Quality Engineer

Micro Matic•Brooksville, FL

13d

About The Position

This role drives continuous improvement strategies focusing on process improvements on the production floor. The Quality Engineer supports receiving inspection, supplier development, and the implementation and maintenance of the D4 software system and ISO 9001 QMS. This position also involves performing internal audits, investigating customer complaints, facilitating Advanced Product Quality Planning, and interfacing with Engineering and Operations for new product transfers. The role acts as a deputy to the Quality Assurance Manager in their absence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent
3 years’ progressively more responsible experience in quality management and assurance
Solid knowledge on various engineering disciplines, procedures and policies which results in business development
ERP experience required
Possess good project management and documentation skills
Have solid engineering concepts and disciplines
Strong attention to detail
Must have strong decision-making skills
Understanding of ISO 9000, 5S, and TQM
Experience with lean manufacturing principles (Six Sigma)
Excellent communicator both verbally and written. Able to communicate the “how to” and “why” of quality to employees in a way that is understandable and actionable
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, margin and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Must have well-developed systematic and structured critical thinking abilities to be able to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Able to apply general rules to specific problems and produce an answer that makes sense (deductive reasoning).
Able to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (inductive reasoning).
Current valid driver’s license.
Must be able to travel, as required.

Nice To Haves

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Drives continuous improvement strategies focusing on process improvements on the production floor
Supports receiving inspection with development of inspection plans, measuring parts dimensionally, testing products, creating and disposition of DMR’s, communicating with supplier non-conformances, issuing/closing supplier corrective actions, gage calibration and maintenance of the QA hold area to specified requirements
Supports Quality Assurance Manager with supplier development activities to include supplier on-site audits
Supports the implementation, continued use and maintenance of the D4 software system at MMUSA
Assists with the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of ISO 9001 QMS at all locations in MMUSA
Performs internal auditing of the QMS
Investigates/substantiates customer complaints to include feedback from those complaints into the QMS of corrective and preventive actions
Facilitates Advanced Product Quality Planning techniques to accomplish organizational product quality levels, utilizing company metrics and visual aids or work instructions to heighten employee awareness on the production floor
Interfaces with Engineering and Operations (Production) within a team environment to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data and expected level of quality
Supports the development, implementation and maintenance of quality in-process and final inspection activities
Acts as deputy to Quality Assurance Manager in his/her absence
Performs these and other duties as assigned