We are a leading fineblanking manufacture in Deerfield WI focused in the automotive and industrial markets. As a tier one supplier we are dedicated to producing high quality products while maintaining the highest standards of safety and environmental health. Our commitment to safety is integral to our operations ensuring a zerotolerance working environment and fostering a culture of safety across our facilities.
Overview
The Quality Engineer is responsible for compliance within the QMS and ISO analyzing defects or products determining the causes of those defects and providing solutions. The Quality Engineer will maintain the complaint nonconformity and corrective action procedures using records and tracking systems including rootcause analysis. The Quality Engineer will determine quality improvement factors implement methods to inspect test and evaluate the reliability of manufacturing processes and equipment prepare reports by collecting analyzing and summarizing data. The Quality Engineer will communicate with customers as required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overall quality performance and compliance of suppliers
- Leading supplier improvement and supplier development activities to ensure suppliers have excellent measurement system capability process capability and process controls
- Issue supplier audit reports and follow up on supplier actions to satisfactory completion
- Provide leadership in the investigation of customer component performance issues including corrective and preventive actions and driving continuous improvements
- Support product or component qualification through partnering with our internal and external stakeholders to implement APQP and a PPAP process
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including procurement engineering and manufacturing to address supplier and customer quality issues while implementing corrective actions in a timely manner
- Provide and Promote PPAP guidelines supporting and collaborating with plants and cross functional teams to facilitate standardization of PPAP
- Review challenge and simplify existing develop and apply quality driven test systems and procedures to assure products meet intended use and customer expectations
- Provide technical and quality expertise to support Key Programs focus on risk mitigation (PFMEA Control Plan and Inspection Standards)
- Apply Customer Specific Requirements (CSR) into program managements methodology for effective product/process releases
Qualifications:
- BS Engineer
- 5 years of experience in automotive industry
- ISO/IATF experience
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate technical information with others both internal and external organization
- Knowledge of various manufacturing process emphasis on electronics and mechanical assembly operations
- Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings prints and specifications
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Software Word Excel Power Point
- Working knowledge of statistical analysis tools with a focus on measurement systems capability measurement system analysis process capability and process control
- Must be resourceful and independent
- Ability and willingness to travel including international travel
- Highly motivated team contributor sets a higher bar of achievement for self and others works outside of functional boundaries for the betterment of the company
- Actively collaborates and builds trust with people makes and keeps commitments keeps stakeholders informed delivers results
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