corrective and preventive actions. The associate develops and implements project-specific quality plans, partners with project teams to understand project scope, and leads the 3-Phase Quality Control Process. Responsibilities also include inspections, quality data collection and reporting, discrepancy and corrective-action management, punch-list closeout, engineering deliverable reviews, coordination of third-party design and testing activities, audits, compliance, and process improvement. The role documents processes using recognized frameworks, identifies process challenges and controls, and reports quality performance to project and executive teams. The position requires a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, preferably Industrial or Systems Engineering, and no prior experience is required. The work involves extended computer use and sitting, as well as communication, reading, and manual dexterity requirements. The listed pay range is USD $75,520–$94,400 per year.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering; Industrial or Systems Engineering is preferred.
0+ years of experience.
Ability in data collection, management, and analysis.
Planning and organizational skills.
Written and verbal communication skills.
Decision-making ability.
Teamwork, team-building, and collaboration skills.
Customer-service orientation.
Sharp attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Meticulous and diligent work habits.
Ability to work well as part of a team and with minimal supervision.
Ability to influence without direct supervisory authority.
Ability to work with computer screens for extended periods and sit for extended periods.
Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction and use finger dexterity to manipulate objects, such as a keyboard.
Ability to listen to and understand spoken information, communicate verbally so others understand, read and understand written information, apply general rules to specific problems, and identify and understand another person’s speech.

Responsibilities

Document, manage, implement, and institutionalize the Quality Assurance plan for the assigned business unit and/or service center.
Incorporate and lead M.C. Dean’s Quality Management System on assigned projects, including document and record control, nonconforming installation control, and corrective and preventive actions.
Document and implement a Quality Plan tailored to project specifications and contractual requirements.
Partner with the project team to understand the complete project scope of work.
Establish and lead the 3-Phase Quality Control Process, conducting preparatory, initial, and follow-up phase inspections.
Collect internal inspection data, assess conformity and procedural compliance, and prepare weekly inspection data logs (Field Data Collection Reports).
Initiate, assign, and manage Discrepancy Notices, Corrective Action Reports, and Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA).
Identify and provide solutions to project-specific issues using knowledge, experience, and outside resources.
Manage punch-list identification and closeout.
Establish and lead project quality initiatives.
Participate in reviews of engineering deliverables, including design and detail drawings, specifications, and submittals, and ensure review comments are addressed.
Oversee and coordinate third-party peer design and testing agencies, implementing recommendations as necessary.
Document tailored value-stream processes using ISO, CMMI, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PMBOK, ITIL, and other recognized process frameworks.
Understand challenges in existing AS-IS processes and recommend process-optimization improvements.
Identify technical and administrative controls and create rules, policies, and procedures for their implementation.
Lead quality assurance, compliance, audit, deliverable, and process-improvement activities.
Conduct project-specific audits to measure adherence to documented policies and procedures.
Prepare product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
Develop project Quality Assurance scorecards and report adherence levels to project and executive teams.
Work on process-improvement projects to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.