Quality Specialist

Job Summary:

• The Quality Specialist is responsible for assisting with implementing and monitoring internal controls. Supporting SPC program per the control plan and assisting with summarizing the status of SPC program for management at specified intervals. Also assists with preparation of production sample paperwork and various performance testing and continuous testing for validation of product per established procedures.
• Quality specialist responsibilities may vary, depending on assignment and area of focus.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• College degree in a technical field preferred OR 2 years of comparable experience
• Experience in multiple phases of Quality Assurance.
• Computer software applications experience.
• Understanding of ISO 9001 & IATF 16949 preferred.
• Personal qualifications must include a demonstrated ability to deal effectively with people, good personal grooming and exceptional oral and written communication skills.

Critical Success Factors:

• Excellent attendance.
• Work with all departments to ensure timely completion of activities.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively across different organizational levels.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Proven self-starter, who requires limited supervision and direction, yet achieves tasks and overcomes problems and provides effective direction and development for staff.
• Embraces the challenge of problem solving and identifying and implementing practical solutions.

Essential Functions:

• May require supervision of hourly associates in quality roles.
• May support supplier quality engineer with investigation and containment of supplier issues.
• Implement, review, and support SPC requirements as documented in control plans, reports on and implements reaction plans and if needed promotes process and/or product change requests.
• Works with quality engineers and supplier quality to disposition non-conforming material.
• Works to keep non-conforming material inventory at a minimum by complying with 48hr turn around.
• Communicates sorting needs to production so they can provide personnel to sort non-conforming material produced by production.
• Enters SPC data collection, documents and maintains SPC and trends as required by control plans and process documentation.
• Performs routine testing, destructive testing, tensile testing, surface measurements, torque testing and cleanliness testing.
• Assists with repeatability and reproducibility (R&R) studies and capability studies.
• Ability to read and understand shop specifications, work instructions and production schedules.
• Responsible for recording safe launch results in I-charts and posting results at each safe launch stations.
• Datalyzer Administration.
• Comply and conform to all applicable BMS documentation.
• Assist in continuous improvement projects.
• Train cross functionally to be able to support all production areas to include: SPC, destructive testing, safe launch I-charts and Non-Conforming Material Area.
• Backup for Quality Inspector and Quality Lab Technician
• Assist in problem solving for Internal and External customer complaints