Quality Engineer - Federal Ammunition

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

To provide pro-active hands-on Quality Engineering expertise and Quality Improvement Leadership to a specific FCC product line (Shotshell, Centerfire or .22/Primer), and technical work direction/support to a large diverse customer base.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

(Experience, education, licenses, certifications, and general knowledge, skills and abilities.)

• BSIE/BSME from a major university or equivalent
• 1-3 years (minimum) of progressive Quality Engineering experience in a high volume consumer manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of and application experience with SPC, DOE, TQM, etc.
• Excellent organizational, communication, problem solving, project management and teamwork skills
• Able to operate well in an unstructured environment with minimal direct supervision
• Superior personal computer application skills

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

(Fundamental duties necessary to achieve the objective of the position)

Manufacturing Process Improvement: Improve our manufacturing process quality and provide timely effective leadership/support to the plant manufacturing team. Specific tasks include: Conducting capability studies and then using that information to take the appropriate actions, conducting a Design of Experiments to understand process or performance variables and then take the appropriate actions, working with vendors and plant personnel to procure/install automated inspection equipment or other equipment which improves process or product quality, etc.

Quality Improvement Leadership: Pro-actively lead or support specific Six Sigma and/or product line improvement projects by applying technical expertise, organizational skills and the appropriate improvement tool/technique to ensure project completion on time within budget. Assist on other improvement projects as requested.

Quality System Improvement: Work with Quality Management/Associates and plant representatives to improve our Quality System. This includes ISO 9000 implementation as required. Providing work direction and support to our Quality Auditors is part of this area of accountability.

Quality in Design: Contribute to building quality into our products/services, actively contributing to the new product team by addressing producibility/inspectability issues and by leading the classification of characteristics effort.

Supplier Quality Improvement: Proactively support the Material's Department on improving the quality of procured material. This includes the flow down of quality requirements to FCC suppliers, the system of ensuring procured material meets our requirements and our supplier improvement/validation program.