What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Confidential Jobs?
This person plans and conducts activities concerned with the quality assurance of manufacturing processes, materials, and products by performing the following duties.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, evaluation and installation of quality assurance systems and process controls.
- Participate in reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
- Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing process stability.
- Reviews and approves vendor quality data and corrective action reports.
- Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
- Develops innovative approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities.
- Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
- Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities.
- Prepares and presents technical and product information to team members and management.
- Directs technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance activities.
- Is a collaborative partner with internal and external business partners and stakeholders.
- Work with suppliers directly to create corrective action plans to address process failures.
- Communicate and instruct suppliers on the use of corrective action process and quality tools and techniques.
- Review supplier manufacturing processes, collaborate with suppliers on process improvement and value enhancement opportunities.
- Regularly visit suppliers and assist the supply chain group in conducting supplier audits.
- Create, issue and complete Supplier Corrective Action requests.
- Participate in Engineering Change meetings to ensure awareness to design changes, implement engineering changes in accordance with 1st article process.
- Create, issue and complete Supplier Corrective Action requests.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or relevant position required.
- Excellent communication ability
- Outstanding organizational and time-management skills
- BS Degree or AS Degree with relevant mix of successful work experience in leadership of Quality teams.
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; using a structured, data driven approach, Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations.
- Experience successfully applying well-defined problem-solving methods, such as 8D.
