Quality Engineer Jobs

• Provide training and support the development of St. Pauls staff
• Work with all areas of the company to develop, implement and audit key business processes, procedures and work instructions
• St. Pauls facing activities include the active management and improvement of St. Pauls Quality metrics
• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for customer product and non-product issues; support yearly goal planning and customer metrics improvement
• Lead and provide support for Kaizen events, Six Sigma projects and daily activities that will support manufacturing, engineering and quality efforts.
• Provide necessary support for St. Pauls to ensure continued ISO certification by being an internal auditor and conducting monthly Internal ISO Audits
• Be a key participant in the New Product Development process ensuring process rigor; completing all deliverables of the NPD process, and applying NPD principles to the large amount of custom, low volume/high mix business in the St. Pauls plant.
• Participate in and lead the continuous improvement and overall management of St Pauls Quality, ensuring compliance with corporate requirements, ISO and all other applicable quality standards
• Participate in and lead problem solving activities related to the St Pauls Quality
• Initiating Corrective Actions for pervasive internal quality issues and supplier quality issues and providing sustained follow up for corrective action effectiveness
• Support all initiatives relating to cost of quality/cost of failure
• Follow a Six Sigma DMAIC road map to drive continuous performance improvements and cost reductions
• Complete root cause investigations and implements corrective actions and preventive actions by participating on problem solving teams
• Actively participate and support new St. Pauls initiatives.
• Support the Tiered Daily Management Process and Continuous Improvement Operating System
• Initiate, monitor, complete, and audit Corrective Actions for effectiveness
• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for St. Pauls quality performance for internal quality and supplier quality issues including scrap, rework, and process quality; support yearly goal planning and Sites’ metrics improvements
• Support domestic or international Codes and Standards activities as required
• Provide support for Customer facing and St. Pauls facing Quality activities. Customer facing activities include the active management and improvement of St. Pauls Customer Quality metrics
• Initiating Corrective Actions for pervasive Customer issues; providing effective response to customer complaints

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering or manufacturing area required

• No direct reports – influence position

• Prior experience with the implementation and use of Statistical Process Control and Continuous Improvement Tools
• Required to travel domestically, percentage varies.
• Supervisory and/or management experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Six Sigma Green Belt Required.
• Must have experience in basic Metrology and Calibration.
• Must have 5 to 7 years’ experience with the use and implementation of Quality concepts in a manufacturing environment.
• Certified Lead Auditor or ISO Auditor is a plus

• Works in an office environment
• May have regular exposure to the plant floor and QA lab.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.
• Must be able to manipulate equipment used in performance of tasks.
• Other demands include but not limited to oral, written, and presentation/communications skills.
• Ability to move throughout the plant and office areas.
• Alternates between sitting, standing, and moving within the work area.

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