Quality Engineer & EHS Specialist Job Houston area,Texas USA,Quality Assurance

Job Summary

Responsible for leading quality assurance and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) programs. Ensures compliance with quality standards, OSHA/EPA regulations, and internal policies. Drives continuous improvement in product quality, workplace safety, and environmental performance.

Key Responsibilities – Quality

Lead challenge reviews of travelers with the plant, ETS, and CRS to peer‑check the quality plans before work begins.
Create/develop quality documentation including the following:
Create/edit data sheets by integrating information from drawings and manuals
Generate maintenance instructions
Perform NCR’s/RCA’s – Lead the effort to author, drive the teams, and document the results to ensure quality issues are addressed with actions to prevent recurrence.
Lead customer feedback surveys – Oversee the effort to coordinate the requests sent to the customers, maximize the percentage of responses, and compile the results.
Lead ISO Audit – Schedule, coordinate, and work with auditors and shop personnel to ensure the CRS remains compliant.
Ensure compliance of measuring and testing equipment – Oversee process to maintain calibration of the measuring and test equipment.
Lead the weekly traveler inspection process – Assign responsibilities, perform inspections, compile the results, and report out on the auditing of travelers.
Review the travelers after completion to ensure that all quality steps have been followed.
Monitor quality performance, gathering relevant data, collate and analyze for statistical reporting as required.
Develop and maintain detailed quality reporting structures including preparing written reports, slide presentations, and discussing results with management for organizational transparency and continuous improvement of KPIs and quality improvement metrics.
Identify gaps in the quality process. Develop new and improve existing processes by implementing standardized best‑practice procedures.
Formulate goals, objectives, policies, and systems enhancing QA/QC to improve performance for related activities at CRS.
Identify projects that would help the culture grow with a quality mindset.
Develop relationships with suppliers subcontracting to CRS. Visit supplier shops, perform quality reviews and drive RCA for quality related events for work subcontracted out and performed at these repair shops.
Identify and deliver relevant quality‑related training needs to enhance performance.
Monitor overall quality performance, identify improvement opportunities for lessons learned communications, training opportunities, and year over year continuous improvement.
Ensure quality action plans and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated.
Provide leadership to staff to ensure the proper completion of quality checks, signoffs, check lists and processes.
Participate in external quality reviews at plants for planned outages.
Be the point to contact (POC) and interface with the customer (plants) on all quality issues.
Improve process quality using Lean Six Sigma Tools.
Oversee the following metrics:
Defect rate reduction and first‑pass yield improvement, Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), TRIR and incident reduction metrics, Audit findings closure rate.

Key Responsibilities – EHS

Oversee EHS program and ensure OSHA/EPA compliance.
Lead safety audits, inspections, and incident investigations.
Track safety metrics (TRIR, near misses, recordables).
Oversee hazardous materials and environmental compliance.

Safety Culture & Engagement

Lead behavior‑based safety (BBS) programs.
Conduct safety meetings, training, and toolbox talks.
Drive employee engagement in safety reporting and prevention.

Required Experience

5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for customer product manufacturer.
5+ years of experience in Quality Management and Quality Audit systems.
A strong record of success in utilizing Quality Systems in manufacturing, engineering, supplier, or distributor environments.

Physical Requirements

Combination of shop floor and office responsibilities.
High interaction with operations, leadership, and contractors.
Occasionally requires lifting as appropriate to perform duties and responsibilities.
Requires standing,…