Quality Engineer: Process Excellence & 6 Sigma

Trojan Battery Company; Attica (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Trojan Battery Company in Indiana is seeking a Quality Engineer to coordinate and implement product and component quality plans, leveraging RCCA, FMEA, and basic 6 Sigma tools to reduce process variation.

You will develop and maintain control plans, inspections, and training, lead process improvement initiatives, perform quality audits, and support equipment validation. Strong communication and Lean/COQ knowledge required.

Qualifications

• Associates/Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline and/or science discipline with 5+ years related experience.
• Ability to interpret drawings and first article inspection results.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong relationship skills for customers, colleagues and senior management.
• Must be able to work with minimum supervision and uphold high ethics.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and Minitab.

Responsibilities

• Use total quality management (TQM) tools and approaches to other company departments for analytical and reporting processes within respective department.
• Conduct quality audits to ensure continuous control over materials/products/processes, as well as conformance to business processes affecting quality.
• Drive, lead, and mentor process improvement activities, along with participation on teams.
• Customer Complaint Process; Trend analysis, Monthly Reports, corrective actions
• Responsible for the supplier quality performance for all purchased parts for company production use.
• Develop and conduct required quality training programs to key personnel.
• Implement and follow quality system standards, policies, and procedures.
• Support engineering efforts of analytical laboratory equipment and assist in the development and validation of manufacturing equipment, and processes.
• Drive process improvement and developing problem solving plans thru 6 Sigma principals
• Development and review of RCCA plans
• Development and implementation of sampling plans for production, qualification, and validation of products/processes

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Corrective Action (RCCA)

Process Mapping

FMEA

6 Sigma

TQM

Interpreting drawings

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Education

Associates/Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline and/or science discipline

Tools

Minitab

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Outlook

Access

Job description

Trojan Battery Company in Indiana is seeking a Quality Engineer to coordinate and implement product and component quality plans, leveraging RCCA, FMEA, and basic 6 Sigma tools to reduce process variation.

You will develop and maintain control plans, inspections, and training, lead process improvement initiatives, perform quality audits, and support equipment validation. Strong communication and Lean/COQ knowledge required.