Job Description
Position: Quality Engineer
Primary Location: Cairo, OH
Reports to: UPA Quality Manager
Compensation: $100,000 - $110,000 + bonus + benefits. (salaried, exempt)
Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. More specific salary range for your preferred location can be discussed during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, benefits, pension contributions or additional incentives
About This Role and You
The Quality Engineer at our Cairo, OH UltraPure production facility is a key partner in a high performing team, meeting the needs for specialty materials supporting the rapidly growing semiconductor manufacturing industry anticipated to have dynamic growth over the next decade.
This position focuses on initiating and implementing activities that drive measurable continuous improvement in Environmental, Health & Safety, product quality, process stability, and customer satisfaction.
Qualifications
- College Degree in Engineering
- 3-5 years’ minimum experience maintaining a quality system and knowledge of statistical process control tools.
- Proven experience with quality standards such as ISO 9001:2015 and IATF16949
- Formal Investigation Root Cause Methodology such as 5 why, 8D, Fish bone etc.
- Familiar with facilitation and maintenance of FMEA
- Familiar with Control Plan development and improvement
- Familiar with change control and change point management
- Hands on familiarity with statistical software tools such as Minitab etc.
- Six sigma green belt preferred but not required.
- Must have a strong Microsoft excel knowledge.
- Prefer experience with Database management systems but not required.
- Must be familiar with other PC applications such as Microsoft Office, MS Word, MS Outlook and MS Power Point.
- Ability to manage a quality system and quality audit processes
- Ability to perform process/documentation analysis and identify opportunities for improvement
- Experience with technical writing for procedures, work instructions, guides and manuals
- Excellent people skills, including the ability to maintain positive cross functional department relationships
- Project management skills
- Customer service focus including the ability to communicate diplomatically; problem solver
- Ability to multi-task; experience in project management
- Excellent computer skills, including ability to use financial system programs; various email, internet, databases, and other programs used by the Company
Responsibilities
- Apply Statistical problem solving techniques such as Pareto analysis, data trending, Design of experiments (DOE), Gage RR etc. to solve and troubleshoot plant process and customer related quality issues; Lead and/or participate in root cause analysis for plant Quality, safety and production issues using tools such as 8D, 5 why or other Six Sigma methods.
- Manage plant and customer data requests by generating, monitoring and trending process and customer shipment data on a continuous basis using statistical tools and models.
- Leads and/or participates in Lean Six Sigma activities such as Kaizen, Value stream mapping, Roadmap planning, 5S, visual management, SMED, & creation of standard work.
- Facilitates and assists with Customer, RC 14001, & ISO audits; assists with resolution of customer complaints as necessary.
- Support other Chemtrade locations in implementing Quality and Continuous improvement activities.
- Manage customer complaints by developing corrective and/or preventive actions and making sure the implemented actions are complete and effective; Create maintain and drive CAPA, NCR’s to completion.
- Develop and initiate reporting systems to gather data on plant/Lab operations.
- Prepare and submit monthly and/or weekly plant performance reports to management and customers as required.
- Roll out continual improvement activities/tools such as process maps, control plans, etc. to enhance plant quality system.
- Performs other continuous improvement duties assigned by management that fall within the expected Scope of this position
Additional Notes
- Relocation assistance will be provided
