Senior Industrial Quality Engineer - (not software QA)

Amarx Search, Inc. amarx.com

Direct Hire - Full Time position in South Deerfield, MA
Position ID: 2554

An excellent position with a major global raw materials producer

* Senior Quality Engineer - Industrial *

Please apply ONLY if you have a BS in Engineering and 4 years of industrial experience

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

We can ONLY consider your application if you have:

1: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ChE degree preferred)
2: 4+ years of industrial experience in a quality assurance / quality management role, or process / product development
3: Strong communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, and capability to lead team projects.
4: Capability and motivation to perform in the office, in the lab, and on the production floor.
5: Strong computer skills (Excel, Word). MS Access and SAP familiarity

We are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to develop and maintain quality systems for the production of Thermoplastic Film and Sheet.

The incumbent demonstrates technical leadership in continuously improving Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) and Polycarbonate (PC) film and sheet quality, investigate and correct related quality issues.

DESIRED (not required) SKILLS:

:: Additional experience in manufacturing operations.
:: Working knowledge of TPU and/or PC films.
:: Working knowledge of ISO 9001 or equivalent quality system.
:: Skilled in Technical Writing and Statistical Analysis (such as JMP or MiniTab).
:: Process Analysis Skills (e.g. Lean Six Sigma)

Duties and Responsibilities

== Strategically drives the Quality Management process by directing internal ISO audits, issue non-conforming reports, and perform corrective actions, in order to achieve a higher level of process reliability
== Provide work direction to Quality Technicians, Production employees, Process Technicians in making quality related decisions.
== Monitor and report supplier performance, including managing the Approved Vendor List, metrics and statistical analysis of incoming materials, audits of suppliers, and lead the Nonconforming Materials Process, for the TPU and Polycarbonate films businesses.
== Maintain, review, and recommend changes to all raw materials, intermediate and finished goods specifications. Analyze performance through product auditing procedures.
== Lead and analyze statistical process and product capability parameters, in order to recommend / review customer specification requirements, and recommend and negotiate acceptance criteria.
== Develop and examine quality audits of production performance, troubleshooting quality problems in manufacturing, fielding issues as needed.
== Ensure Risk Analyses Updates following Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) based on new findings, support Automotive PPAP's and the GMP process for regulated applications. Communicate the results internally with the Product Safety (PSRA) and Technical Product Management (TPM) functions.
== Perform Reproducibility and Repeatability (R&R's) on various laboratory and production quality equipment and develop/ establish testing procedures.
== Recommend, obtain, install, startup, and reduce to practice new quality equipment and laboratory test methods as necessary to monitor product quality and product attributes.
== Initiate and Lead various Quality Improvement Programs as needed.
== Conduct specific complaint investigations as needed, providing technical continuous improvement support to the customer complaint process.
== Build and train Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) based on the results of the above.

Please send resume to

Amarx Search, Inc. amarx.com