Lead Quality Engineer

Lead Quality Engineer needed to lead quality support, customer quality issue resolution, quality documentation, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a similar quality engineering role within a vertically integrated manufacturing environment
• Experience in automotive, lighting, plastics, or a similar manufacturing industry required
• Experience with warranty and customer quality issues required
• Experience processing quality documentation through major customer portals
• Experience with customer portals such as Caterpillar, GM, Ford, Chrysler, or similar systems
• Knowledge of PPAP and APQP
• Knowledge of quality systems audits
• Experience with root cause analysis tools, including:
  • 8D
  • A3
  • 5-Why
• Understanding of ISO 9001 quality systems
• Understanding of GD&T
• Understanding of SCP
• Ability to lead quality inspectors and junior quality engineers
• Ability to interface with customers regarding requirements, issues, portal documentation, and site visits
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university preferred

Preferred Skills

• Caterpillar customer portal experience
• Six Sigma training
• 2+ years of project management or process development experience
• Experience supporting product design quality requirements
• Experience driving continuous improvement for assigned product lines, processes, and customers
• Experience working with quality, manufacturing, engineering, and supplier teams
• Experience developing and maintaining quality assurance processes

Job Responsibilities

• Lead quality inspectors and junior quality engineers
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes
• Ensure quality guidelines, procedures, and standards are followed throughout manufacturing operations and product design
• Conduct root cause analyses for quality issues
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across assigned product lines, processes, and customers
• Work with quality, manufacturing, engineering, and suppliers to identify process improvement opportunities
• Resolve customer quality issues
• Support warranty-related quality investigations and corrective actions
• Interface with customers to determine quality requirements and resolve issues
• Manage quality documentation through customer portals
• Support customer site visits and portal-related quality documentation requirements
• Ensure customer and regulatory requirements are consistently met
• Support quality systems audits and compliance activities
• Apply PPAP, APQP, 8D, A3, 5-Why, GD&T, SCP, and ISO 9001 practices to quality processes

Pay Details: $40.00 to $50.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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