Quality Engineer - Mechanical Packing
About The Position
For over 140 years, A.W. Chesterton has been an innovator and a knowledge provider for our industrial partners around the globe, specializing in ground-breaking split seal technologies, and cutting-edge packing and lubricant solutions. The company focuses on bringing solutions to customers while celebrating its rich history in the sealing industry. Operations professionals manage and support the creation of world-class flow control products in a low-volume, high mix manufacturing environment, serving as manufacturing leaders, purchasing professionals, production and demand planners, engineers, and quality professionals. They value working with other top manufacturing professionals and helping solve complex production problems, offering a work environment that promotes learning and promote-from-within opportunities, competitive pay, outstanding benefits, and a stable job place. This Quality Engineer position works within the quality organization, collaborating with other business areas and functions to ensure organizational quality systems and methodologies are implemented and followed to achieve organizational and company goals. The role reports into a Value Stream and is responsible for the implementation and execution of the Chesterton Quality System requirements across the Value Stream, divisions, services, and project areas, with a particular emphasis on the utilization of modern quality methodologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering mechanical/chemical discipline.
- Quality Engineering certification plus 2 - 4 years of experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
- Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Negotiation, arbitration, presentation, audit and contract skills with internal and external customers, verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization together with computer skills.
- Possess or willing to obtain lead auditor certification in ISO 9001/14001 and perform internal and external supplier audits.
- Possess or willing to obtain Green Belt / Black Belt in Six Sigma Quality.
Nice To Haves
- Lean and 6-Sigma certified a plus, but not required.
- ASQ Certified Engineer certificate is highly recommended
- Membership in a quality professional society/agency, i.e., ASQC-CQE, CQA, CRE desirable.
Responsibilities
- Consistent, regular and punctual attendance is an essential function of this job.
- Participate in establishing a company quality standard and establishing metrics to measure progress.
- Be responsible for measurements and notification of areas for improvement.
- Achieve the facility/location and company quality objectives for assigned divisional/product line or project areas.
- Implement/improve Operational and Quality System requirements within assigned functional area.
- Develop and implement Quality System improvements, changes, and corrective actions directly resulting in major productivity gains, quality costs determination and reductions or solutions to complex quality problems.
- Assist in executing a range of assigned projects in support of divisional/product line/sales/ marketing and company objectives and Value Stream plan-to win strategy. This includes occasional assignments to support New Product Development efforts in a cross-functional team environment.
- Leads customer complaint investigation, requiring direct communication with our customers and Value Streams to include root cause identification and implement corrective actions.
- Works independently or as a member of a team to effectively execute structure problem solving process to improve process/product quality consistency.
- Successfully plan and assist in executing a range of assigned projects in support of divisional/product line/sales/ marketing and company objectives and plans.
- Provide quality technology leadership in the implementation/maintenance of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, other quality/industry standards and Total Quality Management principles.
- Prepare documents, records and reports as required for certified orders. Follow up on all communications internally and externally essential to operations. Assist in internal and external audits.
- Secure data in a manner to ensure the company’s interests are at all times protected.
- Minimal international / domestic travel.
Benefits
- Chesterton Student Loan Repayment Program
- BCBS Medical Coverage
- Delta Dental
- 401K savings plan with a Chesterton contribution
- PTO including vacation sick, time, 11 paid holidays, and paid to time off to volunteer for causes
- Vision insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
- HSA & FSA options to cover additional medical costs
- Parental leave for moms and dads to be
- Hiring referral bonuses (up to $3,000 for select roles)
- A host of other fringe benefits including legal services, pet insurance, Chesterton relief fund for employees in need, and more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
