Quality Improvement Engineer

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• LMA
• QMS
• Inspection
• Continuous Improvement

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintenance and continuous improvement of the QMS at Brooksville, FL facility to ensure QMS is updated to comply with newly released ISO standards. Current standards certified: ISO 9001 & ISO 13485.
• Assist with internal audits at Port Richey, Brooksville, and Florida Finishing facilities in compliance with ISO standards or NADCAP standard at Florida Finishing.
• Assist with driving continuous improvement strategies with focus on process improvements and the QMS.
• Facilitate Advanced Product Quality Planning techniques to accomplish organizational product quality levels, utilizing company metrics and visual aids to heighten employee awareness downstream.
• Interface with Program Managers, Engineering and Operations within team environment to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data.
• Mentor and Support the First Article Inspector and Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the QMS and customer product specifications.
• Quality Department interface with our customers related to all customer requirements; such as, PPAP's, Validations (IQ, OQ, PQ), complaints, SCAR's, CAR's, customer on-site audits and product quality requirements.
• Manage directly product inspection activities, FAI's, PPAP's, Validation's, In-Process, and final inspections.
• Review and approve employee evaluations.
• Manage and encourage development of employees including counseling and motivation.
• Represents and promotes the goodwill and interests of the organization throughout the community.

LMA RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for direct supervision, coordination, performance and evaluation of the First Article Inspector and QA Inspectors (floor inspector and final inspector).
• Responsible for the supervisory activities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include meeting company goals and metrics, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraisals, rewarding and disciplining employees.

QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS:

• Demonstrates Seaway Plastics Core Values

o We are customer focused

o We execute

o We win together

o We are respectful

• 4yr degree in Engineering or Technical discipline; or combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 4 years' experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in a Manufacturing Environment.
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) is recommended.
• Self-starter with the ability to motivate others.
• Leader who is able to make decisions, but also comfortable delegating decision making where appropriate.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Experienced in good manufacturing practices and quality initiatives and programs.
• In-depth experience with QMS systems including ISO 13485.
• Ability to develop and maintain a team oriented work environment.
• Strong working knowledge of injection molding processes.
• Demonstrated experience at implementing continuous improvement, lean or other process improvement techniques.
• Strategic thinker with experience in statistical analysis and identifying trends through data.
• Travel to other worksites or customer locations: 20% (Must have a personal vehicle with valid driver license)
• Limited physical effort, able to carry at least 30lbs
• Duties are usually performed seated. Must be able to sit and type for long periods; bending, reaching, pushing, pulling

For California Residents

We may collect the following categories of personal information in connection with the submission of your resume or application materials to us for employment, and if hired, your employment with us: identifiers (e.g., name, address, email address, birthdate); personal records (e.g., telephone number, signature, education information, criminal background information, passport number and visa information); consumer characteristics (e.g., sex, marital status, veteran status, race, disability, sexual orientation); professional or employment information (e.g., resume, cover letter, employment history, background check forms, references, certifications, transcripts and languages spoken); and inferences from personal information collected (e.g., a profile reflecting abilities and aptitudes).

The above categories of personal information are collected for the following business purposes: performing recruitment and hiring services; processing interactions and transactions (e.g., to comply with federal and state laws requiring us to maintain certain records, managing the workforce); and security (e.g., detecting security incidents, protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity).

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