Engineer, Quality

About the Role

Responsible for day-to-day support to plant staff in developing and maintaining quality objectives through continuous improvement and direct customer coordination.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead all APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activities, including part warrants and related documents.
• Coordinate all problem solving and improvement activities relating to customer concerns/issues.
• Visit customers as necessary to resolve issues and coordinate continuous improvement.
• Lead and train plant personnel in quality functions and disciplines.
• Coordinate all products assigned SPC (Statistical Process Control) aspects.
• Coordinate process audit analysis with quality department technician and analysts.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Quality Assurance Manager.
• Promote a healthy and safe work environment.
• Follow all policies and procedures as outlined.
• Be flexible and able to travel to visit customer assembly plants, suppliers, and other Cooper Standard plants as required.

Requirements

• Possess strong communications skills and the ability to effectively interface with all levels of hourly and management both inside and outside of the plant.
• Strong technical skills.
• Possess strong problem solving skills as well as statistical process control capability.
• Computer literate in applicable programs.
• Demonstrate knowledge in quality tools.
• Understand/worked in QS-9000 quality system. Individual may also be a TS16949 systems internal auditor and/or ASQ Certification Quality Engineer.
• Four-year college degree or two-year degree and 2-5 years experience with a strong growth pattern in a manufacturing environment.
• Possess a thorough grasp of manufacturing activities.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret highly technical documents.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small, and large group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
• Able to perform all basic mathematical functions.
• Able to use computer software for data analysis as required for the job.
• Able to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where standardization exists.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand and walk.
• Frequently required to use hands, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Office setting, customer visitation, and plant floor. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to machinery with moving parts typical of a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment on the plant floor is moderate, and hearing protection is required while in the production areas of this location.

Position Type: Regular, On-site