What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at Metalsa Career Site?
Position: Quality Engineer
Duties: Responsible for ensuring quality of parts meet customer specifications and provide problem solving for Quality Issues, embracing the continuous improvements of processes. Serve as quality liaison to internal and external customers of assigned Plant. Ensure the quality of products using continuous improvement tools to increase quality level of parts. Develop Quality Systemic strategy for the process and deliverables. Monitor Quality KPIs and generate actions for improvement. Develop projects to increase the quality performance. Communicate and visit customers and suppliers, as needed. Ensure quick and correct response to quality issues either internally or externally. Assure problem solving and analysis of chronic issues. Manage the KPI of QR and flow outs for the process. Generate action plans for KPIs out of target. Improve performance and efficiency of quality controls and create improvement projects in the process. Innovate in new way and tools for improve quality. Provide response to the shop floor need in quality abnormalities. Follow supplier performance and work with suppliers for improvement. Ensure the IATF 16949 requirements are met in the process. Participate in multi-disciplinary team to improve performance of the process. Promote the quality mindset across the organization. Perform additional responsibilities as required.
Location: Roanoke, VA
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Automotive Engineering or related discipline.
Experience: 5 years of experience in the job offered, or in a quality and/or manufacturing engineering position. Experience must include identifying strategic objectives and goals while establishing performance indicators and action plans to keep processes on target. Must have hands-on experience providing leadership for manufacturing projects, improving process and operational consistency to reduce cost and raise performance. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.