Quality Engineer

Location

• Country: United States of America
• State / County: West Virginia
• City: Ravenswood
• Division: Metals
• Company: Ravenswood
• Function: Quality
• Workplace Type: On-Site
• Position type: Full Time

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications;

commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren

E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

This position is responsible for developing/enhancing Quality Assurance aspects in the following areas:
Inspection, customer complaints, Internal and External auditing, quality information systems, sub-contractor and internal product quality.

• Responsible for creating, maintaining and improving inspection methods and procedures in line with customer and quality requirements.
• Work with operations inspection supervision to train inspection personnel on inspection procedures.
• Determine the appropriate inspection methods to be utilized to meet various customer requirements.
• Interface with customers on quality needs and assist is processing, investigating and answering customer complaints.
• Ravenswood site representative for Global Quality Information System. Responsible for collecting site feedback, prioritizing issues, communicating with Global QIS committee and communicating Ravenswood needs relating to global quality information system.
• Assist in developing yearly internal audit schedule/program.
• Lead internal process-approach based audits to the AS9100/ISO
  9100 standard and follow-up on findings/OFI's.
• Auditing of department paperwork and process for conformance to all quality requirements.
• Lead quality training efforts in plant (administrative and operational teams).
• Participate in external customer quality audits.
• Day to day presence and enforcement of quality procedures, processes and product quality in each Department.
• Provide statistical support to Ravenswood Quality Assurance and Technical resources.
• Ravenswood site administrative lead on Statistical Process Control (SPC) systems and development. Work in conjunction with department metallurgists and QA to develop/maintain Ravenswood SPC system.
• Calibration system monitoring and assistance, including the eye exam program.
• Pyrometry system monitoring and assisting the QA Specialist. Data administration in Gage Pak system.
• Support of Green Belt projects as required.
• Assist Outside Conversion Department with external quality audits of subcontractors and maintain the Approved Supplier Database.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Assist with internal CARs, and follow-up activities associated with them.
• Participate in quality 8D clinics.
• Maintain ISO
  9001/AS9100 certifications.
• Quality approval of furnace surveys.
• Participate in SOX testing as required.

Competencies:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, assertive personality, strong organizational skills, proficient with multi-tasking priorities. Eagerness to work in a fast paced, team oriented, quality oriented, results driven company. Ability to manage high workloads.

Education and Experience:

Four year Bachelors degree (preferred) in a Science or Engineering related field. Five or more years of Quality Assurance experience in an industrial metal manufacturing environment is desired, with a working knowledge of aerospace and industrial metals specifications and customer quality requirements.

Experience of the application of statistical techniques to practical engineering problems and product performance is desired. Experience in general databases is desirable.

Special

Skills:

Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Products. Requires excellent computer skills and easily adaptable to different computer software systems. Expert in Minitab or equivalent statistical software. Ability to extract and interpret statistical data to determine capability.

Proof of US citizenship, nationality, and/or permanent resident status in order to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations.

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