Quality Specialist

Stryker • Kalamazoo, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Specialist supports quality processes in a manufacturing plant and assists with quality engineering processes and improvement efforts. The role follows quality standards and guidelines to help ensure parts, products, and processes meet specifications and requirements. It is onsite and scheduled for the first shift, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The position works with quality teams, suppliers, and cross-functional partners to address nonconformances, support audits, and advance quality improvements.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships.
• Ability to lead as an individual contributor.
• Strong organization, planning, communication, and project management abilities, with performance attainment in a quality environment.

Nice To Haves

• Previous quality experience.
• Two-year technical degree or equivalent experience.
• Professional certification such as an ASQ certification (CQI, CQT, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Assist with investigations of nonconforming material in the MRB area.
• Assist with investigation and disposition of finished-goods quarantined material.
• Investigate and disposition quarantined components.
• Communicate and coordinate with suppliers on quality issues.
• Provide administrative support for managing Supplier Initiated Change Requests (SICRs).
• Assist with investigations of out-of-tolerance (OOT) calibration equipment and gages.
• Support and drive document updates and changes, including markups, rewrites, and routing changes in OnePLM.
• Perform containment, investigation, and disposition of nonconforming material or process issues for nonconformances in eCAPA.
• Pull and trend metrics to support quality teams and continuous improvement.
• Use data and other inputs to identify, prioritize, and deliver on business and customer needs.
• Help meet or exceed business objectives, including safety, quality, delivery, customer experience, people development, and cost.
• Partner with cross-functional areas on projects or operational initiatives when appropriate.
• Identify and execute quality improvement projects through teamwork, problem solving, and customer service.
• Participate in and support internal and external quality system audits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed