Quality Engineer, Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
- 5+ years of experience with Quality Engineering in low volume high mix industrial equipment manufacturers.
- Structural Steel, piping, emissions, exhaust systems, gas turbines, or combustion systems industry specific experience; required.
- Knowledge of welding and/or welding products is a requirement
- Candidate can located in Dallas, Tulsa or Houston
- If in Dallas, it will be onsite 3 days per week in Dallas plus travel to client sites
- If in Tulsa or Houston, remote with travel to client sites
Our Dallas based global manufacturing client is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) efforts across their projects. This role involves updating and maintaining QA/QC standards, conducting inspections, overseeing third-party inspection agencies, and engaging with project teams to ensure the highest quality standards are met. The Quality Engineer will provide technical expertise in materials, welding, and other specialized areas. The Quality Engineer is responsible for inspecting product quality, ensuring that product inspections and quality control procedures are carried through as defined in the product specs, and meet the standards required by our customers/ end user. The Quality Engineer will also participate in our product testing processes, working closely with our Design group.
Job Responsibilities:
- Works directly with Operations, Engineering, Customer Service, Purchasing and Sales team to develop and validate processes designed to exceed customer requirements and on time delivery.
- Leads continual improvement projects to achieve quality objectives and metrics targets using LEAN principles.
- Assists the Quality Manager & Leads the development, implementation, communication, and maintenance of the quality program to make the Company’s Quality Management System and Policies (ISO 9001) complaint.
- As a Quality team member, works with Production, Engineering, Purchasing, Customer Service and Sales teams to ensure systems are implemented, maintained and effective.
- Works with Purchasing and the supply chain to establish, implement and audit quality requirements for external suppliers.
- Manages and maintains quality inspection and product release programs.
- Supports Quality inspection of fabricated skids, piping and structural steel across subcontractors and testing of cast, stamped, machined, injection molded components and final assemblies for conformance to design and configuration requirements.
- Works with and supports the Quality Manager in the development of QA compliance objectives and ensure that targets are achieved.
- Assesses the product specifications of the company and its suppliers and compare with customer requirements.
- Writes quality procedures and provides training to the organization on the use of the quality procedures.
- Liaisons with our customers’ quality team and internal and external auditors.
- Develops project specific inspection plans, Welding and NDE plans / procedures to meet customer specifications.
- Ensures the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers’ specifications.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering; required, Mechanical Engineering; preferred.
- 5+ years of experience as a Quality Engineering in low volume high mix in industrial equipment manufacturers.
- Structural Steel, piping, emissions, exhaust systems, gas turbines, or combustion systems industry specific experience; required.
- Experience with ISO 9001; preferred.
- Experience with ASME codes for fabrication; preferred.
- Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing experience; preferred.
- MS Office Suite; required.
- Experience with RCA, 5 why’s, corrective action, and preventive action programs; preferred.
- CWI or ASQ Certification (Quality Auditor, Quality Engineer, Quality Improvement Associate); preferred.
- Ability to Travel 40% of the time (US, Canada, Mexico, Vietnam)