Senior Quality Engineer

Means Industries•Geneva, IL

5d•$84,000 - $114,039

About The Position

Amsted Automotive Group – BN Geneva Piston Pin Operation is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to develop quality planning that supports quality objectives, financial metrics, KPIs, Engineering, Production, and Operations. The role focuses on developing and establishing the quality system, analyzing manufacturing process quality, applying quality plans, improving processes, and providing direct oversight of process and product monitoring and testing. The Senior Quality Engineer supports concurrent engineering and process design projects as the quality representative, leads customer and internal corrective action and continuous improvement activities, and ensures quality documentation and manufacturing controls remain aligned with process changes and identified risks. The role also provides technical leadership and mentoring, supports audits and certifications, and works with customers and suppliers on quality concerns and validations.

Requirements

Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office and Minitab.
Effective written and verbal communication skills at all organizational levels.
Experience with documentation control, including preparing procedures and work instructions.
Strong project management skills, including leading cross-functional projects, establishing deliverables and timelines, managing action items, and driving projects to completion with measurable results.
Understanding of calibration of inspection equipment for effective monitoring.
Knowledge of Statistical Process Control, including control charts, Gage R&R, and capability data.
Knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001, including experience with Core Tools and/or Six Sigma.
Proven results in ongoing continual improvement.
Familiarity with product launch and APQP.
Experience with disciplined problem-solving methods and root cause analysis, such as DMAIC, 8D, 5-Why, Kepner Tregoe, and DOE.
Practical experience using GD&T.
Familiarity with gage design and calibration methods.
Experience managing customer relationships and resolving issues.
Understanding of financial data, budget management, and standard cost analysis.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Manufacturing Operations is desired.

Responsibilities

Support concurrent engineering and process design projects as the quality representative, including creating and owning Control Plans, PFMEAs, PPAP, APQP, and MSA processes.
Ensure Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs, Control Plans, inspection requirements, work instructions, and manufacturing controls remain aligned after process changes, corrective actions, customer complaints, or identified manufacturing risks.
Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing, and inspection.
Promote and execute quality goals, standards, inspection processes, test methodology, and quality plans.
Lead customer complaint resolution through containment, root cause analysis, 8D corrective action, effectiveness verification, and systemic corrective actions.
Analyze customer complaints, internal nonconformances, scrap, sorting, rework, process capability, and Cost of Quality data to identify losses, set improvement priorities, and verify results.
Lead continuous improvement teams and activities to upgrade the quality system and reduce the cost of quality.
Develop and deliver training materials on quality standards and activities.
Lead and implement internal corrective actions to eliminate product and system nonconformities.
Develop, conduct, and support Layered Process Audits, process audits, product audits, and manufacturing floor verification for compliance with plans, instructions, specifications, and customer requirements.
Assist with customer quality certifications, report quality issues, trends, and losses to management, and participate in internal and external quality audits.
Evaluate supplier performance, coordinate approval of supplier initial samples, and establish and monitor systems for recording and reporting supplier conformance.
Visit customers and suppliers to address concerns, audits, and process and product validations and build collaborative relationships.
Serve as a technical leader and subject-matter expert, guiding and mentoring engineers, inspectors, technicians, supervisors, and production personnel in quality planning, problem solving, measurement systems, statistical methods, and manufacturing quality controls.