Advanced Quality Engineer
Advanced Quality Engineer
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Job Description
Are you passionate about driving quality reducing waste and delivering excellence to customers Join our team as an Advanced Quality Engineer and make a measurable impact from day one!
We are seeking a proactive detail-oriented professional who thrives in a team environment and is committed to continuous improvement. In this role you will play a critical part in upholding our quality standards supporting new product launches and ensuring customer satisfaction through robust defect-free manufacturing processes.
Enjoy excellent pay and incentives at a company where your skills will be recognized and rewarded!
Company Overview:
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for over 125 years. We are a global leader specializing in the design manufacture and distribution of functional hardware office and healthcare ergonomics and storage-related components for original equipment manufacturers specialty distributors hardware chains and major home centers.
Whats In It For You
- Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more starting Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 401K with Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount Programs
- Bonus and Merit opportunities
What You Will Get To Do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including design engineering and production to establish quality standards and requirements during the product development phase
- Conduct thorough design reviews to identify potential quality issues and recommend improvements
- Lead Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) execution and implementation - ensures proper maintenance practices
- Develop comprehensive quality plans and strategies for product launches outlining key milestones testing procedures and risk mitigation strategies
- Stop production to prevent the manufacture of unacceptable goods
- Ensure compliance and assist with adherence to the Quality Management System
- Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Six-Sigma Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing) and Measurement System Analysis
- Participate in cross-functional teams in the development of new products or changes related to current products
- Coordinate communication between product engineering and the testing laboratory
- Establish quality checkpoints throughout the product launch process to monitor progress and compliance
- Participate in the development of Design and Process FMEAs (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
- Coordinate testing activities including reliability testing performance testing and validation testing to verify product quality and compliance
- Oversee the implementation of quality control measures in manufacturing processes to ensure consistency and adherence to specifications
- Undertake special projects
- Analyze quality data and feedback from product launches to identify trends and areas for improvement
- Produce written reports and make presentations on
What Will You Bring:
3 years of demonstrated work experience in a manufacturing Quality department knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
Bachelors Degree in Quality Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field
Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite experience working with ERP systems Auto CAD
- Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred
Employment Type
Full Time
