Quality Engineer

Cantrell - Gainco

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Engineer is responsible for managing the plant quality program; ensuring products and materials meet specification, continually improving processes, maintaining compliance with regulatory quality standards. The qualified individual will act as a role model and represent the company’s values.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Engineering or similar field required
5-8 years minimum experience in Quality Assurance/ Operations
Ability to read engineering drawings, working knowledge of GDT application
Knowledge of ISO quality standards
Experience with elements of ASQ body of knowledge such as Pareto Charts, Cpk, 6 sigma, Control Plans, FMEA, and statistical analysis.
Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time; ability to bend and to lift heavy materials, up to 50 pounds
Strong basic statistics experience, including statistical process control
Good communication skills
Ability to understand complex written and verbal instructions
Must be able to provide proper documentation of their eligibility to work in the US (I-9 form).

Responsibilities

Plans, organizes, leads and controls the quality function to ensure customer satisfaction.
Develops/maintains procedures for product testing to ensure reliability, durability, manufacturability and safety of finished products.
Compliance: internal audits by established schedule to evaluate regulatory compliance and external audits by customers. Acts as management representative for inspections.
Oversee day-to-day operation ensuring processes and training are in place to evaluate incoming raw material and manufactured finished products against internal and customer specifications and expectations.
Manage CAPA program for internal and customer non-conformances and complaints, including root cause findings, corrective actions and required internal and external communications.
Collect and monitor quality data to identify out of control trends or deviations from normal quality/process control limits. Ensure all quality related documents and/or records per internal/external requirements are properly maintained.
Tracks quality performance of plant; non-conformance, reworks, customer complaints, delivery, analyze trends and work with production to determine and implement corrective actions, report quality data for management review.
Works with production in addressing quality questions / problems, providing recommendations, establishing and monitoring corrective actions.
Ensures that calibration schedules and QC procedures are established and followed.
Develops / reviews / revises quality system procedures and SOPs as necessary.
Develops/maintains procedures for ensuring internal processes can achieve specifications described in the product design phase.
Conduct analysis of quality indicators to identify trends, initiate investigations and implement appropriate corrective actions.