Quality Engineering - Jobs in Woodbridge

Job Description

Purpose:

• Responsible for ensuring that the products produced meet quality standards required to minimize quality costs and maximize customer satisfaction whilst ensuring that procedures and processes are adhered to.
• Ensure incoming materials meet required quality standards.
• Responsible for identifying and raising quality issues and for speedily resolving them to ensure zero impact to the customer.
• Work in a team environment to develop and implement best practices that emphasize defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste and provide for continuous improvements in meeting all customer requirements.
• To work closely with the Operations, Purchasing and Engineering departments.

Responsibilities:

• Support the management of all quality-related issues within the manufacturing team (e.g. internal, supplier, customer and customer warranty)
• Work with the team to identify root cause and instigate permanent corrective actions for product quality issues
• Carry out supplier validation audits, with supplier support and supplier advanced product quality planning (APQP)
• Carry out product and process auditing
• Ensure control plans and associated documentation are implemented effectively and maintained
• Monitor and report on quality-related key performance indicators including scrap monitoring, rework levels, failure rates
• Ensure compliance and assist with adherence to the Quality Management system (ISO9001)
• Assist with training of quality awareness
• Lead the supplier approval process by assessing manufacturing/technology capabilities and health, safety and Environmental risks
• Support new product launches to ensure that supplier quality meets the required standards
• Perform on-site supplier visits for root cause analysis and verification of correction actions of supplier quality issues (NCR/SCAR)
• Collate and evaluate supplier quality data to identify process improvement opportunities within the supply chain
• Work with the supplier directly, create corrective action plans to address process failures
• Lead in the supplier evaluation and monitoring, including supplier audits and other activities to ensure supplied processes, products and services are in accordance with the determined requirements
• Determine and implement the controls needed for verification and validation of the externally provided product and services- to ensure the requirements are met
• Coordinate the incoming inspection process
• Control the status and calibration of the measuring and test equipment (MTE)
• Promote the use of preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Measurement System Analysis, and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Assist with engineering product specifications, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) and evaluation of first off samples, validation and verification reports
• Participate in cross-functional teams in the development of new products or changes related to current products in meeting customer requirements

Education / experience:

• Bachelor #39;s degree in engineering; with 5-10 years #39; experience in a quality role; in the manufacturing industry
• ASQ Certificate is an asset
• Working knowledge of quality management systems
• Strong working knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Good understanding manufacturing processes: specifically, those used in production of a custom build and automated assembly
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge is required
• Inspection methods/ audit experience is required
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Good understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings
• Ability to travel and drivers license is required
• Valid passport is required

Damp; V Electronics values their employees. We encourage life-long learning and foster employee personal growth. If you #39;re someone who enjoys working in a creative and innovative work environment, and would like to join our team, please submit your resume and covering letter to: careers@dvelectronics.com We thank all applicants for their interest in our organization, however; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.