Quality Engineer

Silgan Containers•Wilson, NC

35d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Engineer will lead quality APQP/PPAP initiatives for manufacturing quality with new or changed products. This role involves resolving quality issues with suppliers, identifying and implementing systems and processes to ensure product conformance, and leading continuous improvement project teams. The Quality Engineer will also coordinate the development of verification and system validation plans, lead cross-functional teams to determine root cause and corrective actions for quality defects, and participate in product specification, implementation, testing, and release. Additionally, the role includes participating in internal and external quality systems audits, SQF and ISO certifications on-site audits, maintaining quality files and documents, and providing technical support to manufacturing, suppliers, and customers. The position requires adherence to all system procedures, company policies, environmental and quality standards, and maintaining production requirements safely and efficiently. The Quality Engineer will contribute effectively toward team goals, exhibit influence within a work group, and continue to develop proficiency in critical competency areas. Maintaining a safe and clean work environment, reporting accidents or near misses, and performing any other necessary tasks to meet production schedules are also key aspects of this role.

Requirements

Possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

Responsibilities

Lead quality APQP/PPAP initiatives with new or changed products for manufacturing quality.
Resolve quality issues with suppliers, determining the nature of nonconformance, identifying responsibility, and negotiating product returns or rework while preserving the Silgan/Supplier relationship.
Identify, develop, and implement systems and processes that will assure product conformance to specifications, including developing product specifications, procedures, and test methods as required.
Lead continuous improvement project teams and execute changes and improvements to the quality management system.
Coordinate the development of verification and system validation plans from a variety of inputs to identify failure modes while managing risk and relative priority; evaluate analytical and experimental test results following engineering principles to verify that products meet internal technical requirements and to validate that solutions meet customer needs; produce recommendations with technical documentation to support product decisions.
Lead cross-functional teams to determine root cause and corrective actions for quality defects.
Involvement in specification, implementation, testing, and/or release of product.
Participate in internal and external quality systems audits as needed.
Participate in SQF and ISO certifications on-site audits.
Maintain all quality files and documents.
Provide technical support to manufacturing, suppliers, and customers.
Support and adhere to all system procedures and company policies/procedures.
Maintain production requirements safely and efficiently.
Contribute effectively toward team goals, exhibit influence within a work group and continue to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
Report all accidents or near misses.
Adhere to all environmental and quality standards.
Perform any other tasks that may be necessary to meet the production schedule in a safe and efficient manner.