Title: Quality Engineer
Reports To: Quality Manager
Status: Full-Time/Salary(40-50 hours/week; additional hours as needed to support department and individual goals).
Location: Thumb Plastics, Inc. / Bad Axe, MI
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or minimum four years of manufacturing experience in the automotive industry
- Excellent customer relations, communication, and team building skills
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications
- Motor coordination, manual and finger dexterity
- Color Deficiency Test
Job Preferences:- Lean Manufacturing experience
- 8D/Problem solving certification
- Injection molding and/or plastic automotive industry experience
- 4 years’ experience in quality assurance
Job Summary:
To assist with quality department submissions, problem tracking, and database management. Act as contact to both external and internal customers regarding quality issues.
Essential Job Functions:
- Access customer websites for performance ratings and requirements.
- Prepare and maintain files in computer database or paper in the QA office.
- Monitor and report on quality and delivery issues.
- Respond to customers for new quality concerns.
- Initiate, track and send corrective actions for external nonconformances and assist in updating related documents for closing of external corrective actions.
- Update quality documentation related to concerns (Control Plan; IPCP, pFMEA as example)
- Prepare pictorial work instructions.
- Travel as necessary to Customers to support the quality system.
- Complete Customer Assessments based off of customer specifics (MMOG, CQI-23, etc.)
- Manage suspect product by updating AS400 to place product on hold / release after verification of corrective action.
- Evaluate part drawings according to GD&T
- Perform part inspection with CMM, 3D Scanners, and common measurement tools.
- Assist with continuous improvement activities throughout the facility.
- Support the production floor with any questions or concerns and follow up accordingly.
- Must possess knowledge in all quality aspects and gauging procedures.
- Must possess a working knowledge of IATF-16949/ISO14001 policies and procedures.
- Back up to PPAP-Material Certs Coordinator
- Assist the Quality Manager with their duties.
- All other duties as assigned.