Quality Engineer

McLaughlin Body Company; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaughlin Body Company in Anderson, SC, is seeking a Quality Engineer who will train staff on quality standards, define KC characteristics, and work with engineering to develop gauges and fixtures to control dimensional KPIs.

You will collect KPI data (FPY, DPU, DPPM), post updates on boards, participate in CQAs and MRBs, review supplier PPAPs, and help implement corrective actions with operations.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor's degree in technical engineering or 3–5 years of related experience.
• Experience with quality systems and KPIs such as FPY, DPU, and DPPM is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Frequent communications and visits with customer to support a partnership relationship.
• Conduct and/or participate in supplier development activities for key suppliers.
• Quality improvement programs that target DPPM.
• Provide current, accurate quality performance metrics to operations Coaching and developing inspectors.
• Setting performance improvement goals for the KPIs.

Skills

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Gauging & fixturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PPAPs

8D reports

Job description

Key Job Functions

• Train staff and operations in Quality Standards
• Identify, document, and communicate the dimensional and appearance Key Characteristics (KC) of each assigned product. This includes customer dictated KCs and those identified by MBC.
• Work with engineering in the development of gauges and fixtures to control dimensional KCs
• Assist operations in the training of employees in the use of all gauging and fixturing
• Collect product quality data and maintain charts on Key Performance Indicators (KPI), to include First Pass Yield (FPY), Defects Per Unit (DPU) and Delivered PPM (DPPM)
• Regularly post KPIs on communication boards in the operating areas, including posting of customer feedback (VOC) and quality alerts
• Work with engineering and operations personnel to drive quality defects back to the root cause and develop corrective and preventive actions
• Participate in scheduled CQAs and communicate findings back to the operations personnel
• Participate in MRBs and in determining disposition of NCM
• Request, review, and approve supplier PPAPs
• Support the completion of all requested forms in support of customer PPAPs, including but not limited to Appearance Acceptance Reports, Control Plans, Dimensional Results, Balloon Diagrams, Part Submission Warrants, Process Flow Diagrams and Process FMEAs
• Submit and track customer 8D reports
• Serve as escalation step for supplier non-conformances
• Participate in the AQP Process, ensuring plant readiness for product and process changes and new product introductions

Responsibilities

• Frequent communications and visits with customer to support a partnership relationship
• Conduct and/or participate in supplier development activities for key suppliers
• Quality improvement programs that target DPPM
• Provide current, accurate quality performance metrics to operations Coaching and developing inspectors Setting performance improvement goals for the KPIs
• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Requires bachelor's degree in technical engineering or three to five years of related experience, or a combination of education and related experience