Senior Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Responds with a sense of urgency to customer inquiries
• Executes inspection plans, quarantine and disposition of product
• Promote a continuous improvement environment by providing leadership and direction for facility teams
• Guide Generac cross functional personnel within the framework of Corporate Quality Standards and objectives
• Lead the resolution of warranty and quality issues
• Analyze component failure rates and provide Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and Engineering with feedback
• Analyze data, identify trends and facilitate cross functional A3 improvement projects
• Direct the overall execution of internal product audits and nonconformance resolution
• Support New Product Introduction and manage the qualification of manufacturing through the APQP process
• Conduct and manage audits/assessments of processes and quality systems (ISO, internal audit, etc)
• Gather and analyze product data and use the data to lead improvement initiatives to reduce the potential for defects
• Provide direction and assistance to the Quality & Manufacturing team at Generac manufacturing sites for prioritizing actions and tasks of quality initiatives
• Act as SAP Super User within functional area as assigned
• Create and deploy standard Generac tools, methodologies and standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 5 years’ experience working in Quality in a manufacturing environment utilizing APQP (Control plan & PFEMA)

Qualifications

• Preferred: Certified Quality Engineer or Technician, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Quality Auditor
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP procedures, and ISO
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead, collaborate and work with teams to drive improvements
• Ability to successfully manage shifting deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of the application and interpretation of manufacturing quality metrics
• Knowledge of Lean principles & improvements
• Ability to implement lean principles and improvements
• Ability to analyze component failure rates and provide Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and Engineering with feedback
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends and facilitate cross functional A3 improvement projects

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Regularly required to stand and walk
• Occasionally required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders
• Occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds