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Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.
Position: OFP Tactical Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: Waterloo, IA 50703
Duration: 24 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
This job fully integrates an individual into the engineering culture by performing specific Quality Engineering assignments that are limited in scope, depth and degree of skill required. Work plans and decisions are usually reviewed by others.
Duties:
- Learns and uses quality planning tools and analysis to formulate/facilitate quality plans for new products within the product delivery, order fulfillment or customer support processes.
- Learns and uses quality tools consistent with quality processes to enable the focus on prevention by identifying and performing activities to minimize risk.
- Investigates product and process quality related issues and recommends changes to control plans and/or prints. Gathers and analyzes data pertinent to quality tools in the Enterprise Order Fulfillment Process (EOFP), Enterprise Product Delivery Process (EPDP) and/or Customer Support Process (CSP).
- Performs quality audits, including supporting International Standards Organization (ISO) audits, and maintains quality manual. Inputs and maintains information in factory databases and systems.
- Monitors quality plan tracking system. Assists in reviews and investigations of warranty claim information.
Your Responsibilities
- Will gain exposure to multiple manufacturing and assembly processes at Drivetrain Operations
- Work with cross functional teams such as Quality, Design, and Manufacturing Engineers, Supply Management, Material Flow and various other factions of the business
- Work with suppliers to ensure quality requirements are met
- Support 24-hour containment of Supplier Quality issues with the business unit
- Coordinate significant containment activities with the business unit to ensure containment is complete
- Drive corrective action initiation and closure for recurrences significantly affecting First Pass Yield resulting in line down time or significant repair
- Manage nonconforming reject material and provide support to the business unit
- Manage proper disposition and action of data related to Supplier Quality using SAP
- Support warranty initiatives driven from low-hour warranty and Quality Improvement Teams (QIT)
- Manage multiple demands for your time with competing deadlines and levels of urgency
What Skills You Need (Required skills/experiences)
- 1+ years of technical or engineering background
- 2 years of experience with problem solving, project management and data analysis
- Demonstrated time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work flexible hours to support business operations
- Strong computer skills, examples may be experience with SAP, Microsoft Excel and Outlook
What Makes You Stand Out (Desired skills/experiences)
- Knowledge of drawing and schematic interpretation, product models, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Experience in the quality organization or experience using quality tools (root cause, SPC, PFMEA, control plans, etc)
- Proficient in the use of NCCA (Non-Conforming Corrective Action) and 8D problem resolution processes
- Over 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Previous TQE experience
Education
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering/Technology discipline or equivalent work experience in a Quality Engineering position
TekWissen Goup is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
