What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Quality Control Engineer position at Bradford White?
Senior Quality Control Engineer
Primary Function
The Senior Quality Control Engineer will be responsible for ensuring products meet predetermined quality standards. The Senior Quality Control Engineer will work closely with the operations and manufacturing engineering teams to help root cause quality issues by providing data and analysis from inspections, audits and testing. This role will also work to identify areas where quality control plans need updating and resolve.
Responsibilities
Primary Function
The Senior Quality Control Engineer will be responsible for ensuring products meet predetermined quality standards. The Senior Quality Control Engineer will work closely with the operations and manufacturing engineering teams to help root cause quality issues by providing data and analysis from inspections, audits and testing. This role will also work to identify areas where quality control plans need updating and resolve.
Responsibilities
- Use various problem-solving methodologies to root cause quality problems in partnership with operations, manufacturing engineering, and other functions.
- Develop and implement quality control methodologies (independently verify in – process product quality) to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures in each product line or production area
- Prepare quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information from failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations
- Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with established quality standards
- Conduct routine analysis of raw materials, in-process materials, and finished products to ensure conformity to established specifications
- Documents quality issues and performance measures for management review
- Provide updates to manufacturing process flow documentation and/or work instructions
- Create, perform and report on end of line audits (product/ process parameters)
- Monitor the performance of production data and report on performance, measuring against set standards.
- Data collection to assist Quality Assurance Engineers, Product Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams
- Assist Quality Control Manager with Quality Tier 3 and production daily meetings by providing data to escalate and solve issues
- Communicate quality control information to all relevant organizational departments
- Train team members on quality control measures to improve product excellence
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 5 years of experience in a fast paced manufacturing quality environment
- Demonstrated experience with timely and cost-effective resolutions of quality issues
- Ability to evaluate data, resulting in corrective and preventive actions
- Experience in root cause problem solving
- Effective communicator, problem solver, and self-starter; works well in a team environment
- In depth working knowledge of ISO systems, Gage R&R, capability analysis, Wiebull, 8D, 3x5 Why, Ishikawa/Fishbone and other quality tools
- Understanding of GD&T, ERP, QMS and Minitab are preferred
- ASQ certification a plus