Quality Engineer Production - 1st

Title:Production Quality Engineer

Shift: 1st (Monday - Thursday)

Reports to: Quality Engineering Manager

In this role, you will be responsible for providing quick response to production, quality and other support departments when production is impacted due to quality of incoming parts, test or process. Support to production is done by performing initial investigation, analysis, containment and rejection management while creating a detailed, clear and concise report to communicate issues with the concerned department.

The Production Quality Engineer will direct Quality Engineering Technicians and Quality Auditors jointly with the Quality Supervisor. They will ensure that the employees are trained, and complete their day to day assignments.

Summary of essential job functions

• Champion standard practices of quality principles from defect detection to root cause, preventive action and continuous improvement.

• Lead containment activities and provide feedback/forward to affected departments.

• Reviews the implementation and efficiency of quality and inspection systems

• Translate customer quality requirement and take on responsibility for end-to-end product

• Investigates customer complaints and non-conformance issues

• Clear, concise and complete documentation of all quality issues affecting production

• Analyzes data to identify trends and opportunity for improvement in the quality system

• Plans, conduct and monitor testing and inspection of materials and products to ensure finished product quality

Knowledge and skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skill

• Problem solving ability, knowledge of quality assurance tools and techniques, ability to write clear, concise technical reports from investigations

• Experience in 8D, 5 whys, fishbone, pareto and other quality assurance tools and techniques

• Functional knowledge of different tools and gauges for measurement and investigations

• Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint / Google suite equivalent

Minimum requirements:

• This role requires the candidate to be a US citizen / permanent resident

• BS degree required in Engineering

• 2 or more years of relevant hands-on experience in process/production quality engineering

• ASQ or equivalent certifications preferred but not required