Quality Specialist for Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• * Manages the site Materials Review Board (MRB) process
• * Be fully imbedded within manufacturing process to actively assist in providing resolution, containment, and improvement to nonconforming materials
• * Review Manufacturing Work Instructions and provide feedback
• * Support in providing clarification or go/no-go decisions to inspectors
• * Lead and own the execution of containment of nonconforming items including inspecting to verify non-conforming parts
• * Assist in the root cause analysis
• * Manage internal triage with engineering teams to support nonconformance dispositions and ensure the investigative tasks are completed in a timely manner
• * Ensure data collection and entry is accurate and complete for the MRB process
• * Communicate the process performance and quality issues to key stakeholders to drive improvements
• * Track and report out MRB metrics on a weekly basis
• * Execute vendor return material authorization (RMA) with partnership between Warehouse and Buyers to ensure material leaves the MRB area for suppliers.
• * Manage quality containment process for material, tooling, and inspection equipment that are involved in non-conformances impacting production capacity and capability.
• * Create inspection plans for incoming material, in-process inspection steps, and end of line inspection, as per direction from product quality engineers
• * Train technicians and inspectors to execute inspection plans and data capture in the process.
• * Propose, develop and implement quality assurance policies and procedures and review with the product quality engineers
• * Review and propose continuous improvement projects for productivity gains, quality improvements, and benefits to Client's quality policy.
• * Perform internal audits on processes and procedures, as per direction from Quality Systems Engineer
• * Deep dive into data and traceability investigations to identify trends, oddities, inconsistencies, and variation that impacts the effectiveness of processes, procedures, and product quality.
• * Stay current with new inspection technologies and techniques and recommend improvements to the inspection process

• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• * Associate degree or equivalent in a relevant fields, or equivalent experience in lieu of education
• * 5+ years of experience in manufacturing and/or a quality/engineering related role
• * Experience in a manufacturing environment supporting HW development and quality management
• * Proficiency with computer-aided design (CAD) software and inspection data management software.
• * Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• * Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• * Experience with Calibrated equipment (calipers, micrometers, CMM, Faro arm, OMM, etc.)
• * Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings (wire diagrams, work instructions, CAD)
• * Analyze inspection results and provide feedback to production, manufacturing engineering, and quality engineering departments.
• * Experience using investigative equipment such as x-ray inspection, digital characterization, material certificate of compliance, etc.
• * Experience in a facility with AS9100, ISO9001, IATF 16949 or similar QMS standard
• * Experience with validation and testing assemblies and their components
• * Experience with communicating with suppliers and cross functional teams

• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• * Technical or Associates degree in related quality/mechanical/aerospace engineering field
• * Direct experience conducting First Article Inspection and Report for internal manufacturing
• * ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate, or equivalent. IPC-A-610 or IPC-A-620 Certification
• * Existing work experience is low rate production manufacturing environment
• * Knowledge & understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing as per Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• * Experience with inspection of Electrical and Electronic Components (Power Supplies, PCBs, wire-harnesses)
• * Experience with Manufacturing processes and their related systems (Jira, MES, ERP, Teamcenter, CAD)
• * Experience with auditing processes and procedures in a manufacturing environment

• •* Detail oriented self starter with minimal oversight - strong ability to communicate with different cross functional teams