OFP Weld Manufacturing Engineer

Join Cerebral Staffing, LLC on site at our client John Deere in East Moline, IL as an OFP Weld Quality Engineer!

Location: East Moline, IL

Duration of Role: 1+ years

Pay: $47.60 - $51.00 / hourly

Hours: Seeking candidate willing to work both 1st and 3rd shift hours – 6:00 am – 2:30 PM and 9:30 PM – 6:00 AM

Visa sponsorship is not available, now or in the near future, for this position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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. Additionally, you will:

· 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.

REQUIRED:

· 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.

DESIRED:

· 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.

Additional notes:

Metatarsal boots required on first day