Quality Engineer - Buffalo Grove, United States - Plexus

Plexus Buffalo Grove, United States

1 week ago

Description

WHO WE ARE We're a global team of over 20,000 engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and sustaining service experts who partner with customers to bring their products to life through inspired innovation and world-class customer service.

From surgical devices and health monitors to warehouse robotics and space products, we partner with our customers to help create the products that build a better world.

Whether you're looking to start, make a change or advance your career, find your path at Plexus Corp. and make an impact.
WHY WE LOVE IT Engaging and challenging projects that fulfill and develop you. People that inspire and empower you to realize your full potential. Leadership and development programs to support your career goals. We believe that our people create our best Plexus.

At Plexus, we value the ideas generated by our collective uniqueness and recognize that the diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives of our team members enable us to create the innovative products that build a better world.

Because of this, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply to our positions, and will look at candidates holistically, balancing work, education and additional experiences.

HOW YOU WILL DO ITPurpose Statement:

The Quality Engineer leads the determination of non-conformance and customer complaints through containment, root cause, corrective action, and audits.

They ensure product compliance to customer specifications and industry standards.

Key Job Accountabilities:

Lead development, deployment ,and oversight of metrics for the Quality Management System (QMS) at the site to ensure appropriate monitoring of the health and compliance of the processes.

Ensure products comply with customer specifications, industry standards, regulatory requirements and Plexus standards. Ensure Assembly Build Instructions (ABIs) comply with specifications and standards. Approve all changes and deviations from established guidance, including Engineering Change Orders (ECOs). Lead creation and maintenance of the Master Validation Plans, when required and ensure compliance. Support creation and execution documents for validation. Serve as the Plexus lead to support external customer audits and internal audit activities. Support recertification and surveillance of Quality Management System (QMS) audits. Lead product-related Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) discussion and closure.
Ensure continuous quality compliance during manufacturing operations.

Monitor on-going manufacturing operations to ensure quality issues are quickly addressed; provide quality alerts and lead containment and purges, when required.

Lead the development of the inspection strategy for receiving inspection, pre-ship inspection, and out-of-box-audits. Ensure Certificates of Compliance are created and maintained, including documentation of deviations. Ensure creation and maintenance of manufacturing quality history documentation, as required.
Build and embed Quality Awareness in Operations by ensuring effectiveness of training and inspections. Educate operators and production associations on quality and compliance procedures.
Leads the determination of non-conformance and customer complaints through containment, root cause, corrective action, and audits. They ensure product compliance to customer specifications and industry standards.

Education/Experience Qualifications:
Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience.

A combination of education, experience, and time in field will be taken into consideration, and internal candidates may have distinct requirements tailored to their demonstrated skills and contributions within the organization.

Other Qualifications:
Ability to work well in fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Strong ability to identify and solve problems proactively using structured problem solving tools, including making timely and effective decisions.

Apply systemic data analysis and problem solving to address a full range of technical and organizational problems with creativity, imagination, confidence and responsibility.

Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze, interpret, validate, and communicate data to key stakeholders.
Ability to seek out best practices and apply them within their assigned area.

Ability to design a system or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, efficiency, repeatability, environmental, health and safety.

Includes documentation and controls to ensure long term sustainability.
Ability to become a Subject Matter Expert for an assigned system or process.
Ability to coach and mentor technicians and other support staff within assigned areas of expertise.
Ability to operate effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
Ability to effectively lead projects involving cross-functional team members.

Physical Requirements:
Role will support operational teams in a manufacturing environment with required personal protective equipment. Facilities include comfortable temperatures, repetitive low noise level and suitable lighting for required tasks. May require walking, standing and sitting, using a computer, and other office equipment.

Direct interaction with people and equipment is event driven and will include activities related to inspecting, qualifying, troubleshooting and improving jigs, fixtures, and manufacturing methods using different types of components or material.

Role may require working individually on tasks with a prolonged focus on written material, working collectively as part of a team of various disciplines and backgrounds and working in multiple software systems.

Travel Requirements:

Less than 40%This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.

We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities or special requirements.

If you need an application accommodation, please contact us by email at Please include your contact information and clearly describe how we can help you.

The email address above is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Some offers of employment are contingent upon successfully passing a drug screen and upon completion of a confidentiality agreement.
Our Values and How We Lead behaviors guide our processes.

Plexus does not make employment decisions based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and encourage all to apply today

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