About this role
Job Summary:
Customer Quality Engineers are the Customer facing quality lead for all quality issues related to a specific or group of Customers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for managing customer quality issues.
• Defines and implements production part qualification requirements as a function of their thorough understanding of the Customer quality requirements
• Reports into Site Quality Head and supports operations team to understand Customer requirements
• Responsible for managing customer audits, scheduling, leading, follow up and closure on all audit actions.
• First point of contact for customer compliance, product quality, and process quality issues - expected to partner with Manufacturing, various Engineering teams, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Sales, and Operations management.
• Specific responsibilities include meeting/exceeding all goals and objectives for:
• Customer Quality Scorecards
• Customer QMS & technical audits and action plan completion
• Customer reported defects – effectively manage 8Ds and meet all cycle-time metrics
• Effectively interface with Customer to notify material purge/recalls & problems
• Drive problem solving (8D) on all negatively impactful quality escapes to Customer
• Create various presentations and action plans to meet Customer & UCT communication needs
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrate skills in preventive quality methods and compliance, statistical data analysis, critical thinking, structured problem solving (8D), the use of metrics to identify opportunities, and business process improvement.
• Demonstrate the skills in managing customer quality issues, experience in setting up product and process quality control for equipment assembly line.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance, experience in product, process and system audit.
• Strong communication, leadership, & management skills.
Educational/Certification Requirement:
• Min. of BS in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline is required, Mechanical engineering background is a plus.
• Registered ISO 9001 auditor with experience a plus
Experience Requirement:
Work Experience:
• At least 3 years' experience in Box Build & system integration
• Experience with EFEMs (Equipment Front End Modules)
• Experience with BEMs (Back End Modules), Integration Frame Assemblies
• Experience in Value Added assembly products
• 5-10 years experiences in Functional management, compliance Engineering, Operations, Quality or Reliability.
• Experience in quality and manufacturing systems, business process improvement tools, and problem solving.
• Experience with the ISO 9001 standard is required.
• Experience managing critical customer communications.
• Experience with Lean, 6S, zero defect manufacturing processes, inspection methods and tools.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
Criteria:
Requirements:
• Work Environment:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment
• Work Hours (if not regular day – i.e., shifts)
Standard Office Hours
• Physical Demands (i.e., lifting, kneeling, crouching, climbing)
Work may require the ability to lift 10-20 pounds infrequently.
Ability to talk on phone and use computer for extended periods of time may be required.
• Environmental Exposure (i.e., extreme weather conditions, noise levels, electrical or chemical exposure)
May involve exposure to moderate noise levels from printers, faxes, computers etc.
• Overnight Travel (% of time)
Work may require out of town travel depending upon assignment (training and meeting).