Quality Engineering responsibility in an engine plant ensuring the quality and reliability of engine products throughout the manufacturing process, from design and materials to production and testing. Implementation of and ensuring quality control measures, analyze data, and collaborate with teams to improve processes and prevent defects.
Responsible for fulfilling the role of Res' Quality expert; this is a hands-on position. Ensure the quality of the parts produced at Res meet all customer expectations; quickly and effectively take action when non-conformances are found.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engineering
- Collaborate with Res customers' quality and engineering personnel to determine critical part features and review manufacturability of design. Make recommendations to modify customer part specifications and tolerances as necessary to support cost effective production.
- Provide engineering support to operations ensuring consistent application of quality techniques
- Resolve quality issues of capability, tolerancing, and materials related issues.
- Resolve quality issues by identifying problems, examining solution options, implementing action plans, and providing resources.
- Effectively communicate and reinforce Res' commitment to quality improvement efforts
- Develop and submit PPAP documents for new product lunches to meet customer requirements.
- Determine when process stability and capability studies should be performed on existing processes. Review and analyze results. Recommend changes to processes based upon findings and perform follow up to verify effectiveness.
- Participate in the Advanced Product Quality Planning activities to determine appropriate use of existing and new measurement systems during new tool or process design and startup.
- Coordinate pre-launch production trial run process monitoring per Briggs and Stratton Safe Launch requirements.
- Participate in the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
- Maintain Control Plans and FMEA's throughout the life of the part.
- Facilitate and promote use of appropriate problem solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action.
- Conduct in-process and final product testing to ensure compliance with quality standards and specifications.
- Perform duties in accordance with quality system requirements as the voice of Res' customers.
- Coordinate with Sales, Purchasing, Engineering, and Production, and Toolroom to resolve customer complaints and concerns.
- Lead PPM improvement plan for strategic customers.
- Apply appropriate use of statistical techniques.
- Determine and apply appropriate Measurement System Analysis tools.
Preferred Technical Qualifications:
- Technical engine theory knowledge recommended
- Project management experience.
- Blueprint reading
- Background in GD&T.
Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton , Vanguard , Ferris , Simplicity , Billy Goat , Allmand , SimpliPhi , Branco and Victa brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.
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