Reports to:          Quality Assurance Manager
Department:        330- Quality Assurance
Pay Status:          $40,000 

SUMMARY:
The Quality /Process Engineer will provide support to initiate quality/process improvement objectives in the manufacturing processes within each Value Stream. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide liaison support between Quality Assurance Team, Value Stream Managers/ Coordinators, Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering and Sales Departments.
2. Lead process improvement initiates to increase the quality and to optimize the manufacturing output.
3. Perform and be the lead auditor on product and process audits.
4. Assist CIT with plant responsibilities, including areas such as specification interpretation, calibration, materials review and work instructions.
5. Work with engineering to develop simple and effective methods of testing and inspecting products.
6. Assist supplier management activities such as conducting supplier audits, supplier approvals and supplier corrective action.
7. Travel as necessary to customers and suppliers to assist with quality improvement activities.
8. Support an awareness of the need for teamwork in order to attain team objectives.
9. Monitor all manufacturing processes through audits and evaluations to ensure that processes are being followed.

10. Monitor Value Stream quality issues and create graphs to show trends.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Perform other duties as assigned by the Quality Assurance Manager.
2. Exercise initiates and judgment and make decisions within the scope of assigned authority.
3. Proactively support the implementation of quality management system improvements.
4. Take the initiative to meet deadlines and work in a team environment.
5. Initiate quality programs using quality tools (PDCA cycle, PPAP, APQP)
     

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. B.S.  in Quality and/or Industrial Engineering desired
2. ASQ certification CQE/ CQA preferred
3. Four years of prior quality experience
4. Strong oral and written communication skills
5. Knowledgeable in personal computers
6. Physical requirements: regularly required to walk, talk, and hear, reach, with hands and arms, stand crouch and kneel, frequently required to use hand to finger dexterity, handle and feel objects, tools, and/or controls; occasionally required to stoop or crawl