Quality Engineer

Trojan Battery Company•Sandersville, GA

55d•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the Trojan Quality Team, this is intended to be an entry level position with responsibilities of: coordinating and implementing effective processes, product, and component control plans. Utilizing basic 6 Sigma tools such as: Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA), Process Mapping, Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), and other basic statistical techniques to analyze, understand, and reduce process variation.

Requirements

Ability to interpret drawings and first article inspection results
Highly motivated self-starter
Must be outgoing in personality with strong relationship skills for customers, colleagues and senior management personnel
Must be able to work with minimum supervision
High standard of business and personal ethics
Must be very comfortable with Microsoft Office Applications; MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, Access or equivalent, Minitab and MRP/ERP systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
Minimum of Associate Degree in technical discipline or a science discipline and/or minimum of 2-5 years related experience.
Basic 6 Sigma Skills (Greenbelt or willing to be certified within a year)
General understanding of Lean Principals
General understanding with Cost of Quality (COQ) principals (Scrap/rework/repair)
General understanding of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)
Sampling Schemes (AQL, Special, Skip Lot)
Proficient in English

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Battery Technology a plus
Bilingual in Spanish is preferred
Certified Quality Engineer (ASQCQE) or willing to be certified.
6 Sigma Green Belt or willing to be certified within one year

Responsibilities

Responsible for development and implementation of product and process quality plans based on sound quality 6 Sigma principals, including control plans, procedures, inspection plans, and other quality documentation.
Use total quality management (TQM) tools and approaches to other company departments for analytical and reporting processes within respective department.
Conduct quality audits to ensure continuous control over materials/products/ processes, as well as conformance to business processes affecting quality.
Drive, lead, and mentor process improvement activities, along with participation on teams.
Customer Complaint Process; Trend analysis, Monthly Reports, corrective actions
Develop and conduct required quality training programs to key personnel.
Implement and follow quality system standards, policies, and procedures.
Support engineering efforts of analytical laboratory equipment and assist in the development and validation of manufacturing equipment, and processes.
Work with a Sr. Quality Engineer driving process improvement and developing problem solving plans thru Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma principals
Development and review of Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) plans
Development and implementation of sampling plans for production, qualification, and validation of products/processes with Sr. Quality Engineering over-sight
Performs Quality audits to critical components and finished product