Quality Engineer Sr.

Location:

Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America

Job ID:

R0046044

Date Posted:

2024-07-01

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY USA INC

Profession (Job Category):

Quality Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

General information:

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer for its Jefferson City, MO location. This role is responsible for auditing, monitoring, and determining the quality of manufacturing processes and/or outputs against defined internal and regulatory standards. Reporting and troubleshooting manufacturing process deviations and defects in finished goods. A Senior Professional applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Your Responsibilities:

• Define and develop quality assurance programs to ensure conformance to codes and regulations.

• Conduct supplier and construction surveys, audits, and inspections for system and product conformance to quality requirements.

• Coordinate quality initiatives at customer sites, perform internal audits, and assist the customer in performing other quality assurance activities.

• Recommend measures to optimize operations while maintaining quality.

• Review purchase orders and specifications for proper quality requirements.

• Review / approve vendor and field quality assurance plans and practices, and (as applicable) suggest changes.

• Provide technical advice in specialized quality assurance technology such as nondestructive testing [NDT], metrology, statistical techniques (e.g. Statistical Process Control [SPC], etc.), fabrication techniques, quality codes, and regulations.

• Participate in the investigation of technical problems, as well as the establishment of procedures and CAPA (Corrective And Preventative Actions) to avoid recurrences.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering OR related experience and a minimum 5 years of professional experience working in engineering, manufacturing, and/or quality.

• Candidate must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

• Strong analytical skills, especially with data analysis, is heavily preferred - proven experience working with failure analysis, FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis), FMECA (Failure Modes, Effects, & Criticality Analysis), test engineering, and/or product reliability is a plus.

• Recent experience working with data-driven analytical methodologies for industrial quality applications - especially Statistical Process Control [SPC], Six Sigma, Process Capability (Cp, CpK), and/or Process Performance (Pp, PpK) Analysis. Experience working with Process Improvement and/or Continuous Improvement practices (e.g. Kaizen, 4Q, DMAIC, Gemba/Genba, Root-Cause Analysis [RCA]; etc.).

• Recent professional experience working in Quality Engineering functions - experience working in Quality Control in a manufacturing environment is a plus. Strong familiarity with ISO-9001 standards is preferred; expertise in QS-9000 will also be considered. Experience working in product development and manufacturing.

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