Quality Engineer - Plant

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest lift truck manufacturers, offers local support on a global scale with more than 15 manufacturing facilities worldwide and more than 500 retail locations in over 80 countries. Our global sales and service network provides our customers with a local resource for a wide variety of quality material handling equipment, fleet management solutions, warehouse products and support services to meet their needs anytime, anywhere.

• Responsible for the analysis of product, process, equipment and method issues at designated stages of product development and manufacturing to maximize product conformance to specified requirements while ensuring best possible manufacturability.
• Support supplier product conformance to specified requirements through supplier verification efforts, including supplier auditing, supporting Corporate SQE, or individual assignment, and promoting and implementing quality concepts, transferring the company’s receiving inspection of product specified requirements into the supplier’s responsibility.
• Participate in development activities to proactively improve product, processes and prevent NCP (Nonconforming Product).
• Provide process efficiency and suitability analysis and input to manufacturing engineering, production management and supply base.
• Provide method design, impact analysis and input to manufacturing engineering, production management.
• Assist in the implementation of the ISO 9000 system and provide ongoing product, process, equipment and method creation/revision input to owners of quality management system elements for inclusion in system documentation.
• Provide equipment capability analysis and qualification input to manufacturing engineering, production management.
• Provide periodic input to the Unit Quality Manager or the Quality (Quality Engineering) Manager for the ongoing incremental improvement of the Quality Engineer I function, applications and job description.

• Requires a four‑year college degree or a two‑year college degree with 3 years of experience and/or American Society of Quality (ASQ) or equivalent Certified Quality Engineer certification.
• Non‑degree considered if 12+ years of related experience along with a high school diploma or GED.
• Strong communication skills and ability to participate with teams; computer literacy including MS Word and MS Excel.
• Good communication skills, ability to work effectively with people and the personal drive/sense of urgency required to provide needed support within demanded time frames; flexibility to travel up to 25 %.
• Per 8‑hour shift. Sit 8 hours and stand 0 hours. Typical office environment (low noise level, limited exposure to hot/cold temperatures, dust, fumes and vibrations). Regular interaction with others and performs a degree of independent work. Physical and mental demands similar to typical office positions with prolonged periods of sitting and computer use. Infrequent lifting, walking and climbing stairs. Occasional use of office equipment (copiers, printers, etc.).

• Certain technical skills and training such as quality tools and techniques, ability to read and understand engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), problem‑solving skills (8D), process capability theory and statistical process control (SPC).

Crown offers an excellent wage and benefits package for full‑time employees including Health/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Plan, Flexible Benefits Plan, 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Life and Disability Benefits, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement, and much more.

EOE Veterans/Disabilities