Process & Product Quality Engineer - CALP, Lewisport, Kentucky

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Description

Commonwealth Rolled Products is a leading manufacturer of Aluminum rolled products for the Automotive, Commercial, and Industrial markets. The Company operates its production facility in Lewisport, KY with the support of an Automotive Innovation Center for R&D, Sales and Field Service in Madison Heights (DET), and Inside Sales in the Cleveland, OH area.

Our Innovation Center is seeking to add a talented Process and Product Quality (PPQ) Engineer, to its team in Lewisport, KY. The purpose of this role is to hold, improve and transfer knowledge of processes and quality, responsible for process improvement & assurance, support product implementation, define and start up new investments and processes. The key responsibility is to develop and implement all process and quality settings to ensure a robust process that delivers right first time quality.

Responsibilities Include:

• Drives the pursuit of a perfect process within their area but not letting perfect delay better. A perfect process produces world classes quality both efficiently and profitably.
• Responsible for the definition of all process settings which must be used to ensure stable and robust quality in efficient processes.
• Identify and lead capability improvement projects.
• Lead major quality improvement projects taking into account safety, costs and environmental constraints, as well as the effects on subsequent installations.
• Support quality and efficiency improvement projects from other departments (production, technical services, six sigma).
• Initiate and verify process changes and validate all process changes within primary assigned installation following MOC and change management.
• Assist production, when necessary, to perform root cause analysis or trouble shooting in a structured way to solve internal and external non conformities.
• Accountable for implementation of corrective actions in relevant processes resulting from claims and non-conformities.
• Partner with production and maintenance in operational area.
• Manage process settings through several hundreds of parameters in department to ensure stable and capable processes.
• Responsible for the setup of a system of process control of all relevant sub processes to ensure stable performance in time.
• Provide second line technical support to several customers, when installation is involved.
• Takes initiative in continuous learning and development within functional area.
• Responsible to deliver the input for R&D developments on the industrialization status.
• Apply SPC methodology to critical inputs and outputs.
• Provide feedback and coaching to Technicians on operating processes and quality tool utilization.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with inter-departmental quality contracts and specifications.

Key Deliverables

• Products and materials
  • General metallurgical knowledge about the products produced in the plant
  • Detailed knowledge on thermo-mechanical & physical processing for assigned installations.
  • Understanding of quality assurance and systems
• New product implementation
  • Support Product Technology or to the R&D implementation department to ensure fast and robust introduction of new specifications or products
  • Checks and refreshes the installation bible(s) and capabilities
• Investments
  • Start up and commissioning support of new instillations and processes
  • Detects the need for new investments or processes to improve quality or robustness
  • Defines process requirements, prepares and follows up the startup of, and verifies results from new investments or processes

Assigned area systems knowledge:

• Determined based on area of focus
• Specific controls systems
• Automation, mechanical and electrical specialties for area

Required Qualifications:

• 4-Year engineering degree
• 3+ years relevant experience
• Has a profound knowledge of all processes of assigned installation - Mechanical & hydraulics, Chemical, Physical, Electrical & controls, Measurement systems, IT platforms (level 1– 3), and Thermo-mechanical processing capabilities
• Quality assurance and/or quality systems experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Continuous line experience
• Six sigma green belt or black belt
• Knowledge and demonstrated use of Quality tools; i.e. 8D, PPS, DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 5S, Value Stream and Cause Mapping, Visual Management, etc. preferred

Commonwealth Rolled Products is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity in the workplace. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Our HR teams will reach out to the applicants who met the qualifications and most closely aligned with requirements of the positions.