Quality Engineer 4 (# 7921)

Quality/Test Engineer 4 - (80450-1)
Pontiac, IL - Onsite 
12 Months Contract 

Position’s Contributions to Work Group: 
- Internal Manufacturing Quality in Fuel Systems – focus on machining processes

Why Client? “Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.”

Why this Role?
- Impactful work: Our Quality Engineers have a direct influence on product reliability, customer satisfaction, and brand reputation carrying on the 100 year tradition Client Inc has established.
- Career growth: Our Pontiac facility is one of several in the state and one of countless in the US and around the world. Performing well here could lead to opportunities both within the plant and around the business as a whole.
- Challenging but rewarding environment: Client Pontiac is in a period of rapid growth and offers a lot of opportunities to challenge existing process and improve for the future.

Typical task breakdown:
- Problem solving, corrective actions: lead/support investigations into quality issues (scrap/rework/customer complaints), develop and implement corrective and preventative actions, Use quality tools like 8D, fishbone, and FMEA
- Process monitoring/continuous improvement: use data and risk analysis to direct actions, collaborate with small business team (manufacturing engineers, operations) to improve process capability and reduce variation
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze quality data (e.g., defect rates, process capability, SPC charts), Prepare reports for management and cross-functional teams, Track KPIs such as First Pass Yield, internal and external PPM
- Training and Support: train operators on quality standards and inspection techniques, support cross-functional teams with quality-related expertise

Interaction with team: 
- Attendance to regularly scheduled meetings
- Peers and direct management at start of shift 
- Daily interaction with employees in assigned section (operators, team lead, section manager)
- Meeting with cross functional teams to address issues as they arise
- Close collaboration with Small Business Team 

Team Structure
- Quality engineers are peers organized under quality manager
- Quality engineers will be assigned to specific cost center and be part of that small business team (SBT).  The SBT is a cross-functional team meant to address issues and maintain operations of a cost center or cost centers.

Work environment: 
- Union factory environment, PPE required: ear, and eye protection, safety toe shoes
- Office environment by desk/cubicle: expect conference calls and meetings typical of an office space

Education & Experience Required: 
- Years of experience: 5 years plus 3 years of internships
- Degree requirement: bachelor’s in relevant field, master’s 3 years plus internships
- Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes

Top 3 Skills
- Problem solving & root cause analysis
- Data-driven decision making
- Communication and cross functional collaboration

Additional Technical Skills 
(Required)
- Attention to detail 
- Process improvement

(Desired) 
- Knowledge of quality standards
- FMEA, risk management

Soft Skills
(Required)
-  Cross functional teamwork with professional and production staff
- Adaptability to changing conditions

(Desired) 
- Conflict resolution
- Leadership & influence

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:
- Negative attitude and constant complaining

Travel Requirement: 0-25%; US -based Client sites
Export Control Requirements: Yes

Ravi Teja
615-219-6196
ravi.teja@harveynash.com