Regional Quality Engineer

Rohrer Corporation
  • Buford, GA
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    • Lead and support regional quality initiatives across multiple manufacturing facilities.
    • Ensure compliance with quality standards including ISO 9001, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality procedures.
    • Standardize quality processes, procedures, KPIs, and reporting across all facilities.
    • Conduct internal audits and support external customer and certification audits.
    • Drive corrective and preventive action processes (CAPA) to ensure sustainable improvements. Serve as a regional escalation point for customer quality concerns and major non-conformances.
    • Lead root cause analysis for quality and process issues following an 8D or A3 approach along with proper escalation reporting ensuring a disciplined PDCA approach. Coordinate containment, corrective actions, and customer communication for quality issues.
    • Apply basic APQP principles and be a key driver in developing internal launch processes within a 20-day lead time.
    • Support new product launches, process validations, PPAP activities, and engineering changes.
    • Develop family or process level FMEA's, Control Plans, and deploy SPC once process stability is reached. Utilize capability indices and MSA analysis if / where applicable.
    • Update KPI's and systemic action plans.
    • Support customer visits, audits, and quality reviews.
    • Analyze quality performance metrics and identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
    • Partner with plant leadership to reduce scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
    • Promote Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies throughout the organization. Key team member conducting value stream mapping, identifying waste, and implementing continual improvements.
    • Partner with Supply Chain and Purchasing as needed to drive quality into our supply base.
    • Mentor and support site Quality Technicians across all shifts and multiple sites to develop skill sets and deploy improvement strategy and action(s).
    • Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, Maintenance, and Operations teams.
    • Provide leadership updates and quality performance summaries for executive management.
    • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field required.
    • Minimum of 5-7 years of quality engineering experience within automotive manufacturing environments.
    • Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities is strongly preferred.
    • Strong knowledge of quality standards and core quality tools.
    • Experience with customer-facing quality management and OEM/customer audits.
    • Experience in high-volume manufacturing environments preferred.
    • ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification preferred.
    • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
    • Experience in packaging, plastics, printing, thermoforming, or related manufacturing industries is a plus.
    • Experience with multi-site operations and regional quality oversight preferred.
    • APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, Control Plans, and 8D Problem Solving.
    • Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma methodologies, Shainin experience is a plus.
    • Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
    • Advanced Microsoft Excel and reporting skills preferred.
    • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams.
    • Excellent organizational and project management skills.
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
    • Strong customer service mindset and sense of urgency.
    • Experience with ERP/MRP systems and quality management systems.
    • Ability to travel frequently between manufacturing facilities (up to 50%).
    • Ability to walk manufacturing floors and work in production environments.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBuford, GA

    Skills

    • 8Dunmatched
    • Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)unmatched
    • American Society for Quality (ASQ)unmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Auditingunmatched
    • Automotive Manufacturingunmatched
    • Capability Indicesunmatched
    • Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)unmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Corrective Actionunmatched
    • Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) Systemsunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Escalationsunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Device Driversunmatched
    • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
    • Engineeringunmatched
    • External Auditunmatched
    • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)unmatched
    • ISO 9001unmatched
    • Industrial Engineeringunmatched
    • Internal Auditunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Lean Manufacturingunmatched
    • Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)unmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Performance Analysisunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Printingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Supportunmatched
    • Product/Service Launchunmatched
    • Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)unmatched
    • Production Systemsunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Quality Assuranceunmatched
    • Quality Engineeringunmatched
    • Quality Managementunmatched
    • Quality Metricsunmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Six Sigma Black Beltunmatched
    • Six Sigma Green Beltunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Trend Analysisunmatched
    • Value Stream Mappingunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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