QA Engineer
How You Will Make An Impact (Job Summary)
SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, improving and maintaining Quality documents and procedures related to the production of cooling towers and cooling tower parts. The incumbent will also be involved in the ISO documentation, audits, and procedures in order to maintain the ISO certification of our facility and products.
The Quality Engineer will work closely with engineering to drive quality improvement through design of products and assembly manuals. This position will support Product Development in order to ensure quality on new products. In addition, this position will help to support commercial tours and customer inspections of the manufacturing plant.
The incumbent will support the quality manager on new projects and be actively involved in external audits from customers and the external ISO Quality Management System Registrar. This position will be responsible for the Olathe plant calibration system and instrumental for performing internal audits and monitoring the internal audit program.
The Quality Engineer will also be responsible for evaluating production performance against key process indicators, as well as formulating corrective measures to ensure that identified issues are resolved to prevent reoccurrence.
What You Can Expect In This Role (Job Responsibilities)
- Lead product quality assurance efforts, ensuring conformance to standards and specifications through testing, inspecting, and monitoring key process variables in addition to product characteristics
- Implements changes and updates to a plant wide quality system with a focus on maintenance of the company’s ISO certification
- Works closely with Team Leaders and Process Engineers to drive improvement in product quality
- Aids R&D in evaluation/trials of new products and processes for safety, quality, & productivity prior to launch
- Supports production work teams as required in order to meet world-class quality standards
- Maintains plant calibration of tools and gauges. Provides training to production for proper use of gauges.
- Performs internal audits and maintenance of the internal audit program to comply with ISO system requirements
- Led training activities related to quality
- Provides feedback to production teams – issues Quality Alerts to inform production of identified errors
- Evaluates supplier products to ensure conformity to requirements. Assists suppliers on product related deficiencies to ensure appropriate corrective measures are initiated
- Provides guidance to inspection team members to ensure that products meet engineering design data
- Solves any production related issues (product, process, specification, or engineering related)
- Back-up for department management – able to make independent decisions to assist guiding the Quality team
- Evaluates customer complaints and initiates corrective measures to prevent reoccurrence
- Able to work independently to implement methods and procedures for process control, improvement, testing and inspection to ensure defect free products
- Conceptualize, design and install sophisticated testing equipment that aids in product testing and analysis to minimize defects and failure rates
- Generates and analyzes reports to determine trends in defects to initiate corrective measures
What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)
- Required Experience: 1-3 years of experience in an ISO or AS9100 certified production environment
- Experience hosting auditors and performing audits to comply with ISO system requirements
Preferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Six Sigma leadership preferred; black or green belt certified
- ASQ CQE and CQA certifications, preferred
- SAP experience is preferred
- Leverage Manufacturing; experience implementing lean manufacturing techniques
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality or related field