Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer Job Description

• Promote quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the facility.

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  Develop, implement, communicate and maintain the quality plan.

• Develop and implement quality metrics designed to provide performance clarity for Continuous Improvement activity.

• Act as the primary contact for operations quality issues from the Monette facility, implement containment actions, identify root cause, and implement corrective actions.

• Lead problem solving methodology (e.g. 8D, A3, etc.) with cross functional teams to identify, address and implement corrective actions using appropriate lean / six sigma tools. Act as the Salesforce case leader of customer issues for Monette and manage/support case closure for Non-US Operations

• Support Operations continuous improvement initiatives through utilization of Lean / Six Sigma tools and support environment of continuous improvement for top operation issues.

• Lead efforts to reduce process and product variation through the use of statistical process control and Cpk studies to identify excessive variation and then to identify/implement improvement action

• Work directly with Maintenance, Process Techs, Operators, and other Monette personnel to identify and implement Manufacturing & Quality Engineering improvements

• Develop and implement local procedures as necessary to drive process standardization and align with ISO9001:2015 compliance

• Lead APQP / FAI / PPAP activity for new product realization and change management initiatives for DC manufactured product. Lead initiative to develop PFMEA and Control Plans for current processes

• Promote a quality culture through periodic quality tool training sessions with shop floor business partners and process compliance

• Supervise hourly direct reports in the quality department

• Minimum 5 years of experience in injection molding/plastics industry and strong knowledge of different types of plastic resins

You should be proficient in:

• Blueprint Reading
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• ISO 9001 Certification Experience
• Injection Molding Experience
• Non-conforming Product ID
• Quality Control Data Analysis
• Quality Inspection Experience
• Root Cause Analysis

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
• Injection Molding Machine
• Quality Control Software