Quality Engineer

TriMas Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Norris Cylinder Company in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Quality Engineer to work on customer and engineering interactions to define product requirements and monitor quality system results.

Responsibilities include validation, risk assessments, and ongoing improvements to prevent defects while maintaining cGMP standards across manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Understanding of ISO9001:2015 or other regulated industry quality management system standards
• Project management experience
• Must speak and read English fluently
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Support Engineering during new product introductions and launches
• Perform Validation activities, including First Articles and Capability analysis
• Perform Product and Process Risk Assessments
• Audit, qualify and optimize quality plans and manufacturing processes
• Investigate customer issues and problems as assigned by Quality Manager
• Issue and manage deviations from established processes
• Administer nonconforming material control process
• Address day to day quality problems and troubleshoot manufacturing problems
• Maintain quality plans for new products, and revise quality plans for existing products
• Drive cGMP and GDP throughout the company
• Implement process improvements to prevent defects and improve efficiency
• Assure statistical controls and sampling methods for inspection and testing are created and complied with
• Maintain records to demonstrate quality system effectiveness

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team leadership

Tools

ERP software

Minitab

ISO Internal Auditor Certification

Job description

Quality Engineer

Company: Norris Cylinder Company

Primary Location: 521 Green Cove Road SE, Huntsville, AL 35803 USA

Workplace Type: On-site

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Job Summary: Quality Engineer works
  directly with customers and engineering to determine product requirements,
  communicate those requirements to production, and monitor quality system
  results. Investigates quality concerns and develops/implements preventive
  actions and process improvements. Addresses daily quality problems and
  escalates them as necessary.
  Job Duties and
  Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
  Support Engineering during new product introductions and launches
  Perform Validation activities, including First Articles and Capability analysis
  Perform Product and Process Risk Assessments
  Audit, qualify and optimize quality plans and manufacturing processes
  Investigate customer issues and problems as assigned by Quality Manager
  Issue and manage deviations from established processes
  Administer nonconforming material control process
  Address day to day quality problems and troubleshoot manufacturing problems
  Maintain quality plans for new products, and revise quality plans for existing products
  Drive cGMP (Current good manufacturing practices) and GDP throughout the company
  Implement process improvements to prevent defects and improve efficiency
  Assure statistical controls and sampling methods for inspection and testing are created and complied with
  Maintain records to demonstrate quality system effectiveness (including scrap over standard and material certificates)
  Monitor OEE quality by shift
  Perform internal ISO auditing
  Report quality system results to management (including complaints analysis)
  Maintains up to date calibrated equipment in use for inspection by the QA Lab
  Administer quality system documentation (including procedures, forms, and quality plans)
  Perform housekeeping and safety audits
  Provide training and testing for departmental personnel as it relates to their involvement in the quality process
  Perform duties in accordance with Norris QMS, ISO, and safety regulations

Qualifications
Education and Work
Experience:
Required:
3+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment
Understanding of ISO9001:2015 or other regulated industry quality management system standards
Project management experience
Preferred:
ERP software
ISO Internal Auditor Certification
Environmental Monitoring
Minitab experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong communication and presentation skills
Motivated and Self-Directed
Training in advanced problem solving preferred (Green/Black Belt, CAPA)
Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and taking initiative
Process and Results driven
Must speak and read English fluently
Must be dependable, punctual and have good attendance
Must be flexible and adaptable to change
Able to positively motivate others and create a team environment
Always Demonstrate professional conduct and be quality driven with an attention to detail
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to organize work to an extreme level of detail and accuracy
Innovative, inspiring, and able to work in a consultative relationship throughout the organization

Physical Requirements: This position
requires the mental ability to read and comprehend policies, procedures,
instructions, etc., to write reports in English, to use logic and data to solve
problems, to assess needs, to communicate effectively, and varying degrees of
independence, judgment, and discretion. This position requires the physical ability to be mobile in an office
and industrial environment, to finger and grasp materials, to be mobile on and
around equipment for field measurements and installation supervision, to lift
light tools, to speak effectively, and to listen with intent.

Benefits

Benefit offerings include Medical Insurance and Prescription Drugs, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability Insurance (for eligible employees), Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Paid Time Off (may include vacation and sick time), Retirement Program, and Other Voluntary Benefits.