Quality Engineer Jobs - Manchester, Michigan (MI)

Quality Engineer - Job Description

Job Summary:

• Ensures that products and processes at all stages of manufacturing are conforming to all Customer standards and requirements.

Required Education and Experience:

• Degree or Diploma in Engineering or CQT/CQE preferred
• Three years' technical experience in a manufacturing environment in automotive
• Thorough knowledge of statistical techniques in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of Quality standards - IATF 16949
• Extensive knowledge of Customer Specific Requirements

Critical Success Factors:

• Excellent attendance.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Proven self-starter, who requires limited supervision and direction, yet achieves tasks and overcomes problems and provides effective direction and development for staff.
• Embraces the challenge of problem solving and identifying and implementing practical solutions.

Essential Functions:

• Abide by all Company policies including, but not limited to the following: Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental Systems, Human Resources policies, and the Martinrea Employee Handbook.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns with cross functional team.
• Perform line trials.
• Assist Quality Manager in establishing, implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System.
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as process capability studies, 5S, or Kaizen Lean methods.
• Develop training to build quality awareness.
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data (Equipment run off, SL/GP-12, etc.)
• Manage safe launch / GP-12 activities when applicable
• Responsible for all quality improvement issues related to vendors and suppliers of materials, products, or services and work with SQE to develop or improve the supply chain.
• Support and train Quality Technicians and Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the Quality Management System.
• Conduct IATF 16949 audits and layered process audits, including closing out audit findings, creating audits finding reports and determine proper corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyse failure, corrective and preventive action to respond to customer complaints and lead meetings to present 8D/3X5 why to customer Quality/Team
• Create and maintain company quality documentation, such as quality manuals, quality procedures, work instructions, and forms.
• Issue quality alert or deviation when required, manage containment activities, and drive open action items to closure.
• Responsible for planning, organizing and managing the overall activities of receiving / outgoing quality functions.
• Continuously improving QA incoming inspection process and procedures.
• Ensure timely resolution of supplier failure, corrective actions and preventive actions.
• Preparation of QA reports.
• Review/approve gage designs and part prints
• Desire to learn the business, understand the production process by walking the floor and participation in meetings

Working Conditions

• 60% Office environment and 40%plant floor (PPE required)

Effort/Physical Demands

• Desk work
• Able to lift 40lbs
• Constant communication with employees, peers and management
• Overtime as required

Health and Safety Responsibilities

• Must work in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, Company Rules, Plant Rules, policies and procedures
• Must use or wear equipment, protective devices or certain clothing as required by the company

Other Duties:

• This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities required for this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice