Quality Assurance Engineer
Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Job Type: Full Time, Salaried
Reporting Structure: Quality Manager
Company Overview: EAM-Mosca Corp is a leading provider of innovative strapping solutions designed to meet the diverse packaging needs of a wide variety of blue-chip manufacturing businesses. We are committed to delivering high-quality, reliable strapping systems that enhance production efficiency and improve product security in a highly sustainable manner. As we continue to expand our Americas region presence, we are seeking to hire a safety-oriented Quality Engineer for our team.
Job Description: The Quality Engineer will play a crucial role in driving the company's success by handling the customer complaint process, quality auditing, and communication throughout the production organizations. The Quality Engineer will be responsible for analyzing process control data, conducting quality audits, inspection of incoming raw materials, managing containment of defective product, monitoring at-risk process parameters, validating final goods prior to shipment, and troubleshooting root-cause of quality complaints.
Job Requirements:
· Process Control
· Measures process control parameters and flags at risk behavior
· Analyzes control metrics and recommends changes for better process and product performance
· Conducts capability analysis on product metrics
· Ensures compliance with at-risk testing processing
· Implements reaction plans for at risk or defective production
· Sample re-tests and specification verification
· Final visual inspection and verification of conformance
· Provide training to personnel on quality control processes, defect detection, and best practices
· Quality Auditing
· Conduct supplier quality assessments and audits to ensure incoming materials and components meet quality requirements.
· Verification of process parameters, equipment programs, and Standard Operating Procedures
· Maintain records such as inspection reports, non-conformance reports, corrective action plans, and quality metrics
· Support the development of quality standards, procedures, and work instructions with focus on machine production
· Raw Material Inspection
· Routine inspection of incoming materials
· Perform inspections and tests on machinery and components to verify compliance with engineering specifications, quality standards, and customer requirements.
· Analyze inspection data to identify trends, recurring issues, and areas for quality improvement.
· Investigate defects, failures, and non-conformances to determine root cause and create corrective actions.
· Oversight for containment of defective product
· Oversees containment of defective product including finished goods and work in progress
· Approves conformance to prime production after defective product identified
· Updates control records for inventory adjustments and re-work
· Maintains records of defective lots and conducts correlation analysis to understand trends
· Work closely with manufacturing teams to optimize production processes and reduce defects
· Quality Complaints
· Troubleshoots quality complaints and works with engineering team to identify corrective actions
· Conducts verification audits on previous corrective actions
· Trains team on corrective action and updates communication streams on status of changes.
Qualifications:
· Required:
· Strong safety focus
· Bachelor’s degree in either Mechanical, Manufacturing, or General Engineering
· Experience in in a quality control environment
· Strong computer skills and familiar with Microsoft Windows applications.
· Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, and comfortable speaking in front of large groups. Able to read and write in English.
· Willing to obtain Lean Six Sigma certifications.
· Ability to keep neat and organized records and files with attention to detail.
· Able to perform basic physical tasks such as lifting 50lbs.
· Preferred:
· Mechanical or Electrical background
· Machine / Product assembly
· Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 standard
· Lean Six Sigma Green, Black, or MBB Certification
· Statistical Analysis knowledge
· Experience in ISO: 9001/2015
· Emphasis on personal and professional growth, keeps knowledge and skills current.
· Knowledge of capability analysis and setting specifications
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.