AddressORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
BUSINESS: CIRCOR INDUSTRIAL
LOCATION: COIMBATORE, INDIA
DIRECT REPORTING: QUALITY MANAGER
FUNCTIONAL REPORTING: NA
Position Summary
The Senior Quality Engineer shall support the business in the areas of new product development, lean implementation, process capability improvement, daily production support, project management, technical data interpretation/analysis (engineering drawings, specifications, technical publications, component maintenance manuals, purchase orders, etc.), and quality system management. With an initial focus on in-service defects.
Principal Activities:
- Drive manufacturing process capability improvements through variation reduction, error-proofing, and implementation of statistical process control
- Collect and analyze data to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement of product and process quality
- Provide leadership on problem solving teams to drive root cause analyses and corrective/preventive action plans
- Key quality representative on new product introduction teams responsible for contract review and driving design-for-quality on new product introduction teams
- Develop and improve manufacturing processes and expand manufacturing capabilities, as required
- Manage supplier quality and provide support for supplier quality development
- Perform product reliability studies
- Validate and respond to corrective and preventive action requests (from both internal and external customers)
- Provide quality witness on tear down of customer returned material
- Participate on Material Review Board and Configuration Control Board
- Develop process flow charts/diagrams and process failure mode effects analyses reports
- Create statistically valid control plans for manufacturing processes
- Use of lean and six sigma tools to drive variation reduction
- Conduct and participate in quality system, process, and product audits
- Provide technical leadership to inspection team members
- Support product/process certifications and approvals
- Comply with all company policies/procedures
- Comply with all military and contractual requirements
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned by management
- Serve as team lead while interfacing with suppliers and customers on product performance
Job Requirements:
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of manufacturing operations required.
- High ethical standards. Models and supports organization’s goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
- Strong business/technical writing, presentation, planning, problem solving, organizational, project management and decision-making skills.
- Six sigma tools and methodology; green belt or black belt experience is a plus
- Lean manufacturing practices to improve product/process quality
- Excellent problem solving skills aimed at identifying and correcting the root causes of problems
- Demonstrated working knowledge of problem solving tools: 5-Whys, failure mode and effects analysis, 8-D, Pareto analysis, fault tree analysis, Bayesian inference and Ishikawa diagrams
- Demonstrated ability to create and implement statistically valid control plans and audit plans
- Working knowledge of inspection metrology and proper application of automated measuring equipment
- Excellent working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Ability to create and/or review failure analysis reports and perform dimensional tolerance stack up analyses
- Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Project, and other applicable tools
- Knowledge of appropriate computer based programs.
- A thorough knowledge and understanding of the use and application of statistical quality assurance methods.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Experience with PPAP, Control Plans, FMEA’s, and problem solving techniques.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Design, mechanical integrity, process control, project management, assembly, and machining experience preferred.
Education & Experience
- BE Engineering with 7+ years of experience in a quality related field. Masters of Science in Engineering a plus
- A minimum of 15+ years of progressive quality systems and process quality experience a manufacturing environment with a focus on Supplier Quality Development. Experience with lean manufacturing in a high mix low volume environment is a plus.
CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
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