About the Role
The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring products meet quality standards to minimize costs and maximize customer satisfaction, while ensuring quality management system processes operate effectively.
Responsibilities
- Manage all quality-related issues within assigned manufacturing teams and support departments.
- Work with teams to identify root causes and develop/implement effective permanent corrective actions for product/process quality issues.
- Resolve quality issues with stakeholders quickly and efficiently to prevent compromising quality & safety standards.
- Perform product, process, and system audits as assigned.
- Monitor and report on quality-related KPIs including scrap, rework, PPM levels, customer complaints, and non-conformances.
- Lead and manage problem-solving projects and Corrective Action activities.
- Participate in cross-functional teams for new product and process development to exceed customer expectations.
- Manage and assign internal auditors in day-to-day workloads.
Requirements
- BS Degree in a technical / engineering related field or equivalent experience.
- Accepts direction and projects from the Quality Manager and the Director of Quality.
- Fosters cooperative and open communication with all personnel and departments.
- Proficient with computers; experience with Microsoft Office.
- Able to work effectively in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment.
- Engage interest and participation while working collaboratively with others.
- Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrates strong knowledge of quality management systems (ISO 9001:2015); experience with APQP, PPAP and DFMEA/PFMEA development.
- Demonstrates strong knowledge / application of quality and continuous improvement tools.
- Demonstrates the ability to read / interpret engineering drawings, knowledge of GD&T standards a plus.
Skills
- Utilizing dimensional inspection tools such as Optical comparator surface plates, gage blocks, Pin gages, Calipers, Micrometers, Thread gages, CMM usage, height gages, and indicators.
- Quality management systems (ISO 9001:2015)
- APQP
- PPAP
- DFMEA/PFMEA development
- Quality and continuous improvement tools
- Reading / interpreting engineering drawings
- GD&T standards
- Microsoft Office
Location
- PLANT 1 - Elmira, NY 14901
Work Type
- Full Time
Education Level
- 4 Year Degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $56,300.00 - $75,000.00
