Quality Engineer
Kurt Manufacturing provides innovative full-service CNC machining and sourcing of precision parts and assemblies to our diverse group of customers including commercial aerospace, semiconductor, defense, energy, and healthcare. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology and up to 5-axis machining capabilities, Kurt’s Machining Division delivers superior quality and cost-effective solutions to our customers.
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Job Summary
The Quality Engineer plays a pivotal part in ensuring customer defined quality requirements are understood and communicated across the organization. Key responsibilities include the development of quality plans from engineering drawings and determining gage and fixture requirements. The position includes using problem-solving tools focusing on process improvements and ensuring compliance with quality requirements.
Essential Functions:
· Plans and directs activities concerned with development, application and maintenance of quality standards for industrial processes, materials and products.
· Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation, utilizing knowledge in engineering fields such as chemical, electrical or mechanical.
· Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instruction for recording, evaluation and reporting quality and reliability data.
· Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities.
· Takes part or leads cross functional team nonconformance investigations, ensuring proper containment of product and any escalation for Corrective and Preventive Action, as needed.
· Develop relationships with customers to understand quality requirements and resolve quality issues.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reliable attendance is required.
Required:
· High School Diploma or equivalent GED
· 4 years of related experience
Preferred:
· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
· 10 years of related experience
· ASQ Certification
· APICS Certification
· Knowledge of Six Sigma and Lean principles
Physical Demands:
The following physical demand factors should be used as a general guideline for employees listed under this job title. Specific requirements will vary based on the employee’s individual work responsibilities.
Strength Level Rating: Light work. Work involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
A worker in this job will frequently (from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time):
· Handle objects by seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hands
· Pick, pinch, or otherwise work primarily with fingers
· Talk by expressing or exchanging communication by means of the spoken work to impart oral information
· Hear by perceiving the nature of sounds by ear
The Quality Engineer will occasionally (up to 1/3 of the time):
· Reach by extending hands and arms
· Have near acuity with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
· Adjust vision to bring objects into sharp focus
· Identify and distinguish colors
Contact:
Peter Cleary
Managing Director, Aerospace & Defense Practice Lead
TriSearch
(215) 907-8699
[KT1]The Quality Engineer position is located at our Machining Division - This would not include Workholding or hydraulics.
[PC2]Thanks!
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