Senior Quality Engineer

Senior Quality Engineer

Under the direction of the Quality Manager, the Senior Quality Engineer will be actively involved with the QMS, with the aim of meeting or exceeding quality objectives and improving customer satisfaction.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Aides in developing metrics that track and report status of the overall business Quality System (i.e. Cost of Quality, customer complaints, product non-conformances, etc).
• Project leader for Problem Solving Processes (8D, 5 Why, 7D, etc) to resolve Customer complaints, Customer audit findings or Return Material Authorizations in a timely manner that prevents reoccurrence.
• Drive process quality improvements working with Process Engineering through the implementation of automated process controls, SPC, sampling systems, enhanced manufacturing procedures and utilization of statistical techniques
• Maintains the Nonconforming Material Process and develops actions to reduce non-conformances through Lean and Six Sigma techniques.
• Member of customer audits and customer visit teams.
• Acts as a back up to the Quality Manager or Quality Supervisor.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field required (metallurgy, material science, chemistry or chemical engineering degree preferred).
• Lean and or Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred or 2-3yrs of Continuous Improvement experience.
• Project Management experience preferred.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of manufacturing systems, the quality function and technical products.
• Further experience with calibration, metrology and quality system auditing will be beneficial.