Lead Quality Engineer

Description:

Race Winning Brands has an immediate opening for a Lead Quality Engineer, located in Mentor, OH. This position is responsible for supervising all employees (Quality Technicians, Quality Analysts, CMM Programmers, Calibration Technician) in the Quality Department. Key essentials of this position include maintaining a safe, hazard-free work environment, planning and assigning work, enforcing policies and procedures, maintaining product quality standards, and recommending improvements for inspection methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

The Lead QE shall ensure that Race Winning Brands products comply with established quality standards that meet or exceed customer expectations through the utilization of standardized work practices, quality processes, equipment improvements, and effective measurements. This position shall facilitate the reduction of the cost of quality by reducing waste created from defects, over-processing, or incorrect processing. This position is also a team representative in our pursuit and attainment of the ISO 9001:2015 goals of ‘Customer Satisfaction' and ‘Continual Improvement. This position reports to the Sr. Quality Manager

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Leadership

· Maintains a positive, team environment relationship with employees by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing company systems, policies, and procedures

· Displays quality leadership by providing succession planning and development of the quality team

· Maintains workflow of quality inspections by monitoring steps of the inspection process; monitoring personnel and resources; studying inspection methods; developing and implementing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrective actions; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments

· Establishes daily and project related priorities and monitors progress; revises schedules and priorities as needed; resolves production, staffing, and resource constraints

· Ensures operation of equipment by coordinating required repairs, service, calibrations; evaluates new equipment and measurement techniques

· Provides quality KPI's by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing inspection and measurement data; reports results to management

· Creates, implements, and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements

· Maintains safe and clean work environment; enforces compliance with established safety policies, procedures, and standards to quality employees

· Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviews professional publications; establishes personal networks; benchmarks state-of-the-art practices

· Leading and implementing continuous improvement projects that drive cost reductions

Quality

· Maintain ISO 9001:2015 certification of Race Winning Brands Quality Management System

· Lead daily material review board (MRB) discussions

· Lead weekly customer claim discussion. Identify and assign appropriate actions to contain & correct, identify root causes and implement corrective actions

· Measure and track quality KPI's and cost of quality

· Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering to train, certify, and audit production employees

· Assist with creation of tools to monitor and document compliance to procedures including incoming quality assurance

· Facilitate Advanced Quality Planning (AQP) of new product and/or process

· Assist in the development and adherence of inspection procedures

· Ensure the calibration of all measuring and test equipment

· Maintain quality records in accordance with established procedures

· Able to train and use various measuring tools during quality inspections

Processes

· Improve productivity within the quality department while decreasing quality issues using lean tools including but not limited to:

o Support 6S

o Conduct root cause analysis of problems to identify appropriate solutions by using the 8D method approach

o Identify and decrease opportunities that create waste

o Identify and decrease process variation

· Help to develop and implement measurement systems to track and improve the processes

Able to create and implement work instructions for current and new processes

PM21

Requirements:

Typical Education:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5+ years in a Quality Role, Supervisory experience preferred
• Experience in ISO 9001:2015 preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt is a plus
• Certified ISO9001 Lead Auditor is a plus

Required Job Function Competency:

• Thorough knowledge of ISO-9001 quality system standard;
• Thorough knowledge of total quality management techniques;
• Thorough knowledge of common mechanical and electronic measurement equipment;
• Thorough knowledge of calibration procedures for all measurement equipment;
• Thorough knowledge of statistical process control techniques;
• Thorough knowledge of the common processes for the machining and forming of metals;
• Language, writing and computer literacy skills appropriate to support the documentation and analytical requirements of the quality system;
• Verbal communication skills appropriate to support interaction with customers, suppliers and other Wiseco employees.
• Team leadership skill and cross-functional teamwork experience;

Preferred Job Function Competency:

• Working knowledge of the use of classification of characteristics;
• Working knowledge of vendor certification processes;
• Working knowledge of quality system auditing procedures;

What You'll Get:

• Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance as of Day One
• Employer Paid Life and Disability Insurance
• HSA with Employer Contributions
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Employee Wellness and Assistance Programs
• Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 13 Paid Company Holidays

EEO Statement:

Race Winning Brands provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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