
Product Quality Engineer - Investment Castings
- Ohio
- $110,000-130,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Role is responsible for supplier processes, from initial qualification, maintenance, and necessary improvement driven by business quality needs.
- Developing specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest functional developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensures delivery within area of responsibility.
- Product Quality Engineer will have a technical understanding of engineering drawings and will have the ability to manage suppliers and/or quality projects related projects.
- Develop in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Use prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy.
- Communication with direct colleagues and the business on the status of First Article Inspection and Source Substantiation Plans.
- Provide onsite support at suppliers, as needed (approximately 25% travel)
- Collaboration with other Engineering, Quality, and Sourcing functions to ensure joint success
- Impacts projects, processes, and procedures in own field. The role operates with some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment but may require more senior levels of guidance.
- Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
- Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and can construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
- May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on specific topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
- Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
- Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with 4 years’ experience in Engineering, Materials Science or Quality related roles)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering, Materials Science or Quality related roles
- Degree in Engineering or Materials Science preferred
- Demonstrated experience in manufacturing or supplier quality.
- Strong communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
- Established project management skills.
- Demonstrated history of problem solving, root cause and corrective action methodology, data analysis, statistical analysis and quality experience.
- Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
- Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
- Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
- Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
- Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
- Demonstrated Investment Casting manufacturing knowledge and experience is advantageous to the role.