Quality Engineer

Location: Greenville, MI, us

Company Description

Tier I Automotive Supplier Company.

Job Description

JOB DETAILS:

Location: Greenville, MI

Relocation Assistance: Yes

Position: Quality Engineer

Type: Direct Hire

Division: Bearings & Ignition

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under direction of the Quality Manager, responsible for the effectiveness of and continuous improvements to the area quality system.

​Specific Duties:

• Promotes continuous improvement in environmental and safety issues by ensuring that equipment is designed, modified or repaired to maintain and improve safety and environmental performance.

• Reacts immediately to safety issues as they arise.

• Follows all environmental and safety policies and procedures.

• Supervises Quality Analysts and Quality Technicians as required.

• Determines principle defects by cost, quantity and attribute. Analyzes data and determines causal factors to assist other functions in developing corrective and preventative action.

• Develops and maintains a defect prevention system through the use of Quality Plans and Advanced Quality Planning Techniques.

• Conducts in-plant audits for compliance of all functions to internal, group (or division), and corporate policies and procedures as related to quality.

• Conducts product audits to ensure compliance to specifications, and other customer requirements.

• Assists Quality Manager in preparing and establishing procedures and work instructions for the improvement of the plant quality system.

• Conducts capability studies on both present and new equipment and processes, and provides documentation for production samples.

• Analyzes customer complaints and determines action required to prevent reoccurrence. If required, makes visits to customer plants to expedite resolution of quality problems and/or make necessary reports to group for their use with customers.

• Establishes effective training for supervisors, inspectors and operators as related to quality.

• Establishes Quality Plans and analyzes results for incoming, in-process and final inspections for necessary corrective action. Utilizes statistical methods where appropriate.

• Studies effectiveness of present inspection techniques. Remains informed of new inspection techniques, and recommends/implements improvements as required.

• Serves as team member for Quality Improvement Programs,

• Advanced Quality Planning efforts and Problem Solving Groups.

• Utilizes statistical methods where needed.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Four year degree in Engineering or Business field.

• Associates degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of manufacturing can be substituted for 4 year degree requirement.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 3 years in manufacturing environment or quality field.

• Familiar with problem solving tools such as 8D, 3Legged, 5Why, or any other such tools.

• Ability to use personal computer for day to day business

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.