Quality Engineer

Company : WireCo WorldGroup

Job Description

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer is part of the Manufacturing Process and Quality team and provides technical quality support across operations. This role partners with production, DC operations, and supply chain to ensure that in-process material and finished product meet internal requirements, customer specifications, and applicable quality standards prior to release. The Quality Engineer leads technical problem solving, supports inspection and control plans, and drives corrective actions to prevent quality escapes within the Rosenberg Plant and Distribution Center operations.

The Quality Engineer must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

• Teamwork – welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our team’s strength
• Accountable – celebrates our successes, learn from failures, avoid excuses, and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Self-Aware – demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs, considering how our actions impact others
• Noble Intent – acts in the interests of others, approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome
• Determined – takes initiative, share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent – promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth
• Curious – seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking, challenging the status quo

The Candidate will ensure that key direction and decisions are rooted in our most basic operational demand, that Data is the Source of Truth.  The candidate will promote the WireCo Business System throughout the Rosenberg manufacturing and DC facilities, and support Engineering, Quality, and Compliance tasks associated with reaching our 5-Year Strategic Growth Plan.

Essential Functions

• Support and maintain the Quality Management System in compliance with ISO 9001 and applicable API standards, ensuring processes, documentation, and controls align with API specification and certification requirements.
• Provide technical quality engineering support for wire manufacturing operations and OEM structures and assembly operations.
• Lead and support root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent quality escapes.
• Ensure in-process and finished products meet internal requirements, customer specifications, and applicable quality standards prior to release.
• Interpret and apply engineering drawings, specifications, and customer quality requirements.
• Support risk-based quality decisions that protect the customer and the business.
• Communicate effectively with production, DC operations, supply chain, and leadership.
• Travel between sites as required to support quality activities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with all levels of management and cross-functional teams to support quality activities, projects, and investigations.
• Support Engineering and Production to ensure effective transition of products from design to production.
• Develop, review, and maintain internal specifications, work instructions, inspection criteria, control plans, supplier part specifications, and internal test methods.
• Investigate, document, and support closure of nonconformances, including verification of corrective action effectiveness.
• Support risk-based disposition decisions including rework, scrap, reclassification, and use-as-is.
• Partner with manufacturing and DC operations to identify, assess, and mitigate quality risks.
• Support supplier quality investigations and corrective actions in coordination with Supply Chain.
• Analyze quality data and trends to identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities.
• Support PFMEAs, risk assessments, and other process improvement activities.
• Participate in internal, customer, and third-party audits as required.
• Maintain accurate and complete quality documentation and records.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with business and quality objectives.

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