Manager is open to true recent grads with applicable experience.
BA in Engineer or Technical Degree preferred.
Manager is willing to hire a highly experienced candidate who does not have a BA.
As an OFP (Order Fulfillment Process) Welding Quality Engineer for John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, IL, you will directly support the manufacturing operations of a weld and assembly department in a shop floor environment.
Manage daily quality calls from multiple product lines, determine root cause and implement both short-term and long-term corrective actions for defects found in a timely manner.
Provide clear and timely communication to management, operations, and cross functional teams for active quality issues.
- Lead quality planning and execution discussions, including risk analysis, risk mitigation, control plans, dimensional analysis, and strategic quality improvements.
Maintain current and historical quality performance documentation metrics.
- Lead and actively participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) process on the shop floor – improving and implementing departmental Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Delivery, Ergonomic and Cost reduction projects.
- Work closely with cross functional teams, suppliers, and product design to drive inherent quality into our processes and products.
- Experience with welding
- Experience demonstrating technical aptitude in one of the following areas: hydraulics, powertrain, electrical, welding, assembly, manufacturing, or product validation.
- Experience with root cause analysis, National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA, 8D) Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), corrective action, mistake proofing or digital process control tools.
- Ability to be a self-starter who can execute multiple tasks in parallel with little supervision.
- Ability to gather, analyze, and summarize trend data to make sound decisions.
- Ability to interpret production trend or defect data and convert into meaningful quality inspections and process control.
Product quality experience – interpreting Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) measurement reports or similar dimensional inspection toolsets, control plan development or process/product-based risk mitigation.
- Experienced working with external suppliers or customers to contain and resolve quality non-conformances.
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Experience in quality, manufacturing, operations in a shop floor environment.
- Experience with structure design, processes, and tooling.
- Knowledge of drawing and schematic interpretation, product models, GD&T.
- Experience in one or more related engineering areas: design, manufacturing, quality, development, industrial or reliability.
- Experience with engineering tools, systems, and databases such as SAP, CREO, AutoCAD, MES.
- ASQ certification as Quality Engineer, Auditor, or Six Sigma Certified.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Salary: $45.
00 - $50.
00 per hour
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Vision insurance
Experience level:
* 4 years
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
Work Location: On the road