Quality Assurance Coordinator

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Job title: QA Coordinator
Location: Onsite - Gardner Denver Location
About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at  and join us to own your future.
Job Overview
Uses and improves existing quality processes in collaboration with the Value stream team to sustain and/or improve quality of manufacturing, supplier quality and quality processes for new product development. Driving product quality improvements while developing an understanding of the Cost of Poor Quality to help eliminate waste and meet organizational goals.
Responsibilities

• Evaluate field and internal failures using problem-solving and root cause analysis tools; support Non-Conformance Material Reviews and coordinate cost-effective rework and disposition activities.
• Monitor and report First Pass Yield (FPY), scrap, and other key quality performance data to the Campus.
• Lead Quality Technicians in daily operational and tactical activities while promoting team engagement, accountability, and quality performance.
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement projects focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, throughput, inventory, efficiency, and plant profitability.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, customers, and suppliers to identify and implement improvements in quality, ergonomics, manufacturability, and process repeatability.
• Support supplier quality through partnership development, education, audits, performance reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Lead and support quality planning and engineering activities, including PFMEA, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Dynamic Control Plans (DCP), project management, and new product quality planning.
• Support the overall quality strategy through effective cross-functional communication, mentoring, training, project reviews, and other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED (required)
• 1-3 years of Quality Experience across plants.
• Evidence of knowledge of the Quality Sciences
  -APQP, Problem solving, sampling, statistical analysis, root cause analysis, PDCA.
• 1 year experience working with SAP or ETQ systems.
• Proven success as a proactive, collaborative influencer creating a unified team toward a common quality performance goal.
• Six sigma greenbelt or black belt a plus.
• Ability to perform repetitive lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand/walk for long periods of time.
• Work environment includes both office and manufacturing floor settings - temperatures will vary.

• Some College (preferred)

• Travel – less than 15% to Spring Field location