Quality Engineer

Position Summary

Parker Hannifin, the world's leading manufacturer of industrial refrigeration valves, is seeking a Quality Engineer for our Mauston, WI location. This position will advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing the quality operations in the assigned Value Stream. You will develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality standards for products and processes, provide statistical information for quality improvement by gathering data on trends and root cause analysis, and guide technical evaluation, analysis, and related data acquisition processes to ensure plant quality objectives are achieved.

Reports to the Quality Manager and interfaces with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Materials, and Sales Departments.

Parker offers competitive wages with annual increases, profit sharing, tuition reimbursement, excellent benefits available on the date of hire—including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance—401(k) benefits with a strong employer match, paid time off, 13 paid holidays, and a clean, climate‑controlled work environment.

• Assess quality performance (or cost‑of‑quality) using statistical and analytical methods and devise and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, reliability, and accuracy of products, processes, and production equipment.
• Develop and establish quality systems and procedures, inspection plans, quality performance trends, statistical plans, cost estimates, and technical quality plans for proposals, ensuring that project and/or process control documentation complies with requirements and contracts.
• Assess the cost of, and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that fail to meet required standards and specifications through statistical analyses.
• Provide input on quality to product development teams.
• Identify quality performance, trends, and corrective actions by coordinating with customers and suppliers; ensure compliance to specified quality requirements by performing in‑house and supplier audits and surveys; develop and initiate programs to improve supplier performance.
• Prepare reports by collecting, interpreting, analyzing, and summarizing data and making recommendations; analyze proposed changes in methods and materials; compile and write training material and conduct training sessions.
• Participate in failure analysis and corrective action investigations.
• Refine and enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques to critical areas of production.
• Represent the company by interfacing with customers and assisting with internal and external audits; act as the main contact in audits; develop and coordinate corrective action procedures and plans.
• Communicate and educate the Value Stream Team on matters requiring specialized knowledge of quality functions, such as PPAP, APQP, and document control.
• Make quality‑related customer and vendor visits and contacts as required.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing industry networks, benchmarking state‑of‑the‑art practices, maintaining American Society for Quality certification, and/or participating in other professional associations.

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job, typically acquired through two or more years of related experience.
• Greenbelt certification desired.
• Thorough knowledge of state‑of‑the‑art inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles, and concepts, as well as general business operations.
• Ability to assess and implement continuous improvement techniques in quality and manufacturing functions.
• Ability to use standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools.
• Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to team members, team leaders, and top management.
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