Product Quality Analyst -- 1st Shift
IMMEDIATE OPENING - QUALITY ENGINEER
Salary: $60-70k - Commensurate with experience
Job Summary:
Champion and uphold the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing quality operations in the assigned Value Stream. Design, modify, implement, and maintain quality standards for products and processes. Gather data on trends and root cause analysis to provide statistical information for quality improvements. Direct technical evaluation, analysis, and data acquisition processes to ensure plant quality objectives are met. Reports to the Plant Quality Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
Monitor quality performance using statistical and analytical methods. Create and implement various methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, reliability, and accuracy of products, processes, and production equipment.
Develop and establish quality systems and procedures, inspection plans, quality performance trends, statistical plans, cost estimates, and technical quality plans for proposals.
Ensure that project and/or process control documentation complies with requirements and/or contract.
Analyze the cost of, and determine responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications by performing statistical analyses.
Provide quality input to product development teams.
Ensure compliance with specified quality requirements by performing in-house and supplier audits and surveys.
Create reports by collecting, interpreting, analyzing, and summarizing data and make recommendations.
Analyze proposed changes in methods and materials.
Develop and conduct training sessions on quality control activities.
Participate in failure analysis and corrective action investigations.
Refine and improve products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques to critical areas of production.
Represent the company by interfacing with customers and assisting with internal and external audits.
Develop and coordinate corrective action procedures and plans as the primary contact in audits.
Communicate and educate the Value Stream Team on matters requiring specialized knowledge of quality functions.
Ensure compliance with Production Approval Process (PPAP), Advanced Product Quality Process (*APQP), and document control.
Make quality-related customer and vendor visits and contacts as required.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing industry networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, maintaining American Society for Quality certification, and/or participating in other professional associations.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree (BS) in Engineering or a related field.
American Society for Quality certification preferred.
Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures, instruments, equipment, theories, principles, and concepts, as well as general business operations.
Ability to assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions.
Proficiency in standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools.
Ability to establish project goals and objectives.
Effective communication and presentation skills to team members, team leaders, and upper management.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal-setting, performance feedback, and self-development activities.
Experience with Six Sigma and Lean tools.
Experience in maintaining and improving QS9000/ISO900 and TS16949 Systems preferred.
Conditions of Employment: Must pass a Corporate background check and drug screening.
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Salary info:
$28 - $34 / hr