Quality Engineer

McLaughlin Body Company•Rock Island, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the VP of Manufacturing, the Quality Engineer develops and implements quality assurance standards, processes, and controls. This role involves developing methods for inspection, testing, sampling, and training, and evaluating production capabilities to recommend improvements. The Quality Engineer may also assist in developing quality assurance policies and procedures. The primary focus areas for this position include providing exceptional customer service for quality complaints, developing Quality Control Plans for all assigned products, independently or collaboratively developing and implementing solutions to quality problems, and being an integral part of the company-wide Continuous Process Improvement efforts.

Requirements

Excellent verbal and professional writing skills.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn.
Technical Writing (e.g. Work Instruction/Procedures, Validation Docs).
Customer/Supplier Quality (Auditing, Problem Resolution, Corrective Action).
CQE (Certified Quality Engineer).
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering Technology or three plus years of manufacturing experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, governmental regulations, and ISO and ASME Codes.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively communicate with managers, vendors, customers, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts.
Process Quality (Process Flow, FMEA, Control Plans, PPAP).
Quality Systems (ISO9001, ISO14001, AS90001, IATF16949, and ITAR).
Comfortable communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings.
Ability to write & execute test plans.

Nice To Haves

Hands on experience working in a welding production environment.
Applicable product knowledge.

Responsibilities

Develop, coordinate and maintain the Quality KPI's for the assigned production area to ensure zero quality claims for the customer and next process on the supply chain.
Coordinate containment, Process and Product Audits, Actions Plans, Quick Kaizen, A3, 8D and Major Kaizen to ensure zero quality claims for the customer and next process on the supply chain.
Establish a Visual Factory Processes to show in real time Process and Product Capability performance to encourage Cp/Cpk improvements.
Provide engineering support and ensure consistent application of quality techniques to solve problem.
Determine when process stability and capability studies should be performed on existing processes.
Review and analyze results.
Recommend changes to processes based upon findings and perform follow up to verify effectiveness.
Participate in the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and approved it.
Write and revise Quality System Procedures/Work Instructions/Process Qualifications and control plans.
Perform all the required and related PPAP.
Determines quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.
Establishes statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error; determining levels of confidence.
Develops sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.
Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data; making recommendations.
Assist conducting conformance audits of Internal procedures, product compliance to customer requirements.
Assist in the investigation of product and process failures that impact customer product.
Work with the customer in an ethical manner that helps resolve these failures.
Respond promptly to customer inquiries.