Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer supports manufacturing quality at the site, aligning plant strategic goals to Quality requirements. This role executes on improvement objectives consistent with Tenneco’s enterprise-wide standards. You will leverage your technical and operational knowledge in manufacturing quality control systems to ensure Tenneco products meet required customer standards.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

• Maintains necessary records and initiates required actions to minimize the long range, overall quality costs of the organization in the interest of maximizing profit.
• Coordinates in-process and final inspection, dimensions, appearance and proper packaging of parts to assure quality parts at a minimum cost.
• Completes at the required intervals all audits including layered process audits.
• Reviews scrap and repair work to pinpoint problems and recommend corrective action to minimize scrap thereby improving plant profit.
• Responds to customer quality concerns and maintains the required customer-vendor relationship.
• Coordinates visits of customer representatives to our plant. Must be prepared to show conformance to their requirements regarding dimensions, appearance, packaging and labeling.
• Coordinates the training and use of computerized data collection system.
• Conducts and evaluates capability studies on both present and new equipment and processes. Provides documentation for production samples.
• Provides necessary surveillance over sample parts to ensure customer satisfaction at a minimum cost.
• Suggests areas requiring process improvement.
• Actively uses G-8D, FM TIPS, or other customer-required problem-solving tools.
• Maintains familiarity with Quality Management System requirements and works to maintain IATF and all customer certifications.
• This position is authorized to make quality calls on non-conforming product up to and including stopping production to protect the customer.
• Serves as a team member when required and represents the Quality function (on teams such as APQP, Quality Systems audits, new business opportunities, etc.)
• Serves as Quality representative on product launch teams.
• Prepares PPAP, PSO, and other quality documentation for product launches.
• Acts as a liaison to customer.
• Maintains records of customer quality concerns and PPM level for both OE and Aftermarket accounts.
• Conducts and provides direction on Gage R & R studies.
• Actively engage with operations in Poke-Yoke implementation and verification activity on the production lines.
• Maintains customer portals as necessary.
• Performs other duties as required.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Min 3-5 years of experience in Quality Engineering function within a manufacturing environment. Experience in a Tier 1 automotive supplier environment preferred.
• Knowledge of Quality Systems (FMEAs, PPaPs, IATF, Ford Q1, DCX, GM, APQP, MSA, etc.)
• Gage R&R and Calibration experience a plus.
• Communication skills both verbal and written
• Problem Solving accumen