Quality Engineer (Pell City)

The Quality Engineer is responsible for analyzing and assessing field returns and in-process non-confirming product. He / she conducts root cause analysis and implements corrective actions to address the defects identified and to discern quality defect patterns associated with a specific product, component or manufacturing process. The position may pull and quarantine product when warranted and will work to continuously improve QA product testing, troubleshooting, and design. Sets up standards of quality and performance, measures progress in adherence to WNAs Quality Policy : Ensures standards of quality and performance adhere to WNAs Quality Policy : To safely provide a quality product, on time, at a competitive price, focused on customer satisfaction and continual improvement.

Duties to include but not limited to :

• Create / edit / maintain necessary documentation
• Equipment calibration and maintenance monitoring
• Assess the availability of raw materials and their safety and environmental impact of the facility
• Will have access to quality portals to help maintain and support claims or 8D requests, pull claims report to alert of issues, etc.
• Support the conversion of small-scale processes into commercially viable large-scale operations
• Monitor and improve the efficiency, output and safety of manufacturing processes through observations and measurements as well as by collecting and interpreting data from other technical and operating personnel
• Assume responsibility for safety / environmental issues and ongoing performance of processes
• Developing test protocols, dimensional inspection / functional testing and documenting test results of incoming products compared with OEM
• Performing part installation fit-ups when necessary to test products
• Root cause analysis by inspecting warranty returns for defects and determining correction action
• First article sample inspection / approval prior to first production run
• Submitting corrective action reports to vendors as necessary

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