Quality Engineer

Position Summary
Provides support for quality projects. Supports and completes activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards, requirements, documents, and instructions for industrial processes, materials, and products.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Supports the development of procedures, instructions, and forms for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality related information in the Quality Management System.
• Supports and conducts internal and external audits.
• Reads and interprets contracts, work instructions, blueprints, GD&T, and customer and industry specifications and requirements to determine dimensions, tolerances, and any other applicable inspection and test criteria or requirements.
• Leads or supports root cause and corrective action activities.
• Measures, inspects, tests and verifies machined, welded and finished parts for conformance to specifications.
• Completes inspection, FAI’s, and other inspection tasks as assigned.
• Develops, performs and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation. These standards and methods include but are not limited to Inspection Reports, Process Improvement (PI), CSI / GSI, DMR / MRB.
• Supports final inspection, customer source inspection, and government source inspection.
• Lead Lean initiatives.
• Reviews and verifies inspection processes and results.
• Provide assistance and training to inspectors and other manufacturing workers.
• Supports and completes Inspection reports, balloon prints, Gage Calibration, as assigned.
• Supports programs to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities.
• Supports and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost and responsibility. Assist and support in the DMR and MRB process.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Three or more years of related experience. Experience with AS9100 a plus. Experience with military shipbuilding preferred.
• Quality management systems lead auditor experience strongly preferred.
• ASQ CQE preferred.
• Practical Lean experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of inspection, special processes, and raw materials a plus.
• Knowledge of CMM, height gages, inspection tools and equipment.
• Must be able to work independently without supervision.
Must have the ability to work as a team player in a group or team environment.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT
Granite State Manufacturing (GSM) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. GSM does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws in its programs, activities, or employment.

SEARCH / RECRUITING AGENCIES:
Granite State Manufacturing (GSM) does not accept non-solicited resumes or candidate submittals from search/recruiting agencies unless GSM requests such resumes, and the search/recruiting agency is on GSM’s approved list of such agencies. Unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to GSM by search/recruiting agencies shall become the property of GSM and if the candidate is subsequently hired by GSM, GSM shall not owe any fee to the submitting agency.

Granite State Manufacturing offers a comprehensive benefits package to all GSM employees.

• Health & Wellness Programs
• Health Insurances (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Basic & Optional Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Worksite Benefits
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Paid Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Workers Compensation