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AUTOKINITON

Senior Quality Engineer - Elkton Michigan

AUTOKINITON, Elkton, Maryland, us, 21922

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Senior Quality Engineer - Elkton Michigan Responsibilities

Schedules and conducts meetings with customers, suppliers, and in-plant personnel.

Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measures to support the departmental goals.

Serve as main contact for external customer concerns. Monitor, respond, initiate corrective actions, follow up, close and track customer complaints.

Work with customers to obtain all necessary APQP documents including Process Flow, PFMEA, and Control Plans.

Support internal as well as third party ISO: 9001:2015 Quality Management System audits and ISO: 17025:2017 (A2LA).

Develop and maintain Company performance metric data, prepare charts and summaries for applicable measurables as required.

Travel to customers, vendors, and suppliers as necessary. Generate and distribute visitation reports along with any other customer communications.

Assist in providing training and support for the Advanced Quality Technicians, including gage training.

Audit and assist with quality procedures and buy off criteria for tools, parts, and assembly processes at Axis and Autokiniton plants.

Prepare and update set-up instructions, check fixture instructions, operator inspection instructions, and, if necessary, repair instructions and sort logs.

Prepare, submit, and follow through with deviation request forms (if necessary).

Ensure all corrective actions are submitted in a timely manner and all preventative counter measures are verified.

Understand, support, and implement the company safety and quality policies into daily work habits.

Understand, support, and implement the company housekeeping initiatives and continuous improvement activities into daily work habits.

Help with writing and maintaining procedures.

Job Qualifications REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent industrial design experience.

A.S.Q.C. certified quality engineer preferred.

Minimum six (6) years’ experience in quality engineering or supplier development.

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Responsible for reading and understanding the ISO-9001:2015, ISO-17025:2017, and ISO-14001 procedures.

Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.

Effective email and electronic communication skills are required.

Solid working knowledge of PPAP processes.

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and/or associates.

Ability to work effectively with numerous departments.

Ability to work independently.

Knowledge of GD&T.

Knowledge of measurement equipment such as CMM and Laser Scanning.

Preferred Additional Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of standard quality practices, ex. FMEA’s, SPC, DOE, etc.

Knowledge of resistance and MIG welding processes.

Additional Details

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Quality Assurance and Engineering

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