Mechanical Engineer

Advanced Global Resources (AGR) has a unique opportunity for an APQP Engineer supporting a customer on site in Tallassee, Alabama for a 4-6 month contract. Terms of employment can be 1099 contractor of W2 depending on preference. Temporary accomodations can also be negotiated in terms of employment. If you are a senior-level APQP Engineer seeking employment, this positions has potential longer-term opportunity. This is an immiediate funded opportunity.

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform APQP process in-order to identify risk and mitigating risk using tools such as PFD, PFMEA and CP
• Collaborate with stakeholders - Present recommendation for risk mitigation
• Track the recommendations from inception till the implementation and their results
• Participates in design and product reviews to ensure that producibility, inspect ability, reliability, safety, Quality System integrity, and business process management objectives are met
• Performs such research as benchmarking to industry standards; analyzes and compiles performance reports and process control statistics to determine and improve process capability or product quality
• Recommends and supports the implementation of corrective actions that are necessary to reduce or eliminate nonconformance to design specifications
• Interfaces with company employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements
• Develops and uses statistical methodologies to ensure that specified levels of safety, reliability, and process capability are achieved, maintained, or improved
• Ensure that suppliers manufacturing, quality system, special processes, and products meet purchase contract requirements, customer requirements and applicable regulatory agency and government regulations.
• Ensures that suppliers document and maintain an approved Quality System to meet the appropriate company or customer requirements
• Create Control Plans for suppliers and work to keep them on track.

Requirements:

• 5 years of related experience is required
• A full spectrum leader with demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to:
• Ensure Risk Management activities (APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA) are executed according to standards and procedures
• Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers, ensures compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of related experience (preferably in Aerospace or equivalent manufacturing industry)
• Review and approve design documentation (Qualification Reports, Drawings, ATPs, BOMs, etc.)
• Ability to review and approve production documentation (assembly instructions, MOs and rework instructions)
• Knowledge of:
• Automated Manufacturing Systems (AMS)
• RCAA tools like 8D, 5-Why Analysis, Casual Tree Analysis, and data analysis
• Six Sigma, PFMEA, Control Plans, and SPC (within APQP / PPAP) would be an advantage
• AS9100 as well as regulatory authority approval and certification requirements
• Excellent communication and PowerPoint presentation skills
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Packages – Outlook, Word, Excel, and Access
• Working familiarity of Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Lean and six sigma certification
• Competent in Root Cause Corrective Action and ability to perform conformity checks.
• Strong ability to read drawings, procedures, First Article Inspections (FAI) and understand contracts.
• Must be willing to travel
• Additional knowledge of Statistical Process and Control (SPC), 6 Sigma and Geometrical Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T)
• Technical or Engineering Degree

For more information please contact me at bjennings@agr-us.com. We need to fill this position immediately!