Quality Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility -our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how thework we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Job Summary:

Develops, evaluates, revises, and applies technical quality assurance protocols/methods to inspect and test in process raw materials, production equipment, and finished products. Ensures activities and items are in compliance with both company quality assurance standards and applicable government regulations. Performs analysis and identifies trends in the inspection of finished products, in-process materials and bulk raw materials, and recommends corrective actions when necessary. Ensures that established manufacturing inspection, sampling and statistical process control procedures are followed. Ensures compliance with internal and external specifications and standards such as ISO regulations. Evaluates and analyzes the efforts in organizing, documenting, and interpreting inspection support documents and records. You will work onsite from our Richland Center, WI facility. You will report to the Quality Manager.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• This position is responsible for driving efforts to improve internal quality defects, external quality, reduce scrap and improve overall quality.
• Developing and evaluating processes using capability studies, process control plans, analysis of out-of-control conditions and process audits with objective to improve process performance is required.
• This role is also responsible for investigating product quality issues and providing appropriate containment, using standard problem solving techniques and tools to lead the team to identify root cause and develop corrective actions.
• This position will support new product Introduction process, drive resolution of customer issues through utilization of proper problem solving tools such as 8D, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), A3 structured problem solving and establish quality operating rhythm around continuous improvement by developing target goals and working directly with associates, engineers and management to drive results.
• The ability to maintain working relationships with business units, customer service, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, and production associates is crucial to the role.
• The ability to prepare, maintain, and present quality reports will be required. This role will participate in team development to modify, maintain, and follow quality standards as established by the Rockwell QMS system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015.
• This role ensures that quality is built into our processes and is a dynamic, fast-paced role which requires a highly motivated individual with a passion for quality improvement and providing appropriate support in the area of quality control.

This work requires attention to detail, managing multiple priorities and taking actions with minimal direction which may encompass but not limited to the following:

• Supports Rockwell's vision, values, and direction
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Be proactive and use good problem solving skills and judgment as required
• Acknowledges others' effort and accomplishments, demonstrating a willing spirit, a sense of optimism, ownership and commitment, collaborating and building relationships to positively impact quality metrics
• Frequently interact with peers and network with key personnel outside own area of expertise to gain consensus on how to identify and resolve quality issues
• Ensure customer satisfaction by providing appropriate support of quality activities within the Richland Center manufacturing facility, taking responsibility to correct customer problems and concerns and ensuring that all work activities add value (directly or indirectly) to the customer or partner
• Recognize who customers are, both internally and externally, responding to the unique needs of individual customers and seek feedback from customers to identify improvement opportunities
• Conducts tasks in accordance with applicable health, safety, quality, and environmental regulations (state/federal laws, ISO9001, ISO14000, etc.) as well as Rockwell Automation policies and procedures
• Balance many priorities and competing demands effectively while modifying personal work activities and methods to eliminate wasted effort and inefficient methods and stay focused

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Typically requires 2+ years related quality/engineering experience
• ISO documentation systems knowledge and experience
• Previous experience with automation equipment, processes, and products
• Familiarity with SAP preferred

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation

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