Quality Engineer

QUALITY ENGINEER

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our products meets industry standards and customer expectations. The Ideal candidate will also plan and conduct activities concerned with the quality assurance of industrial processes, materials, and products.

Powering Vehicles, Motion, Work, and Lives since 1966.

Performance Expectations:

• Acts as “Voice of the Customer” in all situations to guide Linamar to comply with expectations.
• Duty and authority to stop production when nonconforming situations are identified.
• Strong PPAP and APQP background.
• Strong GDT experience.
• Capable of managing quality system within the plant including managing the duties of three (3) quality technicians.
• Reviews all purchased products or components and provides input to the decision of whether to accept the product and future purchases from the vendor.
• Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Follows customer and internal standards to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities, maintains tracking of and presents status of plant open incidents.
• Ensures customer and internal quality processes and methods are followed in all aspects of manufacturing.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
• Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities.
• Prepares and presents technical, program and quality incident information to team members, management and customers when needed.
• May direct, train, coach, mentor and guide technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance activities, including quality techs, sort companies and engineering staff.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality standards.
• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality standards.
• Manage all facets of customer PPAPs. Define, apply analyze and distribute results of customer/supplier measures; escalate internally and externally when appropriate.
• Development, implement and maintain control plans; participate in the development of APQP and FMEA documentation and implementation.
• Ability to travel when necessary (10% - 20%).
• All other duties as assigned.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Responsible for training quality technicians, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving complaints.

Required Credentials:

• BS degree in engineering or related field or equivalent education.
• Work experience or certifications will be considered in lieu of education/degree.
• Minimum three years experience in quality control.
• Possess a thorough knowledge of ISO 9001 standards.
• Ability to travel when necessary (10% - 20%).
• Must be proficient in GR&R studies, CMM, SPC, GD&T, APQP, FMEA and PPAP.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to interact and communicate at all levels of organization, and with customer engineering and/or management.
• Ability to effectively apply problem solving / continuous improvement principles and techniques to quality and manufacturing principles.
• Strong manufacturing background with focus on metal removal process.
• Strong organizational skills, electronic and paper.
• Strong interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy. Customer focus – need to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of internal / supplier / customer organization.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily work in an office environment.
• Required to work on the manufacturing floor exposed to moving mechanical parts, occasionally exposed to wet conditions and vibrations.
• The noise level in the environment is loud and PPE is required.
• Able to sit, stand and walk around for prolonged periods at a time.
• The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 30 pounds.
• Occasional travel to and from supplier or customer locations.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time onsite salary-exempt position with weekend hours as needed to support production.

Schedule:

• 10-hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

What Linamar Has to Offer

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
• Social committees and sports trams.
• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

About Us

Linamar Corporation is a Canadian diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products across global industries and markets. From the entrepreneurial seeds planned by our dynamic founder, to the support provided along the way, all Linamar employees are poised for success in this faced-paced and rapidly growing environment. With access to the tools you need to succeed, you will make an impact along with other motivated and engaged people.

Linamar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Linamar Corporation encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will reasonably accommodate applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process upon request.