Quality Engineer - Holland MI

Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer is responsible for process ownership, integration, and improvement of the QMS. Demonstrate subject matter expertise to complete process improvements, designing effective operating instructions and implementing the best practices in a uniform manner across the manufacturing enterprise.

Focused on driving all safety, quality, productivity, schedule attainment, and yield maximization goals. Collaborate and partner with Program Engineering, MFG Engineering, Maintenance, and Plant Management Teams to continuously improve the quality system through a combination of both engineering and operational excellence principles.

Lead multiple root cause and prevention initiatives including performing analysis of existing process parameters to improve workplace safety, first time product acceptance, product defect detection, decreased attention and throughput capabilities.

Incorporates design for safety and human factors into all process integrations and process improvements. Will work in teams, take direction, and produce sustainable results.

Will perform all quality engineering disciplines including FMEA, control plans, process improvement, process design and integration, tooling/gauging/workstation design, training, and incorporate lean principles to maximized results.

Key Qualifications

Extensive experience in quality engineering developing and improving manufacturing systems utilizing both engineering and lean principles.

Ability to focus and generate the maximum results is mission critical. Must understand how to use performance metrics to focus work efforts. Work results are expected to increase company performance metrics, decrease total cost, improve safety culture, and deliver an exceptional customer experience.

A high degree of urgency to identify concerns and implement solutions is expected. Extensive background working on the shop floor with operators demonstrating urgency to solve key manufacturing problems that lead to high costs. Front-line collaboration with team members is essential to the position, and the ability to gain buy-in and trust is paramount to the role.

Core Quality Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

IATF 16949 Leader for the organization, including internal/external audit and company coach to all departments for proper process and documentation development.

Facilitate cross-functional Preventative & Corrective action plans based on internal and external quality results. (Yield, Warranty and or customer PPM) failure analysis on customer returns to ensure quick turnaround time and responsiveness.

Mentor cross-functional teams (Process/Product Improvement teams) teams for effective "root cause" analysis, corrective and preventative action. This position will include the training of other groups on a routine basis.

Coordination of customer visits.

QA portion of APQP (PPAP) on product launches.

Resolving critical issues/situations ensuring that they are handled correctly and within current policy/procedure guidelines.

Quality representative in Lean activities.

Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Engineering and Process Ownership Practices

* Collaborates daily with Program Engineers to develop focused action plans and projects aimed at process improvement. Will also collaborate with Customer Engineering Team to develop action plans focused on total quality improvement.

* Translates and implements customer product specifications into financially sound manufacturing methods and processes. Responsible for process improvements and complete process re-designs when applicable. Demonstrate skill and efficiency in the areas of tooling, machine, and flow improvements all focused at decreasing total costs and driving throughout speed.

* Utilizes the operational excellence operating system as a fundamental tool to streamline production systems; working towards one-piece-flow, reducing work-in-process inventory, and sustaining process improvements with total productive maintenance.

* Performs as a mentor and trainer to subordinate production and engineering staff. Provides regular status reports and updates to the Manufacturing and Quality Engineering Manager. Responsible for adherence to the policies, procedures, work rules and instructions of the IATF and internal Quality Management System as related to operations.

* Responsible for adherence to the policies, procedures, work rules and instructions of IATF 16949 systems as related to operations. Additionally, responsible for adherence to the policies, procedures, work rules and instructions ISO 14001 Environmental Management.

Leadership Behaviors

* Ability to work professionally with internal and external customers to integrate new business, reduce costs, and represent organization at multiple customer engagements.

* High sense of urgency and self-direction with the ability to organize and execute complex engineering and process improvement tasks in a team environment.

* Hands-on approach to problem…