Quality Engineer
We are looking for a Quality Engineer for Lake Orion, MI facility. In this critical position you will provide leadership and a hands-on approach to problem-solving to ensure customers are fully satisfied with the company’s service. The Quality Engineer will report to the Area Quality Manager and maintain the quality system within the Lake Orion Center.
Your Responsibilities:
- Maintain quality management system under ISO 9001 standard in the center
- Report daily quality issues in the center
- Track cost of non-quality (CONQ) and other KPIs
- Work with the team to find root cause(s) and define preventive and corrective actions
- Create and share quality technical reports with the customer
- Define disposition of non-conforming product as required, including communication with customers regarding quality issues
- Handling customer complaints
- Conduct monthly quality circle meetings
- Daily, weekly and yearly gauge verification/calibration
- Resolve quality issues through root cause analysis and problem-solving processes (PSP) and help with continuous improvement activities
- Support Document Control
- Support quality audits as scheduled (ISO9001), 6S audits and drive 6S initiatives
- Facilitate local quality planning and development of work instructions for customer-specific requirements
- Provide training and support to employees on all quality concerns and customer complaints
- Crosstrain into various departments within the production facility
- Create credit memos
Your Profile:
- Minimum 4-year degree in Quality, Engineering, or related discipline or experience substitutes education
- Proven experience with quality core tools (SPC and Failure Analysis)
- 2+ years of experience in a quality engineering role within a manufacturing and/or production environment preferred
- 2+ years of experience implementing and executing ISO 9001
- Proficient use of MS Office (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access) is required
- Ability to effectively use problem-solving tools such as Pareto Charts, SPC methodologies, cause and effect diagrams as well as 8D or similar problem-solving experience
We offer:
Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities, competitive salary and a robust benefit program ALL available on first day of employment!
The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following:
- Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.
- Excellent Dental and Vision coverage.
- Employee Assistance, Financial and Wellness programs to help improve all aspects of your life journey.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with significant company match and financial planning and education options to help you achieve your retirement goals
- Tuition reimbursement and internal education resources to satisfy your love of learning so you can continue to grow with us!
- Generous paid time off to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- 12 paid company holidays to occasionally extend your weekends or time off.
- 100% company paid life insurance and disability insurance
- Employee Referral Bonus program because why not to bring your friends to work everyday!
Why Oerlikon:
Every one of us has the chance to be more curious; to bring a new innovations and ideas in our work and to our customers in the automotive, aerospace, energy, tooling, polymer processing and additive manufacturing sectors, and in doing this, we can reaffirm our customers’ and strategic partners’ trust.
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About Oerlikon
Oerlikon is a global leader in surface technologies and advanced materials. With a unique portfolio spanning surface engineering, high-performance materials, coating equipment and components, we make products better by enhancing performance, efficiency and sustainability. Oerlikon serves a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, luxury, semiconductors and tooling. Head-quartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Oerlikon operates in 38 countries with approximately 9,500 employees, achieving sales of CHF 1.6 billion in 2024.
We offer a wide variety of job profiles in a dynamic, supportive environment where people are empowered to grow and reach their full potential — guided by our core values of integrity, team spirit, excellence and innovation.
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