Aerospace Quality Engineer

PPG Industries; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG Industries’ Aerospace Business is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead cross-functional teams in resolving customer issues, driving containment, root cause analysis and corrective actions. The role is onsite at Grand Prairie, TX, reporting to the Senior Aerospace Production Quality Manager and focused on improving product performance.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Technical Service, Sales, QC, Production and Engineering to close out quality events, using LEAN/Six Sigma

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a technical field or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of applicable experience; combination of education and experience considered.
• Experience with RCCA (root cause and corrective action).
• Experience with AS9100, AS9102, AS9145 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to determine containment, root cause and corrective actions.
• Resolve customer issues and provide status updates with Technical Service, Sales, QC, Production and Engineering.
• Promote quality goals and deliver high quality 8D reports.
• Support customer audits to evaluate the quality management system.

Skills

RCCA

AS9100

AS9102

AS9145

Lean Six Sigma

Quality Auditor

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Job description

PPG’s Aerospace Business is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to join our team at our Grand Prairie Aerospace Transparencies facility. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will resolve customer issues by leading a cross-functional teams to determine containment, root cause and corrective actions. You will determine gaps in process activities or product design to improve product performance.

This is an onsite position at our Grand Prairie, TX facility. You will report to the Senior Aerospace Production Quality Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Technical Service or Sales to understand the customer’s complaints and provide regular status updates.

• Work with QC, Production, Engineering, Technical, and Field Teams in discussing and resolving complicated data and/or information with all levels of involved personnel.

• Promote team to achieve quality goals, customer complaint cycle time targets and deliver high quality 8D reports.

• Follow-up progress of Customer Feedback from creation to closure.

• Evaluate results and trends of product performance to customer standards.

• Support customer audits to evaluate the effectiveness of the quality management system.

• Support Design Owners, Subject Matter Experts, and Process Improvement experts in driving process improvements to meet customer requirements.

• Develop and improve processes using LEAN/Six Sigma principles

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

• 2+ years of applicable experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of experience.

• Ample experience with root cause and corrective action (RCCA).

• Experience with AS9100, AS9102, AS9145.

• Quality Auditor Experience preferred.

• Lean Six Sigma experience.

• Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

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