Quality Engineer - Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS)

The Quality Engineer is responsible for managing customer and supplier part approval documentation required for approval of new part submissions (NPI / APQP), part design and specification changes, and annual part revalidation when required by the TSS customer. Represent SCM LCA Quality in NPI / APQP and other related projects for new products that will flow through LCA. Guide Quality Department members who are supporting customer part approval tasks.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Interact with Sales, Customer Success, Purchasing and other departments in coordinating customer and supplier sample and document submissions for part approvals such as PPAP or CCP.
• Prepare, review and approve supplier and customer part approval documents for completeness and accuracy including Process Flow, Control Plan, PFMEA, and other quality related documents.
• Analyze organization dependencies, procedures and training/competence for adequacy.
• Analyze KPIs and other key Characteristics including Measurement System Analysis, Process Capabilities, Run-Charts and other discrete and non-discrete data
• Analyze and assess process flows, and develop new process flow maps where required
• When required, support customer complaint investigation for problem and root cause identification and corrective action implementation and verification.
• Interact with all relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Establish Mistake proofing or Poke-Yoke guidelines for process certification
• Develop Capability controls for process certification
• Establish training requirements for processes and establish control plans

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• Minimum 3 years quality experience
• Quality management system lead auditor or internal auditor certification (ex. ISO9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016, AS9100D) preferred
• Experience in reading and understanding part drawings and specifications required.
• Experience working in a distribution, manufacturing and/or lean systems environment a plus.
• Experience of understanding and effective use of AIAG Core Tools preferred.
• Experience in sealing applications, rubber, and/or plastics production preferred
• Knowledge of statistics and/or green or black belt in six sigma preferred
• Working knowledge of root cause analysis including related methodologies such as: Ishikawa, 5 Why, 8D, PDCA Kepner-Tregoe, Shainin, and Cause-Effect Diagrams

Application:

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