Quality Engineer

Job Purpose

This position exists to assist in development, application, maintenance, and enhancement of the quality systems for EnerSys. The incumbent shall develop and maintain quality department documentation and quality information systems. This position requires working with production team leaders, production associates, quality technicians, and engineers to facilitate quality improvements to products and process in a team like environment. Work with suppliers and customers when conducting audits. Also statistical analysis of processes and products is required to define root cause corrective action. Lead ISO 9001, FAA, and Military internal and external audits to provide for quality improvements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drives continual improvement activities within the facility. Coordinates quality-engineering activities with manufacturing, engineering, technical and other quality personnel. These activities include capability studies, gage studies, design reviews, FMEA’s, and internal audits.
• Communicates with customers and suppliers on a continual basis for Quality Assurance support. Facilitates corrective action to unplanned quality problems from suppliers, EnerSys manufacturing processes and from our customers.
• Creates and provides training to departmental and facility personnel on Quality Assurance techniques and improvements.
• Lead meetings to ensure that corrective actions are being properly handled and completed on a timely basis.
• As the Quality technical expert, provides guidance to the business to achieve goals in accordance with established policies.
• Identifies and resolves technical problems of significant complexity, and suggests corrective action measures to management .
• Develops and publishes documentation for effective quality systems to ensure compliance with ISO 9001.
• Prepares standard reports, summarizes, and maintains records. Develops written quality improvement plans, with the ability to give reports orally to management.

Act as ISO 9001:2000 representative, drives ISO compliance through the business using training, guidance, and process development.

Qualifications

 To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

BS in Engineering/Technology/Business with 5 years of Quality/Reliability Engineering experience and 3 years in a Lead Acid Battery environment, Knowledge of manufacturing and quality control methods.

General Job Requirements