Quality Engineer
- Full-time
Company Description
Tier I Automotive Supplier Company.
Job Description
JOB DETAILS:
Location: Greenville, MI
Relocation Assistance: Yes
Position: Quality Engineer
Type: Direct Hire
Division: Bearings & Ignition
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Under direction of the Quality Manager, responsible for the effectiveness of and continuous improvements to the area quality system.
Specific Duties:
- Promotes continuous improvement in environmental and safety issues by ensuring that equipment is designed, modified or repaired to maintain and improve safety and environmental performance.
- Reacts immediately to safety issues as they arise.
- Follows all environmental and safety policies and procedures.
- Supervises Quality Analysts and Quality Technicians as required.
- Determines principle defects by cost, quantity and attribute. Analyzes data and determines causal factors to assist other functions in developing corrective and preventative action.
- Develops and maintains a defect prevention system through the use of Quality Plans and Advanced Quality Planning Techniques.
- Conducts in-plant audits for compliance of all functions to internal, group (or division), and corporate policies and procedures as related to quality.
- Conducts product audits to ensure compliance to specifications, and other customer requirements.
- Assists Quality Manager in preparing and establishing procedures and work instructions for the improvement of the plant quality system.
- Conducts capability studies on both present and new equipment and processes, and provides documentation for production samples.
- Analyzes customer complaints and determines action required to prevent reoccurrence. If required, makes visits to customer plants to expedite resolution of quality problems and/or make necessary reports to group for their use with customers.
- Establishes effective training for supervisors, inspectors and operators as related to quality.
- Establishes Quality Plans and analyzes results for incoming, in-process and final inspections for necessary corrective action. Utilizes statistical methods where appropriate.
- Studies effectiveness of present inspection techniques. Remains informed of new inspection techniques, and recommends/implements improvements as required.
- Serves as team member for Quality Improvement Programs,
- Advanced Quality Planning efforts and Problem Solving Groups.
- Utilizes statistical methods where needed.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
- Four year degree in Engineering or Business field.
- Associates degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of manufacturing can be substituted for 4 year degree requirement.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 3 years in manufacturing environment or quality field.
- Familiar with problem solving tools such as 8D, 3Legged, 5Why, or any other such tools.
- Ability to use personal computer for day to day business
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.