SR. QUALITY ENGINEER

Job Summary:

Maintains constant contact and liaison between the customer and Plants on quality items; coordinating activities with Sales, Service, Aftermarket, Manufacturing and Application Engineering Departments. Must be able to implement new procedures for audits.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assuring the quality of equipment; specification review, investigation of non-conforming product and leading team activity to identify root causes and implementing permanent corrective actions.
• Responsible for coordinating investigations and resolution of customer related difficulties, instituting and maintaining documentation on customer issues.
• Communicate effectively with suppliers, customers, and Stanadyne personnel through verbal and written communications.
• Visits customers and provides written reports on all phases of activities. (This is an integral requirement of the position.) Approximately 20% travel is required.
• Maintains familiarity with all phases of the manufacturing, assembly and testing of Company products. Exposure to all products processes required.
• Coordinates all quality activities of all Stanadyne personnel and participates in repairs/sorts of F.I.E. at our facilities or at the customer facility.
• Knowledgeable in Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP). Must be able to lead an APQP team through all phases of the process.
• Knowledgeable in PFMEA, PPAP, and Control Plans. Must be able to lead team through all phases of the development and revision of these documents.
• May be required to perform miscellaneous related job duties or special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• An ASQ certified Quality Engineer for positions involving hardware or an ASQ certified Software Quality Engineer for positions involving software. Previous experience is APQP and PPAP required.
• Hands on experience with precision grinding operations and Manufacturing processing
• Hands on experience with sophisticated measurement equipment. (CMM, surface finish, form testers, etc.). Programing experience on such equipment is a plus.
• Experienced in TS16949 and ISO
• Strong attention to details, highly organized
• Effective communicator

Education and/or Experience:

• B.S. degree in Engineering and Business Operations, Quality. Advanced course work preferred.
• 10+ years active quality experience in a manufacturing environment.