At a Glance Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join the Electrical Wiring Systems Pass and Seymour Team in Concord, NC. The Quality Assurance Engineer will participate in continuous improvement activities, support suppliers, customers, and internal functions including Manufacturing, Assembly, and Test & Validation. This position will also establish and sustain the use of the quality system metrics and tools. The Quality Assurance Engineer will ensure that all assigned duties are performed quickly, efficiently, and according to the established departmental and company policies, procedures, and goals. This position is expected to promote a positive work environment, demonstrate initiative, professionalism, personal awareness, integrity, and exercise confidentiality. What Will You Do?- Collect and analyze quality data, identify problem areas, recommend solutions, and coordinate / facilitate corrective action to control costs and achieve established quality objectives for external failures, scrap, problem orders and related performance measures. - Perform root cause analysis and provide solutions to correct immediate quality related concerns as well as oversee implementation of long-term solutions.- Monitor and coordinate quality engineering functions including inspection, testing, repair, and auditing. Maintain required quality records and documentation to verify that all quality and manufacturing systems and processes meet or exceed industry standards and/or customer specifications. - Design and implement process improvements, including testing, and inspection.- Analyze engineering changes to determine impact to processes and tooling.- Develop capability studies, advanced product quality planning (APQP), process failure mode effect analysis (PFMEA), and statistical process controls (SPC).- Provide answers to technical questions from suppliers and determine the appropriate action to be taken.- Host and support Internal, Customer, Supplier and Third-Party Audits as required. - Analyze, audit, and report quality performance and trends for product and processes.- Provide input for quality requirements to Design and Manufacturing Engineering.- Provide evaluation and disposition of First Articles/ PPAP.- Create and update standard operating procedures and work instructions.- Display willingness to make decisions; Exhibit sound and accurate judgment; Support and explain reasoning for decisions; Include appropriate people in decision-making process; Make timely decisions.- Perform other duties as assigned.
