Position Summary:

• Hands-on quality assurance, inspection, problem solving, root cause corrective actions of manufactured components.
• Internal & external audit findings prevention and closure
• Site Quality assurance initiative support & Starpoint facilitation.

Scope/Supervision and Interaction:

Reports to the Site Quality Manager as an individual contributor in one of the manufacturing sites on the Woburn campus.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate quality functions, such as, authorize to returns, customer rework, nonconformance material reports, and sorting activities.
• Participates in failure analysis and corrective action investigations. Develops and coordinates corrective action procedures and plans.
• Reviews and interprets product/process drawings, specifications, and other applicable work instructions to determine pass/fail requirements for manufactured parts.
• Lead internal and external quality audits for the site as needed.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, reliability and accuracy of products and processes.
• Facilitate preventative quality assurance Kaizen problem solving, Starpoint & natural teams in continuous improvement initiatives
• Support the Quality Engineer & Manager with customer communication & resolution as needed. 
• Support Parker’s Zero-Defect Strategy by becoming a subject matter expert in the defect prevention tools utilized (e.g., PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, etc.)
• Oversee and be accountable to key business metrics such as Customer Returns, RPPM, Cost of Poor Quality, and Scrap for the manufacturing sites.
• Assist with internal division site quality improvement initiatives, as required

Qualifications:

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• 4-year technical degree preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in a quality related background preferred
• Applied working knowledge of FAI, PPAP, 8D plus
• Training in GD&T ability to read blueprint/drawings/specifications
• Six Sigma methodologies or ASQ certification a plus
• Experience using measurement devices (Calipers, micrometers, drop gauges, etc.)
• Applied working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, ISO Quality and DFSS principles- Green Belt Certification a plus.  
• Knowledge of computers, including Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams), Digital collaboration tools (Zoom)
• Complete understanding of manufacturing environment, tools and equipment to facilitate production requirements
• Basic product knowledge
• Strong organizational skills