Career

Quality Engineer

14.01.2021

The PALFINGER values of People, Entrepreneurship, Respect and Learning, are more than words. We strive every day to create and support an atmosphere of collaboration, transparency, empowerment and customer focus so our greatest assets, our people, will be able to harness their passion, drive and motivations to make a big impact!

As an international group PALFINGER offers its customers around the world hydraulic lifting solutions at the interfaces of the transport chain. At the moment, PALFINGER operates business in 16 sectors: loader cranes, EPSILON timber and recycling cranes, marine cranes, davit systems, winches and offshore equipment, offshore cranes, boats, wind cranes, hooklifts, access platforms, tail lifts, passenger lifts, mobile cranes, truck bodies, railway systems, and truck mounted forklifts as well as attachments and equipment for increasing crane efficiency. As a member of the PALFINGER North America Region (https://www.palfinger.com/en-us ), PALFINGER continuously pursues our vision of being the preferred provider of truck equipment throughout North and Latin America.

PALFINGER is seeking a strong Quality Engineer candidate familiar with quality management practices to join the team at our manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City, OK. If you like contributing your talents, being rewarded for strong performance and enjoy the satisfaction of accomplishment, then we think you have found the right place to come and build a future. It is our belief that you will join a company with a strong heritage and more importantly, a strong future.

Job Summary

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for supporting the development, execution and success of the total quality management system for ETI products. The position is responsible for partnership in the production area to ensure that products are made to business and customer expectations, providing inspection criteria, documentation and project leadership for ISO 9001 certification. Additionally this position will provide technical guidance on resolving quality problems on supplied and manufactured products.

This role reports to the Quality Manager, offering a competitive compensation package and opportunity for on-going career growth.

Primary Responsibilities

Ensure that quality, compliance and regulation standards are met by monitoring, testing and inspecting products
Develop inspection criteria and procedures for production teams
Train, educate, and promote quality with production personnel to improve quality in production
Interfaces with production engineers and quality engineers to solve product issues
Work with customers, suppliers and internal departments as required to resolve quality issues
Apply knowledge of engineering principles and production best practices to result in continuous improvement
Participates in root cause analysis and development of corrective / preventive actions
Perform and participate in internal audits
Applies testing and inspection procedures and problem-solving methodologies such as 5 why, is/is not, A3, etc.
Participating in risk management activities
Assist with the transfer of designs into production
Assist in investigation of product defects and recommendations of modifications in product, process and /or quality standards as warranted
Perform independent technical assessment on engineering or production deliverables
Leading quality related problem solving and root cause analysis during production including CAPA
Engaging with production teams to manage non-conforming product and to drive cost of non-quality reductions
Using applicable data sources and statistics to report on product quality performance and taking action in accordance with data
Ensuring that quality and compliance standards and regulations are met
Support the development of quality systems including but not limited to receiving inspection, final inspection, in-line inspection, and various process audits
Contamination control process development
Understand an ISO compliant quality system and its development, documentation, and implementation with respect to domestic and international standards or requirements
Facilitates the documentation of a ISO 9001 process

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Quality Engineering
6-8 years progressive experience in quality, engineering, supply chain management, or logistics in a fabrication and assembly production environment
Ability to plan, control, and assure product and process quality in accordance with quality principles, which include planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems- including designing inspection criteria
Understands an ISO compliant quality system and its development, documentation, and implementation with respect to domestic and international standards or requirements
Ability to develop and implement ISO compliant quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting, and problem solving
Previous experience with production or product quality related data analytics such as process capabilities, SPC, pareto, or other related data
Demonstrated experience directly working with at least one of the following areas: CAPA, Non-Conforming Product, Design Transfer
Project management experience
Change management experience
Analytical problem solving
SAP or similar ERP systems experience
Understand quality philosophies, principles, systems, methods, tools, standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction, leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems, and professional ethics
Ability to plan, control, and assure product and process quality in accordance with quality principles, which include planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
Knowledge and experience in utilizing Lean concepts is a plus
ASQ Quality Engineer Certification is a plus