Specialist, Welding Quality Process Engineering Security Clearance

Position: Specialist, Welding Quality Process Engineering with Security Clearance
Location: Canoga Park

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Job Title:

Specialist, Welding Quality Process Engineering Job Code: 41280

Job Location:

Canoga Park, CA

Job Schedule:

9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Welding Quality Process Engineer is responsible for ensuring that delivered products and/or services conform to contractual and Company requirements by designing, implementing, evaluating and continually improving quality assurance, control methods and systems. They translate design drawings and contractual requirements into a comprehensive, understandable and functional quality plan; monitor and closely support manufacturing, inspection and supplier functions that relate to product quality;

coordinate with the customer the establishment of government quality requirements and material review board activities; represent quality assurance in corrective action activities; and participate in audits or product evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the quality assurance program. The Welding Quality Process Engineer (QPE) is responsible for ensuring that quality requirements are integrated and captured in various special processes utilized in the Canoga Park facility.

This role necessitates a strong understanding of industry standards, internal command media and extensive practical experience to support development and deployment of best practices. The QPE is expected to coordinate with internal and external customers to quickly resolve manufacturing issues and utilize their technical background to proactively drive process improvements. This position will have a heavy emphasis on welding and welding related support processes.

Professionals with a strong weld engineering background who are interested in developing quality competencies are encouraged to apply.

Essential Functions:

* Functions as a lead in the review of failure investigation activities to ensure root cause is identified and mitigating activities are implemented

* Leads audit and inspection preparation, resolution of audit and inspection findings and liaises with auditing groups and inspectors through all stages

* Coordinates communication with DCMA on quality issues, corrective action activities as well as advocacy for DCMA concerns

* Provides leadership and participates in cause and corrective action activities, failure investigations, metrics creation and quality improvement projects

* Ensures quality requirements are embedded into key manufacturing special processes

* Provides leadership in the development and implementation of inspection plans that may utilize Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), Standard Measuring Inspection (SMI) equipment, quality tool and gage processes, sample inspection, NDT, special process certification controls, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques

* Participates in nonconforming material control and the Material Review Board (MRB) processes

* Independently manages quality projects, including coordination with cross functional team members, to ensure timely project completion.

* Apply and interpret Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

* Operate effectively in a team environment

* Conduct investigation, studies and research

* Create process and program metrics to evaluate the quality health

* Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing

* Interface effectively with external customer counterparts

* Deal with multiple tasks and…