Sr. Technical Professional - Quality Engineering

KBR•Phoenix, AZ

10d

About The Position

Serve as a Manufacturing Quality Engineer supporting the Honeywell Deer Valley, Arizona location. The role receives task assignments from a Honeywell Quality leader and interfaces daily with site leaders and peers. It works directly with Honeywell and KBR to meet quality standards and schedule expectations, providing onsite and remote support at customer and supplier sites. The position supports quality assurance, compliance, process improvement, and delivery through inspections, audits, validations, root-cause analysis, corrective-action follow-up, statistical trend monitoring, quality-system documentation, training, and technical leadership. It also prepares and presents quality metrics, progress reports, program reviews, and activity and status updates. KBR's KAS program division provides engineering, quality assurance, and supply chain management services to Honeywell Aerospace and its global network. KAS is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D and is part of KBR's Integrated Solutions & Services organization. Employees in KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business will transition to Trinzic when the planned separation is complete.

Requirements

Be self-motivated and able to achieve results with minimal supervision and oversight.
Have excellent organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
Have hands-on experience with quality assurance processes, including root cause analysis and corrective action, Lean Six Sigma projects, hardware and paperwork inspection, AS9102-compliant First Article Inspection Reports, product and process audits, FAA audits, direct ship audits, and special process audits.
Have a bachelor's degree in engineering, materials, supply chain, management, business, or a technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
Have 4 years of experience in manufacturing or assembly operations, quality, engineering (design or manufacturing), or materials/procurement; aerospace electronics experience is preferred, and related military experience may substitute for these areas.
Demonstrate the ability to lead teams focused on problem solving and improvements.
Have good written and oral communication skills and the ability to clearly convey strategy and processes to key stakeholders.
Have strong analytical ability to identify and evaluate appropriate courses of action for defining and resolving complex problems.
Be able to assess and analyze risk on a day-to-day basis.

Nice To Haves

A proven track record of working closely with suppliers.
Certified Green Belt or equivalent; Lean Expert or Black Belt.
Experience with automotive or aerospace products.
Additional experience or training in RCCA, Process Mapping, FMEAs and Control Plans, or APQP/PPAP.
Experience using Six Sigma Plus tools.
Ability to use AS9102 First Article Inspection generating software.
SAP software experience.

Responsibilities

Provide onsite and remote support at customer and supplier sites.
Coordinate with customers to determine schedules, requirements, and specific needs for projects and activities.
Conduct tests, inspections, audits, and validations to ensure process compliance with contract, KBR, and customer requirements and specifications.
Lead root-cause-analysis activities using quality principles and techniques.
Conduct follow-up audits to assess the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
Collect and use statistical data to monitor and evaluate trends.
Maintain and update QMS documents and quality content as needed.
Provide training and tutoring to engineering personnel, suppliers, and contract personnel in First-Article Inspection, Six Sigma techniques, Manufacturing Process Control, variation reduction, and related topics.
Provide technical leadership to coordinate implementation of advanced quality processes, including statistically based variation reduction, control planning, mistake proofing, and Manufacturing Process Control.
Prepare and present metrics associated with quality trends and related improvements within the customer base.
Prepare progress reports and program reviews as needed to support quality and cost effectiveness.
Provide activity and status reports to management.
Perform other duties as assigned.