Quality Engineer

Precision Resource is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer for its Vernon Hills, IL facility. Ideal candidates will be certified or degreed with at least three years’ experience in a manufacturing/stamping/automotive environment with ISO/TS 16949.

Essential Duties / Responsibilities

·         Will be the Quality Representative to Customer Responsibility as delegated by the Quality Manager.

·         Develop a business relationship with customers to best understand their needs and our capabilities in the application of their products

·         Assist is quality related issues and resolutions of problems

·         Generate, update and maintain documentation relating to quality, reliability and process (PSO documentation).

·         Participate in safety and OSHA training.

·         Keep work area clean and tidy at all times.

·         Work in an organized manner with attention to details.

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

·         Establish customer specific and/or AIAG requirements

·         Develop supplier specific requirements

·         Manage entire PPAP process, monitor timing schedules and communicate regular updates.

Quality Auditing

·         Conducting internal audits Layered Process Audits (LPA’s) and follow-up audit and corrective action

·         Complete Quality audits of supplier on-site, and follow-up audit and corrective action.

Advanced Production Quality Planning (APQP)

·         Participate in pre-production activities (APQP) as quality representative when required with Project Management

Problem Solving

·         Be efficient in determining root cause of non-conformance in correction and prevention of on-going issues, preparation of 8D disciplined reports

·         Conduct / Attend as actively participate in corrective actions reviews to implement changes to correct and prevent non-conformances

Statistical

·         Review statistical data on specific product for improvement or potential corrective action

Continual Improvement

·         Demonstrate initiative to improve productivity, profitability, efficiency and safety in processes

·         Implement prevention/detection systems to eliminate problems that affect quality and its process efficiency (continuous improvement).

• Certified Quality Engineer preferred.
• Associates 2 year degree in Quality Engineering preferred.
• 3+ years experience in quality and/or manufacturing engineering in a manufacturing/automotive setting preferred.
• Knowledge of quality engineering disciplines and improvement tools, such as: root cause analysis, corrective action, standard improvement processes, statistical methods, lean manufacturing, etc.
• Knowledge of, and experience with formal documentation systems and methods, particularly ISO/TS-16949
• Completion of ISO/TS Internal Auditor training preferred.