Quality Engineer II

Job Description

Title:
Quality Engineer II

Location:
Milwaukee, WI (On-Site)

Schedule: 8:00AM - 5:00PM | 4-Days / Week On-Site

Salary: $80,000.00 - $95,000.00

The Quality Engineer II will bring root cause & corrective action standardization, scrap reduction, and implantation of quality systems. This associate will be a leader in the QA team and ensure that all new component PPAPs are completed on time for all components manufactured in the facility. This role will be a technical leader in our organization by leading in creating strategy, identifying opportunities, establishing collaborative environments, aligning with key stakeholders, prioritizing & planning activity, measuring results and communicating & rewarding the successes.

It will require working closely across multiple teams to provide cost effective solutions that are designed for manufacturing at a world class level.

This role may have supervisory responsibilities for salary associates which would include interviewing, training, creating challenging objectives, planning/prioritizing work, appraising performance, providing constructive feedback, development planning, succession planning, and working with human resources to address all disciplinary/associate issues as necessary.

• Lead as an expert root cause and corrective action activities to drive KPI improvement of scrap, labor, performance, and variation reduction.
• Lead the development of standardized systems and structure to ensure world class performance which includes detailed quality instructions, APQP documents, error proofing, and automated quality control systems.
• Perform all Quality team duties related to APQP documentation to facilitate successful component PPAP.
• Ensure consistency in the way parts are checked, documented, and sustained in the facility.
• Provide expert product design recommendations and feedback for new and existing components suitable for manufacturing consistently at world class performance levels.
• Provide training material/guidance Quality Technicians and Auditors on root cause, corrective action, and data collection.
• Monitor daily, weekly and monthly COQ metrics for opportunities.
• Lead communication in quality problem resolution with internal and external customer base to ensure customer expectations are fully met.
• Document and distribute lessons learned to the organization.
• Leverage lean concepts and industry benchmarks such as visual factory, standard work, error proofing, single piece flow, six sigma, Red X, kaizen, TPM and Industry 4.0 to simplify the organization and eliminate decisions in the design, manufacture, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting processes.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

• Minimum of Bachelor of Science degree from an engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with die casting tooling and/or die cast processing/engineering.
• Quality Expert
  -Strong die casting background with emphasis on tooling design/manufacturing, processing of die cast tooling, cost estimation & preventative maintenance.
• Data Driven Decision Maker - Efficiently collect, analyze and present data in a clear & concise format, interpret data analysis and provide insightf