Quality Engineer – Aerospace Materials
Shelby, NC
Are you a passionate and driven Quality Engineer who is looking to take their career to new heights? Then look no further than this opportunity with PPG's Aerospace business! We are looking for someone who can see the future of aviation specialty chemicals and take our exceptional products to the next level!
As the Quality Engineer – Aerospace Materials you will support the development, manufacturing, and sustainment of sealants, coatings, and adhesives product lines at the Shelby site. This role is a part of the Shelby Quality Organization and provides subject matter expertise in quality sciences to drive compliance and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. Through your duties as a Quality Engineer, you will interface with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and S&T teams. In addition, in this role you will also interact with customers and suppliers, to ensure product and process integrity from design through delivery and sustainment.
This is an On-site role reporting to the Shelby, NC facility. In this role you will report to the Quality Manager.
Responsibilities:
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Continuously improving product quality and manufacturing processes, support production team to troubleshoot production batches of coatings and sealants to ensure FTQ
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Lead RCCA analysis using statistical quality tools and corrective action implementation with cross functional teams
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Create, Maintain and Revise Process Flow Diagrams, Lead and facilitate cross-functional PFMEA sessions with Engineering, Manufacturing, and operations team. Develop, implement, and maintain Control plans for all product families and manufacturing processes in accordance with AS9100 requirements.
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Cost savings for the plant by reducing cycle time, improving first pass yield, and reducing scrap using Global quality tools.
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Provide training on quality improvement topics, communicate with internal/ external customers, support new product qualifications and special projects
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Apply continuous improvement methodologies, manage customer complaints, and monitor quality performance data, and Quality SOP’s.
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Be the subject matter expert for Quality training, review Quality training effectiveness
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Ensure flow down of program and regulatory quality requirements across engineering, procurement, production, and sustainment processes.
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Drive closure and accountability for NCMRs, Customer Complaints, SQARs, CARs, MRB, MOC, and audit findings.
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Collaborate with S&T on batch ticket review, analyze technical documentation, and manufacturing data.
Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Math, Science, Computer Science, or commensurate experience required.
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Certifications such as CQE, CQA, Six Sigma, or Lean are preferred.
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Strong background in aerospace, quality sciences, RCCA, SPC, and Continuous Improvement preferred.
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Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO standards, and aerospace regulatory compliance is required.
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Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply
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PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.
About us:
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