Quality Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Spartanburg Steel Products is a major supplier of metal stampings and welded sub-assemblies for automotive,  lawn & garden, agricultural, and construction equipment OEMs throughout the United States:

* Motivated, experienced, and stable team, ready to execute. 
* Stamping press tonnage from 200 to 2000 metric tons.
* Transfer, tandem, and progressive production lines.
* SSP is IATF 16949:2016 and ISO 14001-2015 certified.
* Industry leading quality and delivery PPM performance.

Job Description

•         Develop part specific FMEAs quickly allowing for consideration during tooling design.

•         Develop Control Plans that define all process and product controls using those to define Product/Part Inspection Plans. 

•         Participate in cross-functional pre-production trials.

•         Trains all associates responsible on execution of process controls.

•         Establishes boundary samples and content for quality monitors communicating risk to production associates.

·         Lead process improvements activities using engineering skills for assigned parts.

·         Maintain close contact with production counterparts to assure product quality requirements are met.

·         Develop systems to monitor product performance to assure internal and external failures are reduced and eliminated.

·         Implement system and procedural requirements for IATF-16949.

·         Lead customer complaint corrective actions utilizing A3 or similar structured problem-solving tools.

·         Lead and support problem solving and project cross-functional teams as assigned or appropriate.

·         Implement statistical monitoring or SPC as appropriate to process.

Qualifications

•    Prefer experience in metal stamping and welding industries.
•    Analytical problem solving experience.  A3 or another structured problem solving approach.
•    Experience with APQP / PPAP / Control Plans / FMEA’s / GR&R / Cp/CpK / Prints and Drawings
•    Engineering or Technical Degree
•    Knowledge of IATF quality systems
•    Knowledge of or experience in a Lean manufacturing environment
•    Excellent communication skills
•    High comfort level with web-based inspection software and Microsoft suite.
•    Statistical process monitoring using SPC or other techniques.
•    Lean Manufacturing 
•    Ability to manage cross-functional teams to resolve problems
 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.