What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Intern position at Steel Partners?
Quality Engineer Intern
COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE: SPLP; www.steelpartners.com) is a publicly-traded diversified global holding company that has significant interests in leading companies in various industries including diversified industrial products, energy, defense, banking, insurance, food products and services, oilfield services, sports, training, education, and the entertainment and lifestyle industries.
As long-term investors, Steel Partners has focused on enhancing value through the implementation of operational excellence, corporate strategic restructuring programs and other components of the Steel Partners culture - what we call “The Steel Way.” Together, Steel Partners businesses generate $3.4 billion in revenue and employ more than 13,000 people in 18 countries.
To find out more about the company, please visit www.SteelPartners.com.
HandyTube Corporation is a seamless specialty tubing manufacturer based in Camden, Delaware. As a premium manufacturer, HandyTube provides customer-specific solutions for the flow of gas, steam, and liquids in the most harsh and demanding environments. The Company’s process allows it to produce made-to-order, seamless, stainless steel and specialty alloy tubing ranging from one inch in diameter to finer than a human hair, and in continuous lengths that can exceed a mile. Dedicated to high-quality service and products. HandyTube’s highly experienced engineers provide expertise on new product development through continuous improvement and lean manufacturing and work successfully with customers globally to take products and projects from initial concept to full scale implementation.
We are committed to our values, Safety, Quality, Customer Focused and Innovation, and are our guiding principles we live by in everything we do.
To find out more about HandyTube, please visit www.handytube.com.
Position
Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer intern will provide guidance and technical support to Manufacturing Engineers, Process Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, and Operations Personnel. This position requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, teamwork, collaboration, and effective communication. The Quality Engineer intern utilizes prior experience, current research, and creativity to develop ideal solutions to manufacturing and product needs. The Quality Engineer intern will assist in the planning, development, implementation, communication and maintenance of the company’s quality management systems, polices, documentation, data, and customer-specific requirements.
Responsibilities
- Promote Safety as the Number One Priority of all HandyTube employees
- Drive a culture that educates and promotes quality processes and responsibilities for all
- Execute root cause analysis and timely resolutions on customer complaints, returns and scrap
- Plans and conducts analysis, inspections, tests and integration of quality assurance into processes
- Applies statistical process control methods to analyze data to make improvements to current processes
- Ensure process and practices conform to various ASTM and customer specifications, as well as, ISO9001, BV, AS9100, NADCAP, Norsok and other certifications and procedures.
- Creates, develops, updates, trains, and inspects SOP’s and visual work instructions.
- Preparation of inspection reports
- Coordination and performance of internal process/product audits
- Conduct new supplier quality onsite audits
- Log and follow-up supplier quality complaints
- Evaluate the effectiveness of supplier corrective/preventive actions
- Performs other tasks as assigned
- Create and update SOPs and VWI
- Overall support of the quality department
- Evaluating current processes
- Assist with action items
- Creating reports and slides
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in material science, mechanical or industrial engineering or a related field.
- Junior, or Senior in Engineering Program
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong academic background in mechanical engineering principles and design
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
- Interest in the quality improvement process
- Uses strong, creative critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Analytical- capable of designing experiments, data collection, analysis and interpretation
- Technical writing capability
- Can do attitude
- Analytical skills
- Able to understand the needs of the total organization- “Big Picture”
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills required
- Ability to learn and utilize ERP and other software systems
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and willingness to learn
- Ability to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects and tools, reach with hands and arms, and regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Knowledge and or ability to learn operating measurement equipment
- Willingness to spend time on the manufacturing floor and have a hand on approach.
- Positive attitude, good judgment and excellent time management skills
- Less than 15% travel may be required
- Must work a minimum of 20 hours a week