Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer is responsible for managing the plant quality program; ensuring products and materials meet specification, continually improving processes, maintaining compliance with regulatory quality standards.  The qualified individual will act as a role model and represent the company’s values.

Responsibilities:

All job requirements listed are requirements for the core responsibilities of this position.  This position may require other activities and duties to be performed as assigned by their manager.

• Plans, organizes, leads and controls the quality function to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Develops/maintains procedures for product testing to ensure reliability, durability, manufacturability and safety of finished products.
• Compliance: internal audits by established schedule to evaluate regulatory compliance and external audits by customers. Acts as management representative for inspections.
•  Oversee day-to-day operation ensuring processes and training are in place to evaluate incoming raw material and manufactured finished products against internal and customer specifications and expectations.
•  Manage CAPA program for internal and customer non-conformances and complaints, including root cause findings, corrective actions and required internal and external communications.
•  Collect and monitor quality data to identify out of control trends or deviations from normal quality/process control limits. Ensure all quality related documents and/or records per internal/external requirements are properly maintained.
• Tracks quality performance of plant; non-conformance, reworks, customer complaints, delivery, analyze trends and work with production to determine and implement corrective actions, report quality data for management review.
• Works with production in addressing quality questions / problems, providing recommendations, establishing and monitoring corrective actions.
• Ensures that calibration schedules and QC procedures are established and followed.
• Develops / reviews / revises quality system procedures and SOPs as necessary.
• Develops/maintains procedures for ensuring internal processes can achieve specifications described in the product design phase.
• Conduct analysis of quality indicators to identify trends, initiate investigations and implement appropriate corrective actions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Engineering  or similar field required
• 5-8 years minimum experience in Quality Assurance/ Operations
• Ability to read engineering drawings, working knowledge of GDT application
• Knowledge of ISO quality standards
• Experience with elements of ASQ body of knowledge such as Pareto Charts, Cpk, 6 sigma, Control Plans, FMEA, and statistical analysis.
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods of time; ability to bend and to lift heavy materials, up to 50 pounds
• Strong basic statistics experience, including statistical process control
• Good communication skills
•  Ability to understand complex written and verbal instructions

Employment at Cantrell-Gainco is contingent upon successfully completing both a pre-employment background check and drug screening.

All candidates hired must be able to provide proper documentation of their eligibility to work in the US (I-9 form).

Cantrell-Gainco is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans (M/F/D/V)