Quality Engineer II

About the role

This position supports manufacturing processes at the Covestro South Deerfield Site. The role develops and maintains Quality systems used for the production of Thermoplastic Polyurethane and Polycarbonate films and sheets that meet internal Quality standards and Customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Understands and demonstrates the site's incident workplace culture.
• Manages minor safety related improvement projects and participates on site safety teams.
• Capable of Management of Change activities for simple changes.
• Supports NA RTPM responsibilities aligned with Global TPM.
• Supports specifications for raw materials, packaging and films.
• Supports medical testing and basic IMDS requests.
• Serves on Self-Assessment team to meet annual Compliance requirements.
• Maintains / updates existing Quality documentation.
• Supports QMS processes (Calibration, DCR, NCMR, MRB, Supplier Management (raw materials), etc.) and suggests improvements.
• Supports requests for Customer specifications, PPAP, Quality Survey and other Customer documentation.
• Provides day to day support to the Internal Customer (Production, Engineering, GQM, GTPM, CO/OM, MM, Innovation) to ensure Quality outcomes at site.
• Evaluates Quality outcomes on standard issues and suggests improvements.
• May provide work direction to Quality Technicians, Production employees or Process Technicians in making quality related decisions.
• Maintains and updates Quality documentation (raw material specifications, Production Record Reports, Quality SOP/Work Instructions, etc.) and materials for Quality training activities.
• Participates in Quality training and supports process and product development trials.
• Provides engineering support to simple projects across product lines.
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset. Leads smaller continuous improvement teams / efforts at the site. Utilizes CI tools in both project and daily work to meet customer expectations.
• Generates Quality KPI data as assigned and supports data analysis. Learns / Applies statistical analysis to determine process and product capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline with 1+ years of relevant work experience.
• Engineering degree discipline in Chemical, Polymer or Materials.
• ASQ certification - LSS Yellow/Green Belt, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor.
• General extrusion and web handling, ISO 9001, Quality and 5S tools, Continuous Improvement.
• Proficiency in Minitab, JMP, SEEQ, SAP desirable.