Quality and Safety Engineer

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC seeks a Quality and Safety Engineer to support all quality and safety activities across plants. You will lead safety training, audits, and root-cause analysis, while ensuring robust quality processes and documentation.

You will participate in new part launches, process audits, and supplier/component verification, with travel up to 40%. Strong communication and team collaboration are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Technical degree or certificate and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Thorough knowledge of blueprint reading and ability to use measuring tools and test equipment.
• Understanding and interpretation of Quality tools including SPC, Gage R & R, and Metrology tools.
• Knowledge of lean problem solving tools and techniques such as A3, 8D, and RCCA.
• Welding experience preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of what makes up a working quality management system. The ability to clearly generate standard operating procedures and work instructions as well as reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be willing and able to travel ~40% of time
• Team player who enjoys challenging situations

Responsibilities

• Safety: train personnel, conduct safety audits, support JSA activities.
• Production support: maintain quality process docs to ISO standards, analyze quality metrics, manage MRB/DMR, conduct weekly process audits.
• Floor audits: audit production processes for part quality, process control, internal ISO certification; identify performance gaps.
• Part/component inspections: incoming inspection, ERP disposition, document control, validate first part samples for customer submission.
• Dimensional control: fixture design support, maintain measurement equipment and calibrations.
• New part launch: support launch meetings, run capability studies, prepare PPAP docs (control plans, PFMEA, first article reports).
• Root cause/corrective action: respond to customer complaints, RCCA/8D, contribute to corrective action programs.

Skills

Safety compliance

Quality systems

Measurement tools

Lean problem solving

Education

Technical degree/certificate

Tools

Gage R&R

SPC

Metrology tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Title: Quality and Safety Engineer

Title: Quality and Safety Engineer

Reports to

PHX Director of Quality and Safety

Job Purpose

Aid the Director of Quality and Safety for all quality and safety related activities across all plants

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• SAFETY
  • Train manufacturing personnel in principles of:
    • Weekly Safety Kata Topics;
    • Safety Alerts;
    • Monthly Safety Training;
  • Conduct periodic wall to wall safety audits in different facilities;
  • Aid in managing the JSA activities in each plant;
• PRODUCTION SUPPORT
  • Maintain and evaluate quality process documentation to certified ISO standards;
  • Maintain and analyze quality metric/performance reporting documentation;
  • Help manage the MRB/DMR processes at each facility;
  • Conduct weekly Process Audits and report findings;
• FLOOR AUDITS
  • Audit production processes for:
    • Part quality;
    • Process control;
    • Internal ISO certification
  • Perform process documentation audits to identify performance gaps;
• PART/COMPONENT INSPECTIONS FOR VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION
  • Perform purchased component incoming inspection and ERP disposition;
  • Develop and maintain part and process documentation;
  • Disposition non-conforming material/product;
  • Validate initial production samples to established requirements and prepare for customer submission;
• DIMENSIONAL CONTROL/MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
  • Participate in quality control fixture design, qualification and maintenance;
  • Maintain measurement equipment, calibrations and certifications (where applicable);
• NEW PART LAUNCH
  • Support new part launch meetings and update quality-related project actions
  • Perform capability study for new parts, analyze data, and recommend improvements
  • Prepare PPAP documentation, including control plans, PFMEA, and first part inspection reports.
• ROOT CAUSE/CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES
  • Respond to customer complaints in a timely manner;
  • Lead root cause assessment using RCCA/8D;
  • Actively participate in corrective action development programs;

Key Measures of Success

• Customer Complaints
• Cost of Quality (COPQ)
• Number of Reportable Incidents
• 6S Audit

Job Requirements

• Technical degree or certificate and/or equivalent work experience involving Quality and/or Manufacturing roles and responsibilities.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of blueprint reading and ability to use measuring tools and test equipment.
• Understanding and interpretation of Quality tools including but not limited to SPC, Gage R & R, and Metrology tools.
• Knowledge of lean problem solving tools and techniques such as A3, 8D, and Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA).
• Welding experience preferred
• Thorough knowledge of what makes up a working quality management system. The ability to clearly generate standard operating procedures and work instructions as well as reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be willing and able to travel ~40% of time
• Team player who enjoys challenging situations

Application Procedure

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC offers a drug-free work place along with a competitive salary and benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO), dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin and in compliance with ADAAA.