JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Participate in and lead the continuous improvement and overall management of St Pauls Quality, ensuring compliance with corporate requirements, ISO and all other applicable quality standards


• Work with all areas of the company to develop, implement and audit key business processes, procedures and work instructions


• Initiate, monitor, complete, and audit Corrective Actions for effectiveness


• Participate in and lead problem solving activities related to the St Pauls Quality


• Support all initiatives relating to cost of quality/cost of failure


• Provide necessary support for St. Pauls to ensure continued ISO certification by being an internal auditor and conducting monthly Internal ISO Audits


• Support the Tiered Daily Management Process and Continuous Improvement Operating System


• Provide training and support the development of St. Pauls staff


• Lead and provide support for Kaizen events, Six Sigma projects and daily activities that will support manufacturing, engineering and quality efforts.


• Follow a Six Sigma DMAIC road map to drive continuous performance improvements and cost reductions


• Complete root cause investigations and implements corrective actions and preventive actions by participating on problem solving teams


• Provide support for Customer facing and St. Pauls facing Quality activities. Customer facing activities include the active management and improvement of St. Pauls Customer Quality metrics


• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for customer product and non-product issues; support yearly goal planning and customer metrics improvement


• Initiating Corrective Actions for pervasive Customer issues; providing effective response to customer complaints


• St. Pauls facing activities include the active management and improvement of St. Pauls Quality metrics


• Collecting, tracking, and improving metrics for St. Pauls quality performance for internal quality and supplier quality issues including scrap, rework, and process quality; support yearly goal planning and Sites’ metrics improvements


• Initiating Corrective Actions for pervasive internal quality issues and supplier quality issues and providing sustained follow up for corrective action effectiveness


• Be a key participant in the New Product Development process ensuring process rigor; completing all deliverables of the NPD process, and applying NPD principles to the large amount of custom, low volume/high mix business in the St. Pauls plant.


• Actively participate and support new St. Pauls initiatives.


• Support domestic or international Codes and Standards activities as required

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering or manufacturing area required

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have 5 to 7 years’ experience with the use and implementation of Quality concepts in a manufacturing environment. 


• Six Sigma Green Belt Required.


• Prior experience with the implementation and use of Statistical Process Control and Continuous Improvement Tools


• Must have experience in basic Metrology and Calibration.


• Certified Lead Auditor or ISO Auditor is a plus


• Supervisory and/or management experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus


• Required to travel domestically, percentage varies.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Works in an office environment


• May have regular exposure to the plant floor and QA lab.


• Ability to move throughout the plant and office areas.


• Alternates between sitting, standing, and moving within the work area.


• Must be able to manipulate equipment used in performance of tasks.


• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.


• Other demands include but not limited to oral, written, and presentation/communications skills.