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The Quality Engineer plays a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and compliance of products within the RO Pressure Vessel / FRP Manufacturing industry. This position is responsible for conducting thorough inspections at various stages of the manufacturing process, handling customer complaints, and maintaining compliance with relevant quality standards. The Quality Engineer will work closely with multiple departments to identify and resolve quality-related issues.
Responsibilities
- Incoming Material Inspection: Inspect, test, and verify raw materials and components against specified requirements. Provide Supply Chain with test reports identifying conforming and nonconforming materials to control acceptance and ensure only compliant materials are released for use.
- In-Process Inspection: Conduct inspections at defined production stages to verify product conformity and support process quality control and assurance. Verify compliance with documentation and traceability requirements, maintain records of all materials used, and identify quality-related issues during manufacturing.
- Final Inspection and Release: Perform final inspections of finished products, including components, and provide quality sign-off upon verification of compliance with applicable requirements.
- Product Qualification: Conduct routine and new product development qualification activities in accordance with ASME Section X, maintaining qualification test records and monitoring qualification testing equipment.
- Management System and Statutory Compliance: Support the PV&C Business Unit in maintaining compliance with ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series standards and other relevant statutory requirements.
- Customer Complaint Handling: Serve as the primary contact for customer complaints, maintaining the Customer Complaints Register and coordinating with relevant teams for prompt resolution. Ensure customer responses are timely and effective.
- Inspection and Testing Equipment Management: Use and maintain relevant quality laboratory equipment and inspection instruments, verify calibration, and ensure that inspection records are meticulously kept.
- Quality Documentation: Maintain accurate and traceable records in line with ISO 9001 requirements, ensuring clarity and traceability for all inspection outcomes.
Skills and Knowledge
The ideal candidate should possess:
- Practical knowledge of FRP/composite manufacturing processes, including filament winding of high-pressure pipes and vessels.
- Understanding of composite material testing, including resin viscosity and gel-time testing, dimensional inspection, and pressure testing.
- Familiarity with Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), and calibration requirements.
Education and Experience
- Education: An engineering degree, diploma or equivalent technical qualification in Mechanical, Polymer, Chemical or Composites Engineering, or an equivalent discipline. Six Sigma, Lean, or Lean Sigma certification is advantageous.
- Experience: At least four to five years of engineering experience with mandatory quality experience in FRP/composite manufacturing and filament wound products.
Authority
The Quality Engineer holds the authority to:
- Place incoming materials on HOLD for non-compliance.
- Stop and report manufacturing activities upon identifying significant quality deviations.
- Identify, segregate, and arrange reviews for nonconforming products.
- Recommend finished products for QC release after satisfactory inspection.
- Communicate with external authorities for audits and manage related preparations.
Key Performance Areas
- Accuracy and completeness of inspection records.
- Compliance with incoming material inspection and in-process inspection completion rates.
- First Time Right acceptance levels and timely identification of defects.
- Maintenance of material and product traceability compliance.
- Timeliness in closure of inspections and nonconformities related to audits.
Travel Requirements
This position may require travel for customer audits and inspections, as necessary.
Contract Details
This position is full-time and may include additional responsibilities aligned with the company's objectives.
