Process & Product Quality Engineer - CALP

Process & Product Quality Engineer - CALP

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Commonwealth Rolled Products is a leading manufacturer of aluminum rolled products for the automotive, commercial, and industrial markets. The company operates its production facility in Lewisport, KY, with an Automotive Innovation Center for R&D, sales, and field service in Madison Heights (DET), and inside sales in Cleveland, OH.

The Innovation Center is seeking a talented Process and Product Quality (PPQ) Engineer to join its team in Lewisport, KY. This role holds, improves, and transfers knowledge of processes and quality, responsible for process improvement & assurance, support product implementation, define and start up new investments and processes, and develop and implement all process and quality settings to ensure robust processes delivering right‑first‑time quality.

• Actively participate in maintaining a zero incident safety culture.
• Live and champion the Commonwealth Rolled Products core values:
  Safety, Integrity, Customer Focus, Ownership, Excellence, and Teamwork.
• Drive the pursuit of a perfect process within their area without letting perfection delay improvement.
• Define all process settings to ensure stable, robust quality in efficient processes.
• Identify and lead capability improvement projects.
• Lead major quality improvement projects considering safety, costs, environmental constraints, and downstream effects.
• Support quality and efficiency improvement projects from other departments (production, technical services, Six Sigma).
• Initiate and verify process changes and validate all changes within the primary assigned installation following MOC and change management.
• Assist production in root cause analysis or troubleshooting to solve internal and external non‑conformities.
• Accountable for implementation of corrective actions in relevant processes resulting from claims and nonconformities.
• Partner with production and maintenance in the operational area.
• Manage process settings across hundreds of parameters to ensure stable and capable processes.
• Establish a system of process control for all relevant sub‑processes to ensure stable performance over time.
• Provide second‑line technical support to customers when installation is involved.
• Takes initiative in continuous learning and development within the functional area.
• Deliver inputs for R&D developments on industrialization status.
• Apply SPC methodology to critical inputs and outputs.
• Provide feedback and coaching to technicians on operating processes and quality tool utilization.
• Maintain compliance with inter‑departmental quality contracts and specifications.

• Products and materials
  • General metallurgical knowledge of the products produced in the plant.
  • Detailed knowledge of thermo‑mechanical and physical processing for assigned installations.
  • Understanding of quality assurance systems.
• New product implementation
  • Support Product Technology and R&D implementation teams to ensure fast and robust introduction of new specifications or products.
  • Check and refresh the installation bible(s) and capabilities.
• Investments
  • Start‑up and commissioning support of new installations and processes.
  • Detect need for new investments or processes to improve quality or robustness.
  • Define process requirements, prepare and follow up on start‑up of, and verify results from new investments or processes.

• Determined based on area of focus.
• Specific control systems.
• Automation, mechanical and electrical specialties for the area.

• 4‑year engineering degree.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• Profound knowledge of all processes of the assigned installation — mechanical & hydraulics, chemical, physical, electrical & controls, measurement systems, IT platforms (levels 1–3), and thermo‑mechanical processing capabilities.
• Quality assurance and/or quality systems experience.

• Continuous line experience.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Knowledge and demonstrated use of quality tools (8D, PPS, DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 5S, value stream and…