Quality Engineer Specialist

About the Role

Provides Quality Engineering support to the Quality Group and supports quality relationships with Customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepares the PPAP documentation.
• Performs follow-up verification of countermeasures taken in response to customer and in-process non-conformances found outside of the reasonable process.
• Assists the Senior Specialist in developing and attaining Quality Department goals and objectives.
• Tours the plant to monitor nonconformance activity, other areas of Quality Department involvement, and (in the Senior Specialist’s absence or direction) control parameters at OQ, LAN, and AOQ.
• Prepares/maintains Inspection Standards, all other matters including PPAP relating to the introduction of new parts, and all other Quality Records.
• Advises the Senior Specialist of all nonconformities and exceptions.
• Coordinates Quality Engineering activities with the needs of Sales, PC, and all other departments.
• Performs inspection and testing needed for investigations.
• Assists the Senior Specialist in maintaining the Nonconformance System.
• Prepares visual aids and handles matters pertaining to Machine Condition Control and Manufacturing Floor Support.
• Contacts/visits customers at the direction of the Senior Specialist or when the Senior Specialist is unavailable.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or Team Members.
• Ability to complete quality production, and operational forms.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables using a standardized method.
• Physical Requirements include:
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand and use hands, walk, bend, lift, or twist.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to lift a container of fasteners weighing up to 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to sit; to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and to talk or hear.
• Work Environment Considerations:
• Frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Moderate noise level.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• One to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.