Mettler Toledo

• Quality Engineering Manager is responsible transforming Rainin's quality control and quality engineering departments.  This position is responsible for creating a lean and agile QC/QE capability that can react quickly to internal & external customers to meet market demands.  The quality engineering manager is responsible for delivering on key targets for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.  The position's key responsibilities include the following: 
• As a Leader, role-modeling company by performing with integrity, high sense of accountability pursue innovation, deliver quality, drive continuous improvement, use resources wisely

• Directing the activities of the incoming & in-process quality inspection, quality engineers.

·       Supplier quality & Incoming inspection:

• Manages operations of incoming inspection and supports supplier management so as to ensure the quality of materials used in production.
• Reviews data obtained during all incoming inspection and quality engineering activities to ensure inspection and control effort is focused on the areas of highest risk to product quality.
• Recommends whether to accept a product or continue business with a vendor based on performance or history.
• Directs technical and administrative workers engaged in incoming inspection and quality control activities.
• Identifies opportunities for improving quality processes.  Provides concepts, ROI justification and budgets for proposed solutions. 

·       Quality Engineering:

• Leads CAPA - Investigates and drives the resolution of customer complaints regarding production quality.
• Responsible for ensuring investigations are properly reviewed, written and closed out with effective root cause analysis identified by utilizing corporate policies and procedures.
• Applies quality tools including SPC methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.

• • Responds to suspect or confirmed non-conforming material, taking corrective action to prevent future recurrence.
  • Recommends and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.
  • Leads developing equipment qualification IQ/OQ/PQ protocols & reports to ensure robust production processes are delivered to production
  • Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
  • Participates in product development teams, focusing on the definition of material specifications that will ensure the consistent quality of materials and products.
  • Leads QEs and Inspectors in the definition and execution of measurement methods, including CMMs (Zeiss O-Inspect, OGP Smartflash), Optical Comparators (Keyence 6000 series), gauges, pins and other measurement instruments.  Leads the team in the review and approval of first article inspection reports.
• In-process quality control:
  • Support 24 X 7 high volume manufacturing of precision equipment & consumables
  • Ensure compliance to quality standards and Optimizing existing QC processes to automation to increase efficiency and effectiveness

• Keeps direct manager abreast of significant issues or developments identified during quality activities and actions being taken to improve the situation.

• Proactively identifying deficiencies in current quality processes (upstream and downstream processes)
• Collaborating with other leaders to drive end-to-end improvements
• Collaborating with R & D on new product development by actively participating in FAI's, materials qualifications, master data enrichment, quality plans and other deliverables
• Driving corporate initiatives at the local operations level to meet quality and cost targets
• Approving and providing oversight for quality related change documentation

·       Supervisory Responsibilities:                   

• Enforces established personnel policies and fosters good employee relations and the professional development of personnel supervised; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Will be responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees.

·       A "Can Do" and resourceful attitude & ability work with diverse team is a must have to succeed in this role.

·       BS or MS degree in Quality, Engineering or other applicable major preferred, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.                                                  

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of QC/QE manager experience (within a plastic molding/assembly/test environment is preferred).

• Full management responsibility for managing or supervising QC Tech/Supervisor & Quality Engineers. 

·       ASQ Certified SQE/SQM preferred.

·       Experienced in Minitab; Development software; and proficiency with standard computer applications; MS office applications. Experience with use of statistical tools in quality engineering, including Gauge R&R, Capability Analysis, sampling methods and confidence interval / hypothesis testing.

·       Familiarity with manufacturing ERP systems, SAP preferred.

·       Has sufficient understanding of measurement methods, equipment and GD&T so as to be able to lead individuals performing those tasks. Actual metrology experience a strong plus.

·       Preferred skills/knowledge:  Sufficient understanding of Biochemistry to lead individuals performing molecular biology laboratory testing methods, including the concepts of PCR, standard curves, limits of detection and evaluation of OOT results.