Sr. Quality Engineer

Role Purpose

The Quality and Continuous Improvement Engineer drives process improvements by leading and supporting projects and engaging the organization to adopt Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and techniques for achieving Total Quality; provides technical support to the overall deployment of CI project; drives Quality initiatives in support of the plant’s Quality Strategy, works to strengthen the Product Quality Architecture within the plant by driving fundamental understanding to positively influence the Quality Management System.  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support projects to deliver significant operational performance improvements, process control, and cost reduction.
• Provide day-to-day problem-solving support to operations and engineering
• Collaborate and motivate others to establish a sense of urgency for continuous improvement principles to drive results.
• Assist the organization to identify cost critical processes, determine customer requirements, measure and assess their performance, and enable them to be improved trought statistical tools
• Work with leadership to identify, prioritize, resource, and manage opportunities for improvements.
• Interface with operators, team leaders, process engineers and peers to identify and implement improvements to our QMS
• Lead efforts to streamline process audits while maintaining achieved certifications from standards bodies
• Perform multiple execution activities to accomplish project objectives while balancing  project scope, time and cost with day to day activities
• Supplement process improvements with Lean or Six Sigma tools where appropriate.
• Lead and Support process validation activities as needed.
• Demonstrate lean leadership in day-to-day processes such as decision-making, personal behaviors, and effective use of meetings.
• Drive sustainable culture change while embedding lean as the standard way of working across the operation.
• Lead, support, coach, and develop a pipeline of continuous improvement leaders.
• Understand internal and external customer’s stated and implied needs as well as insuring their expectations are met every time by monitoring, maintaining, supporting and continuously improving plant quality systems.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Experience in areas of Six Sigma and other Problem-Solving methodologies
• Applied knowledge of statistical analysis includes histogram, Pareto, correlation, hypothesis tests, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Capability analysis and Measurement System Analysis (MSA). 
• Applied knowledge in Lean concepts such as value chain, flow, pull and tools commonly used to eliminate waste, including kaizen, 5S, error-proofing, value-stream mapping, etc.
• Applied knowledge of quality engineering principles such as Voice of Customer (VOC), Voice of Process (VOP), risk analysis, control plans, sampling plans, financial performance (verification of cost impact) and good documentation practices.
• Leadership skills   
• Conversational English

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Sigma Green - Black Belt certified
• Demonstrated project management excellence with a strong track record of results
• Excellent team facilitation/leadership skills and teamwork/collaborative style
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation skills
• Ability to deliver under tight deadlines and handle multiple/detail-oriented tasks
• Proficiency with key PC software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills including facilitation, consulting, coaching and influencing
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization
• Ability and passion to create vision and drive change
• Working knowledge of Performance Excellence, DMAIC, DESGN