Quality Engineer

Position: Quality Engineer I
ANDERSEN CORPORATION

SUMMARY:

At Andersen, we see possibility everywhere, every day and in everything we do. The possibility for our employees to achieve their full potential, for our communities to be stronger and for everyone to have a healthier, happier place to live.

Our portfolio of brands — Andersen Windows & Doors, Renewal by Andersen and Fenetres MQ — is crafted to serve customers across the new residential, home improvement and light commercial building sector.

Join our more than 13,000 employees who are inspired every day to deliver exceptional experiences that turn possibility into reality.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for an experienced or entry level Engineer to join our team at our Goodyear, Arizona facility. In this role you will develop, implement, and support all aspects of our quality system and processes including supplier quality, internal quality processes for fabrication and assembly. Develop standardized processes, drive continuous improvement, improve customer satisfaction, reduce waste, increase efficiency, audit, measure and monitor our production processes ensuring product conformance to specification.

This position is open for relocation assistance. This position is not open for sponsorship.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The development of quality systems, programs, training tools, documents, and standard operating procedures for critical to quality production processes ensuring consistent manufacturability of our custom products.

Responsible for the preparation and execution of quality control plans, including the review of specifications, tolerances, capabilities and preparation of necessary supporting documentation and justification.

Drive corrective action through root cause identification, structured problem solving and holding the gains on improvements. Perform root cause analysis to find sources of variation and process problems and use DMAIC tools to resolve them.

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) submittals

Responsible to assist in containment activities when reactive issues arise and ensure all customer issues (CAPA’s, etc.) are addressed, filed, and documented in a timely manner.

Participate and lead regular weekly conference call in meetings with our supplier and internal customers to be informed of communications on current issues as well as proposed changes.

Use Statistical Process Control to identify out-of-control conditions and define control plans to reduce process variation.

Support in the resolution of customer complaints

Participates in continuous improvement projects aligned to lean manufacturing principles aimed at built-in quality, in-process defect prevention, detection tools and reinforcement of next operator as customer mentality.

Ensure all stages of Product Lifecycle Management by tracking impact through all levels process trials/changes (First Article, PPAP, Production trials) and effectively communicate results.

Use participative team approach to problem solving and root cause analysis with Employees, Supervisors, Maintenance, Value Stream Managers, Materials Management, RD&I and peers.

Evaluate internal and supplier process/parts for non-conformances, issue corrective action (5-Why, CAPA, PDCA) documentation and evaluate responses root cause and countermeasures for effectiveness.

Collaborate with delivery partners to determine appropriate projects of focus, using available data from observation, queries, process data, and working partner input.

Assist in the development and verification of new test standards and equipment to meet the changing and growing customer requirements.

Develop gauges and other tools for assessing conformance of manufactured parts to engineering specifications.

Interface with Product Design, Product Engineering, and other business partners on the design for manufacturability, process capability and production builds of new product or product revisions QUALIFICATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

BS degree in Engineering or BA in natural science such as Chemistry or Physics Knowledge of quality programs, SPC, process capability and lean manufacturing principles

Strong understanding of DMAIC tools; when to apply them,…