Senior Quality Engineer

Materion Corporation • Buffalo, NY

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About The Position

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us! Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Senior Quality Engineer will be actively involved with the QMS, with the aim of meeting or exceeding quality objectives and improving customer satisfaction. You will have the opportunity to: Aides in developing metrics that track and report status of the overall business Quality System (i.e. Cost of Quality, customer complaints, product non-conformances, etc). Project leader for Problem Solving Processes (8D, 5 Why, 7D, etc) to resolve Customer complaints, Customer audit findings or Return Material Authorizations in a timely manner that prevents reoccurrence. Drive process quality improvements working with Process Engineering through the implementation of automated process controls, SPC, sampling systems, enhanced manufacturing procedures and utilization of statistical techniques Maintains the Nonconforming Material Process and develops actions to reduce non-conformances through Lean and Six Sigma techniques. Member of customer audits and customer visit teams. Acts as a back up to the Quality Manager or Quality Supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field required (metallurgy, material science, chemistry or chemical engineering degree preferred).
• Lean and or Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred or 2-3yrs of Continuous Improvement experience.
• Project Management experience preferred.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of manufacturing systems, the quality function and technical products.
• Further experience with calibration, metrology and quality system auditing will be beneficial.
• The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
• The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.
• Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Aides in developing metrics that track and report status of the overall business Quality System (i.e. Cost of Quality, customer complaints, product non-conformances, etc)
• Project leader for Problem Solving Processes (8D, 5 Why, 7D, etc) to resolve Customer complaints, Customer audit findings or Return Material Authorizations in a timely manner that prevents reoccurrence.
• Drive process quality improvements working with Process Engineering through the implementation of automated process controls, SPC, sampling systems, enhanced manufacturing procedures and utilization of statistical techniques
• Maintains the Nonconforming Material Process and develops actions to reduce non-conformances through Lean and Six Sigma techniques.
• Member of customer audits and customer visit teams.
• Acts as a back up to the Quality Manager or Quality Supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level