Quality Engineer

Location : FOREST CITY, NC, United States

Job Family : Quality

Job Type : Regular

Posted : May 22, 2024

Job ID : 48777

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The Hydraulic Valve Sysems Division specializes in leading innovative valve solutions that deliver maximum overall value and a preferred partner to our customers in key markets. Relentless commitment to our key end markets through focused innovative solutions, uncompromising customer service & world class quality that deliver exemplary results.

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing the quality operations in the assigned Value Stream. Develops, modifies,

applies, and maintains quality standards for products and processes. Provides statistical information for quality improvement by gathering data

on trends and root cause analysis. Responsible to guide technical evaluation, analysis, and related data acquisition processes to ensure plant

quality objectives are achieved.

• Assesses quality performance (or cost-of-quality) using statistical and analytical methods. Devises and implements various methods and

procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, reliability and accuracy of products, processes and production equipment.

• Develops and establishes quality systems and procedures, inspection plans, quality performance trends, statistical plans, cost estimates and

technical quality plans for proposals. Ensures that project and/or process control documentation is compliant with requirements and/or

contract.

• Assesses the cost of, and determines the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications by

performing statistical analyses.

• Provides input on quality to product development teams.

• Identifies quality performance, trends and corrective action by coordinating with customers and suppliers. Ensures compliance to specified

quality requirements by performing in-house and supplier audits and surveys. Develops and initiates programs to improve supplier

performance.

• Prepares reports by collecting, interpreting, analyzing and summarizing data and making recommendations. Analyzes proposed changes in

methods and materials. Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions. On quality control activities.

• Participates in failure analysis and corrective action investigations.

• Refines and enhances products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing/production principles and

techniques to critical areas of production.

• Represents company by interfacing with customers, assisting with internal and external audits. May act as main contact in audit. Develops and

coordinates corrective action procedures and plans.

• Communicates and educates Value Stream Team on matters requiring specialized knowledge of quality functions, i.e., Production Approval

Process (PPAP), Advanced Product Quality Process (APQP), and document control.

• Makes quality related customer and vendor visits and contacts as required.

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing industry networks,

benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, maintaining American Society for Quality certification, and/or participating in other professional

associations.

• Bachelors degree (BS) in Engineering or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through two or more years of related experience.

• American Society for Quality certification desired.

• Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures,

instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts and general business operations.

• Ability to effectively assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions.

• Ability to use standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools.

• Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.

• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to team members, team leaders and top management.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to effectively demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal-setting, performance feedback and self-development

activities.

• Six Sigma and Lean tools experience is desired.

• Experience in maintaining and improving QS9000/ISO900 and TSI6949 Systems is desired.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.

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