Quality Engineer - Manufacturing

The Oshkosh Corporation Vocational segment leverages the power of our people, brands, and strength in technology to improve the safety, cleanliness, and productivity of our communities. The Vocational segment includes market leading brands McNeilus, Oshkosh S-Series, IMT, Pierce, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh Airport Products, and Frontline Communications. Our purpose-built products serve our communities with carefully designed and engineered refuse trucks, front-discharge mixer trucks, fire apparatus, Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting trucks, service vehicles, and command trucks. Our products are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Quality Engineer will design quality standards, inspect materials, equipment, processes, and products. Perform data analysis to identify opportunities for continuous improvement of business, and manufacturing processes and products with emphasis on eliminating waste. The role will use structured methodologies to identify root cause of non-conformances and execute corrective action.
YOUR IMPACT:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Conduct and/or oversee quality control testing, detection and defect prevention.
• Respond to quality process nonconformance issues in an expedient manner. Analyze and lead implementation of effective solutions.
• Construct quality data tracking, analysis, reporting, root cause investigation, corrective/preventative action & effectiveness verification, and develop quality standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for programming, set-up, and operation of CMM
• Communicate effectively and work inter-functionally with Employee Teams, Quality, Engineering, Global Procurement & Supply Chain (GPSC), Contracts, Sales and Manufacturing to resolve quality related issues, deficiencies and improve processes.
• Facilitate quality led forums with various teams providing business impact, risk assessment and data-based guidance, identifying where there are largest opportunities, such as to increase first pass yield, reduce defects per unit, and achieve strategic deployment business targets.
  • Perform process capability studies internally and externally.
  • Design and improve process inputs to gain desired outcome.
  • Improve processes to reduce common cause variability and eliminate special cause.
  • Establish control plans to prevent process backsliding for consolidation of gains.
  • Analyze process constraints and develop standards to overcome constraints.
  • Investigate/analyze and benchmark industry practices for process validation assessments.
  • Implement effective corrective and preventative actions utilizing structured planning methods.
• Support supplier quality processes and interface with GPSC. Partner to set purchase specifications, PPAP, and manage receiving inspections quality audits and define quality contractual requirements.
• Contribute to maintenance of ISO/IATF certifications and compliance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Engineering Technology, Quality or related field from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) or more years of experience.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced training/experience in the use of statistical techniques and process improvement methods
• Interpret technical drawings including characteristics such as views, title blocks, dimensioning, GD&T symbols, etc. Interpret specification requirements in relation to product and process characteristics.
• Must have experience with and be able to exhibit the use of structured problem-solving techniques utilizing computer applications.
• Six sigma certification & CQE

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