Description:The Quality Engineer, located in Kearneysville, WV, will support company-wide AMS Group, Inc. quality activities at the direction of the Quality Manager. This position is responsible for ensuring the delivery of quality products at the Company’s Kearneysville, WV facility while periodically supporting the Stevensville, MD facility. Additionally, this role will support the continued compliance and improvement of the AS9100 based quality system.
The focus of this Position is to:

• At the direction of the Quality Manager, support business operations of company-wide quality activities across all AMS Group, Inc. locations, with periodic travel to the Stevensville, MD location. This includes supporting efforts to maintain associated quality certifications through accredited 3rd party quality management system registrations.
• Lead supplier quality audits and work collaboratively with Engineering and other AMS Group, Inc. stakeholders in supplier evaluation and selection process to expand our Aerospace & Defense supplier base.
• In coordination with the Quality Manager, support development and integration of current manual quality process and procedures into future ERP system to include development and coordination of location specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and associated dashboards. Ensure Kearneysville, WV facility KPIs and associated dashboards are maintained.
• As a key member of the Quality Team, build effective business relationships with other functional and business leaders within the Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility and support AMS Group, Inc functional leads.

Functional Responsibilities

• Perform in-process, receiving, testing (as applicable) and source inspections of supplier orders for approval or identify of non-conformances. If identified as a non-conforming product, apply problem solving methodologies (e.g., 5WHY; IS-IS Not; Fishbone; etc.) and manage the process lifecycle to identify the supplier non-conformance root cause and action to prevent its recurrence.
• Manage Kearneysville WV customer complaints by verifying complaint validity and the associated process lifecycle for the supplier to rework or replace the product if determined to be non-conforming. Work collaboratively with Engineering stakeholders to review, approve and perform oversight of supplier recovery plans to deliver conforming product.
• Maintain Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD Contract Quality Issue Log and update facility leadership.
• Oversee Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility maintenance of measurement devices and ensure that their calibration schedules are maintained for accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure that Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility specific Quality Management System (QMS) processes, procedures, and work instructions are maintained, and continuous improvement is implemented for employees to successfully deliver quality products and services to customers. Manage Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility QMS Corrective Action (CAR) root cause process. Perform and manage Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility internal quality audits.
• Populate customer solicited quality related forms to support Kearneysville WV facility registrations to support new business opportunities.
• Support Quality Manager with associated Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility quality certifications through accredited 3rd party quality management system registrations and standards compliance.
• Travel to perform various customer and supplier quality functional activities such as First Article Inspections, supplier audits, supplier source inspections, etc. (estimated <25 percent).
• Travel to Stevensville, MD approximately at least once per month to support the Stevensville, MD location.

Leadership and Management Responsibilities

• Evaluate Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD facility organizational, customer and supplier performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics.
• Ensure effective and open communication of information within and across all levels of the Kearneysville WV and Stevensville MD organization.

Requirements:Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent people, organizational and people skills.
• Experience in working within an ERP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and use of problem solving tools such as 5Y, 8D, etc.. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience with auditing and management of audit programs
• Ability to deal with challenging situations with customers and suppliers including conflict resolution.
• Ability to read and interpret manufacturing drawings and associated technical data package documentation to include test procedures.
• Minimum of a four-year bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) from an accredited college or university in business/management, supply chain, engineering or other related degree.
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience in manufacturing environment performing as a supplier quality engineer or quality manager.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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