Senior Quality Engineer

Senior Quality Engineer Location

1110 East Lincoln Way, Laporte, IN , US

Full time

Access to export controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.

• Manage Quality Engineers, NDT Level IIIIs, Gauge Control, MDM and Quality Technicians.
• Process improvement leader focused on review, disposition and elimination of material review, concessions, corrective / preventive actions and escapes.
• Customer advocate (Voice of the customer).
• Purchase order and specification review leader focused on negotiation of customer requirements, advanced product quality planning and translation of requirements to operator level.
• Ensure customer verification is complete (i.e. FAIR) and submitted to the customer.

• Assesses health of the business systems against customer and/or industry standards through an efficient and effective internal audit/corrective and preventative action management system.
• Be a team player and develop relationships, both internally and externally, to achieve the necessary engagement, influence and customer connections (both internal and external) required.
• One who is energized by consistently identifying and overcoming challenges and possessing highly developed quantitative, as well as qualitative skills required.
• Problem Solving and Corrective / Preventive Action skills - Proactive approach (to foresee problems rather than reacting after the event).
• Ability to multi-task in a demanding environment and to work independently with little to no guidance required.
• Business acumen (financials, linkage of quality impact to financials, A3 thinking).
• Possess practical understanding of manufacturing processes in order to objectively and independently analyze problems, communicate effectively and facilitate problem solving activities.
• Possess production operation knowledge and experience relating to manufacturing, inspection, engineering and customer interaction.
• Ability to directly link, monitor and improve quality objectives with overall business objectives of the company.
• Ability to apply problem solving methodology to positively impact business objectives.
• Consistently demonstrate Howmet values.
• Experience and proficiency in understanding ISO 9000 and/or AS9100 along with knowledge in Statistical Tools and Techniques, APQP and Measurement System Analysis recommended.
• Experience in coordinating, developing and executing corrective / preventative / systemic action and process improvement activities.
• Can effectively work through major and minor issues without getting emotionally disconnected from the issue and what is needed to resolve the issue professionally.
• Least cost application of customer specs/drawings (no over-processing).
• Blueprint Reading/customer requirements flowdown.
• Customer interface and understanding/deployment of customer requirements.
• Demonstrated Internal auditing skills.
• Willingness to travel (both domestic and internationally)