QUALITY ENGINEER

Signicast•Hutchins, TX

47d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer is primarily responsible for acting as the champion of problem-solving activities; supporting new product development by determining and verifying customer requirements; and aiding in the maintenance of the quality management system through quality systems training, ensuring the achievement of production objectives at the lowest cost consistent with the company quality standards and customer delivery needs. This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded from time to time to include other duties and responsibilities as management deems necessary.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical or manufacturing-related field from a four-year college or university or 5 to 7 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing or foundry environment.
Must be competent with blueprints, technical specifications, AIAG PPAP requirements, and GD&T concepts.
Must be able to effectively communicate with other employees to share information, solves problems, and instructs or train lesser skilled employees.
Must have the ability to read and interpret complex documents such as blueprints, shop orders, work plans, and short correspondence.
Must be able to write standard reports and documentation.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
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.
Requires the ability to operate various equipment including computers, various precision measuring devices, and lifting devices.
Requires a broad knowledge of tooling, material characteristics, and general manufacturing and machining practices.
Should be knowledgeable and/or familiar with applicable IATF, ISO, and quality system requirements and policies.

Responsibilities

Comply with all safety and health guidelines, quality requirements, standard practices/procedures, and housekeeping standards.
Manage customer complaint process with strong RCCA methodologies.
Support new product development with advanced APQP techniques.
Manage, maintain and uphold plant-based portions of the QMS.
Comply with all safety and health guidelines, quality standard practices/procedures, and housekeeping standards.
Be a strong voice for quality in the pre-production planning activities; provide guidance for project engineering with regards to customer specifications and requirements.
Provide engineering support to operations ensuring consistent application of quality techniques.
Effectively communicate and reinforce the commitment to quality improvement efforts.
Develop and submit PPAP documents for new product launches to meet customer requirements.
Aid the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Control Plans.
Assist with corporate quality system processes and accreditations – IATF/ISO/etc audits and accreditations, customer quality systems, audits, corrective action/problem solving, and internal processes and audit programs.
Develop and innovate in all areas of quality system processes.
Be a resident expert in APQP, Control Plan, FMEA, MSA, and PPAP.
Support Sales and Engineering for all customer quality issues and audits.
Facilitate and promote the use of appropriate problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action for high visibility product quality issues.
Apply appropriate use of statistical techniques.