Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary

Maintain and continuously improve the quality management system (QMS) and perform other quality assurance tasks to maintain the company's compliance to ISO 9001 requirements. Work closely with internal departments to ensure all aspects of the QMS is understood, implemented and maintained. The Quality Systems Engineer shall act of the voice of the customer (VOC) to ensure all customer requirements are implemented, documented and carried out in a manner consistent with customer specific requirements.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as the Company's QMS Management representative
• Maintain the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO documented guidelines and outlined company procedures
• Chair the corrective and preventative action program and its effectiveness
• Provide quality planning for process control and verification
• Provide Quality Management System training
• Resolve Supplier Discrepant Material issues
• Assist in supplier qualifications and rating
• Maintain supplier corrective action requests and effectiveness
• Communicate Precision Gears customer quality rating
• Oversee the Document Control System
• Oversee the calibration system
• Assure proper maintenance of Quality Records
• Oversee customer audits
• Maintain Management Review records
• Govern the systematic disposition of discrepant material, and report outs
• Collection of quality related documentation
• Facilitate cross-functional process review and improvement meetings
• Drive continuous improvement of the quality systems to achieve outlined company goals
• Maintain company's safety program documentation to ensure adherence to outlined OSHA requirements and national standards
• Manage internal training program documentation and development to ensure training adherence at all levels of the organization

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position may require supervision of up to 5 employees

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Use of Microsoft Office, and ERP systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum of high school diploma

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Working knowledge of ISO 9001 work environment

Demonstrated organizational skills

Knowledge of effective team-building approaches, and team dynamics

Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and manage many tasks/projects simultaneously

Demonstrated ability in analytical thinking

Ability to present complex or difficult messages clearly and persuasively

Lives the "continuous improvement" philosophy; develops and adopts new ideas and concepts

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulation.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Basic mathematic skills required.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

CERTIFCATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to a specified pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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