Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer – Ketema

Who is Senior plc?

Senior plc is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 26 operating businesses in 12 countries. Senior designs, manufactures and markets high‑technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defense, and land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group is split into two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics, servicing five key sectors.

Our global values underpin what we do, and how we do it …

Safety – Integrity – Customer Focus – Respect & Trust – Accountability – Excellence

Who is Senior Operations SoCal?

We are a technology‑driven, team‑oriented, manufacturing company that takes pride in the relationships we build with our customers, suppliers and with each other. We offer exciting career opportunities in a fast‑paced, dynamic team environment and reward employees who are motivated, innovative, and results‑oriented. We are looking for dedicated individuals to join us in engineering solutions for our customers.

** We are currently seeking a full‑time Quality Engineer for the 1 st Shift (6:30am – 3:00pm) at our Ketema facility in El Cajon, CA. **

Maintains the quality standards and consistency of products. Reviews customer purchase orders, drawings, quality standards, tolerances, and engineering changes. Creates and maintains quality‑engineering requirements. Assists in developing procedures, documents, and monitors Quality Management Systems as it relates to customer and regulatory requirements. Analyzes and measures manufacturing processes to ensure they achieve company quality, cost, and schedule objectives.

• Ensures compliance with customer requirements, review inspection reports versus customer requirements.
• Develops and recommends departmental policies, procedures, and programs to ensure departmental effectiveness in meeting assigned customer requirements.
• Ability to compile complex data packages for customer review and approval, FAIR's. FPA's, PPAP's, APQP's, PFMEA's, MSA's…etc.
• Develop and suggest methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devise methods to assess cost and responsibility.
• May compile and write training material and conduct training sessions on quality control activities.
• Maintains complex quality records per customer requirements.
• Study, analyze, develop, document, and monitor quality processes.
• Determine quality improvement plans relevant to manufacturing and inspection processes.
• Reviews and analyzes customer / purchase order requirements and collaborates with team to prioritize quality efforts.
• Analyze customer concerns initiate root cause analysis and implement corrective action activities.
• Review contract and purchase orders to ensure quality specifications and requirements are communicated.
• Utilize Six Sigma problem‑solving techniques, advise appropriate management on successful resolution recommendations.
• Ability to interact professionally at all levels in the organization.
• Acts as the primary quality contact with assigned customer.
• Demonstrates initiative and coordinates action to improve overall quality.
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions and complete work independently.
• Participate in cross‑functional teams to ensure quality methods are implemented and maintained.
• Supports and guides efforts to continuously improve company performance related to quality system, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Support and maintain the continuous improvement process by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing manufacturing processes to drive prevention initiatives.

• Familiarity with personal computers, answer telephones, utilization of computerized spreadsheets to conduct analysis.
• Use desktop publishing software.
• Ability to work with quality inspection tools.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• ASQ certifications a plus.

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in quality and/or manufacturing industry.
• Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
• Must be…