Quality Engineer

LeoForce; Springfield (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LeoForce in Springfield, NJ is seeking a Mid-Level Quality Engineer to ensure product conformance with specifications and customer requirements. You will lead root-cause analyses (8D, 5 Whys), participate in cross-functional teams, and interface with customers to provide top quality experiences.

You will audit processes, review blueprints and specifications, and work with Product and Manufacturing engineering to resolve design and tooling issues.

Qualifications

• 4 year technical degree or equivalent, Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 4-8 years experience in Quality Assurance in Aerospace, Defense, or Nuclear Power environments.
• Must be personable, capable of communicating with plant personnel at all levels.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Superior analytical skills and familiarity with common analysis tools (Microsoft Office, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Perform root cause analysis (8D, 5 Whys) of identified issues and identify corrective actions.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to investigate and eliminate quality problems.
• Interface directly with customers to provide the best customer quality experience.
• Conduct audits to ensure regulatory, customer, and internal compliance.
• Review customer blueprints and specifications and ensure conformance.
• Collaborate with Product and Manufacturing eng., tooling, and process owners on quality issues.
• Review raw material certifications and release for production as needed.
• Oversee testing and inspections and coordinate with customers and inspectors.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

4-year technical degree (Mechanical Engineering preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Springfield,NJ, US

Experience: Mid Level

Salary: $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Job Details

Essential functions and Responsibilities

• Perform root cause analysis (8D,5 Whys) of identified issues and identify appropriate corrective and preventive action.
• Participate in cross-functional teams in the investigation and elimination of causes of quality problems and verify effectiveness on corrective actions (Corrective Action Board).
• Interface directly with customers to provide the best customer quality experience.
• Perform audits as required to assure compliance with regulatory, customer, and internal requirements.
• Review and assure compliance with customer blueprints, specifications and other technical and quality system documents including Purchase Orders.
• Work closely with Product and Manufacturing engineering, Manufacturing and inspection personnel on procedural problems involving design, methods, tooling, costs and other areas involved in control of product quality.
• As required review raw material certification and review/approve raw material released for production.
• Oversee critical testing and inspection procedures and coordinate inspections with customers and inspectors; analyze and document results.
• Investigate customer complaints on product quality and work closely with customer’s representatives to resolve problems.
• Ensure that the company’s products conform to all specifications and customer requirements.
• Become Delegated Quality Representative (Ref. AS13001) for selected customers.
• Responsible for assuring that customer quality requirements have been adequately defined to permit appropriate quality planning and implementation and that the quality requirements have been met.
• Facilitate the use of LEAN/ Six Sigma, and other quality tools for quality and process improvement.
• Prepare and review product data package.

Education and Skills Requirements

• 4 year technical degree or equivalent, prefer Mechanical Engineering
• 4-8 years experience in various phases of Quality Assurance or equivalent in Aerospace, Defense, or Nuclear Power generation environments
• Must be mOur Clientle, capable of communicating with plant personnel at all levels
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; composing written reports and other communications
• Superior analytical skills, capable of using current computer analysis tools (Microsoft Office, plus others applicable programs)

A bit about us

My client is a leading manufacturing company who is growing! They are looking to add a Quality Engineer to their team who will focus on the following duties: ensuring that the company’s products conform to all specifications and customer requirements, directing/overseeing activities associated with maintaining all company certifications, overseeing configuration management, and quality assurance processes, and serving as the interface with customers and vendors on quality related topics.

Why join us

• Compensation Up To $120,000

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