Quality Engineer

Job Description General Duties and Responsibilities

• Promote and uphold The McWane Way principles, values, and behaviors.

• Adhere to safety protocols outlined in the Tyler Union Safety Management Program.

• Assist supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.

• Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Follow ergonomic and safe lifting techniques.

• Perform daily equipment inspections and report any issues.

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols specific to green sand molding and casting operations.
• Ensure compliance with ISO standards and customer‑specific requirements.
• Conduct internal audits and support external audits.
• Monitor and analyze sand properties, mold integrity, and casting quality.
• Collaborate with production and engineering teams to identify root causes of defects and implement corrective actions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Six Sigma, Lean, or other methodologies.
• Oversee dimensional and visual inspection of castings.
• Utilize tools such as CMMs, spectrometers, and hardness testers to validate product quality.
• Develop and maintain inspection documentation and control plans.
• Address customer complaints and non‑conformance reports with thorough investigations and resolution plans.
• Work with suppliers to ensure incoming materials meet specifications.
• Maintain accurate records of quality metrics, test results, and corrective actions.
• Prepare reports for management review and customer communication.
• Perform product testing on samples and returned product as required. Tests may include dimensional inspections, pressure tests, micrograph analysis, hardness testing and/or any special tests required to qualify new product or certify returned.
• Process returned products; maintaining data and reports for all manufacturing locations and vendors.
• Perform quality ISO audits.
• Review yard scrap to include maintaining data and reports.
• Work with management in developing and maintaining statistical process charts that will monitor plant processes.
• Conduct quality training to hourly personnel within the production departments.
• Approve outside vendor samples, machined product, and in process inspections. Issue quality alerts and corrective actions to vendors and follow up through closure.
• Review opportunities for continuous improvement and work closely with the production departments to incorporate a focus on “quality at the source”.

Inspect all plant processes and product lines for conformance to published internal and external specifications.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanic, Industrial, or Materials Engineering preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience in green sand molding environment preferred.
• Strong understanding of metallurgical principles and casting defects.
• Proficiency in quality tools such as SPC, FMEA, 8D, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with ISO 9001 or similar quality management systems.
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills.

• Knowledge:
  Production and processing, mathematics, MS Excel, Access, and Word.
• Skills:
  
  Quality control analysis, active listening, critical thinking, monitoring, reading comprehension, speaking, coordination, judgment and decision making, operation monitoring.
• Abilities:
  Oral comprehension and expression, near and far vision, flexibility of closure, problem sensitivity, written comprehension, deductive and inductive reasoning, category flexibility, information ordering, perceptual speed, selective attention, speech clarity and recognition.

• This role involves frequent physical activity, including climbing, walking, standing, stooping, balancing, and handling tools and materials. Employees must be…