Quality Engineer - Location Vickers Engineering, New Troy, Mi

* Please note, this job is for the Vicker's site in New Troy, MI (West side of Michigan). 

Title: Quality Control Engineer

Reports to: Quality Control Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salaried

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm

Quality Engineer job description and profile

A quality engineer monitors and tests product quality, ensures compliance with standards, identifies issues, and recommends solutions

Responsibilities

• Administer corrective/preventative actions both internally and externally
• Process parameter development 
• Implement SPC to shop floor
• Lean methods
• Basic blueprint reading/interpretation, GD&T
• Problem solving techniques and skills
• Complete and implement 8D corrective actions

Traits

• Self-motivated
• Customer focused
• Detail oriented - analytical tendency
• Team oriented
• Able to make consistent, rational decisions driven by data

Experience

• Statistical Process Control implementation and utilization
• Root cause analysis/Problem solving techniques
• PFEMA, Control plans, Capability studies
• Basic blueprint reading/interpretation, GD&T
• Problem solving techniques and skills
• Complete and implement 8D corrective actions
• Firm understanding of Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with MeasureLink (not required but welcomed)

Quality engineer education and qualifications

• Experience and knowledge in an Automotive IATF 16949 system
• 4-7 years' experience in a role as a Quality Control Engineer

Physical Requirements

• Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and moving items
• Responding to public address system announcements
• Walking and standing
• Ability to lift fifty (50) pounds or more

Environmental Job Requirements

• Due to forklifts and other heavy equipment traveling through the shop, temporary cracks may appear in teh floor, causing an uneven walking surface
• The shop environment can be dusty and noisy
• Doors are frequently open, causing drafts and interior temperature changes
• Floors around the work area may become slippery during wet weather conditions, or liquids such as coolants and oils from the machinery
• May have to handle parts with sharp edges
• Passing forklifts emit gas fumes
• Tools, supplies, and related materials may contain hazardous materials
• May have to occasionally work outdoors where temperatures and climate can function

Personal Protection Equipment

• Wearing Safety Glasses when working on the shop floor

Management has the right to add or change these duties of the position at any time.