Quality Engineer

SGL Carbon; Strongsville (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

SGL Carbon in Strongsville is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to maintain and advance the local Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001 and applicable codes, including Pressure Vessel Codes, under the leadership of the Quality Manager.

The role involves planning and optimizing testing steps for incoming, in-process, and final inspections, analyzing data, and supporting audits, supplier and customer quality issues, with a focus on continuous improvement and COPQ reduction.

Qualifications

• Minimum 0–2 years of experience in Quality Control
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, quality and testing methods

Responsibilities

• Plan quality measures to keep products within spec and monitor quality data
• Optimize department administrative processes
• Plan and optimize testing steps in Incoming, Production and Final inspections
• Support shop foremen and engineers on quality topics
• Assist decisions on non-conforming materials with QC/Production managers
• Analyze production data to reduce scrap and COPQ
• Support COPQ reporting and audits with Quality Manager/Production Manager
• Coordinate quality actions with customers and suppliers during complaints and audits
• Maintain and improve local Quality Assurance documents and records

Skills

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001 familiarity

Education

Engineering Degree (Chem Eng, Mech Eng, Industrial Eng)

Job description

Ensures the maintaining and development of the local Quality Management according to ISO 9001 and other regulations/codes like Pressure Vessel Codes as well as the steering of the Quality Assurance in the site Strongsville under consideration of all respective laws, regulations, standards, and a state-of-the-art technology.

Key Accountabilities:

• Planning quality measures to ensure products are within specification, support implementation of measures to make sure mistakes are avoided and not merely corrected, and measure/monitor/document all quality measures.
• Optimization of the administrative processes within the department
• Planning and optimizing the testing work steps in Incoming Inspection, during Production and in Final Inspection regarding product quality, testing results and testing efforts (scope and frequency of testing, number of measuring points)
• Supporting shop foremen, workers and design engineers in quality topics.
• Supporting decisions on non-conforming materials and products, in close cooperation with the Quality Manager and Production Manager
• Preparing, structuring and analyzing material and product related data from the ongoing production to reduce quality problems; observing and reducing scrap and rework / extra work with the target of continuous improvement of the product quality as well as reduction of the Costs of Poor Quality (COPQ) in close cooperation with the Quality Manager/Production Manager
• Supporting the calculation and reporting of COPQ, quality issues, complaints, audit measures, improvements, and other quality related topics monthly in close cooperation with the Quality Manager/Production Manager.
• Supporting customer and supplier complaints regarding quality, packaging and transport issues by coordinating all actions in the context of the complaints until closing.
• Supporting the alignment of testing / quality activities and their execution with customers and suppliers; supporting the preparation of the Quality Assurance and Quality Management Agreements with customers and suppliers
• Support of the maintenance and development of the local Quality Assurance in close collaboration with the Quality Manager
• Reporting disciplinary and functionally to the Quality Manager
• Support of planning, preparing and support of execution of internal and external System and Process Audits as well as Supplier Audits; support of planning, preparing, and attending external audits from customers and Notified Bodies (as needed); following-up audit measures and verifying the effectiveness
• Support of planning, executing and following-up approvals of new suppliers (Supplier Capability Analysis)
• Being the local contact person and coordinator for the control of quality documents; administrating local controlled documents and records in close cooperation with Quality Manager

Skills:

Engineering Degree (i.e. Chem Eng, Mech Eng, Industrial Eng)

Experiences:

• Minimum 0 to 2 years' experience in Quality Control
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, Quality and Testing Methods