Product Quality Engineer

IDEX Corporation•Benton Harbor, MI

About The Position

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you. Who is GAST Manufacturing? As a business unit of IDEX Corporation, GAST Manufacturing has a long history of being the leader in design and manufacturing of quality air-moving products. We specialize in offering cost effective solutions for a wide variety of industries including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and environmental cleanup applications. We are looking to add more talent to our team. SCOPE OF ROLE: The Product/Quality Engineer is responsible for completing assigned engineering projects in accordance with customer specifications or new product development. The person in this role will accomplish this by serving as a liaison between suppliers, manufacturing, and customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Engineering Technology.
Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated work experience in a manufacturing environment with a focus on customer service, mix model machining, and assembly is preferred.
Working knowledge of GD&T methodology.
Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Nice To Haves

Trained in design for Six Sigma concepts preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads efforts to reduce variation through design improvements.
Develop continuous improvement programs that will allow the overall business to decrease cost through the reduction/elimination of variation.
Test methods to ensure product integrity after design, process, or supplier changes.
Serves as primary contact for customer field complaints/requests.
Drives corrective action and provides customers with written reports.
Follows up with customers to ensure satisfaction.
Owns companywide corrective action process for internal and external product issues.
Monitors system to prevent overdue action requests.
Works with process owners to resolve problems and implement long term solutions with their areas.
Assists suppliers with corrective actions and verify when necessary.
Analyzes manufacturing statistical data, recognizing patterns and trends resulting in proactive product and process improvements.
Provides support by performing capability studies for uncontrolled processes.
Track improvements made and translate into measurable metrics.
Assist in leading weekly Quality Awareness meetings with production employees.
Work with manufacturing and engineering to create systems for measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling to ensure delivery of quality products and processes.
Identify and lead organization wide lean/continuous improvement initiatives.
Maintain and improve current manufacturing processes and product designs to reduce variation and improve throughput.
Serve as an internal manufacturing process consultant for product groups, management, product development engineering, marketing, and sales.
Develop detailed manufacturing WI’s, SOP’s, and production reporting.
Observe testing methods and ensure adequate FPY, assist in the development and implementation of corrective action or product design improvements where necessary.
Create and maintain mechanism of providing visibility into operating performance.
Work with other departments within the corporation to ensure cost reduction efforts are being addressed, implemented and sustained.
Test methods to ensure product integrity after design, process, or supplier changes.
Manages and Leads Engineering Technicians to help achieve department goals
Leads Quality Related Projects with 80 Customers
Lead Contact and Point Person for On-Site Customer Audits