QA Engineer

Job Description Summary

• Competent to manage & perform inspection for the incoming items by Reading & understanding of drawings of various items includes Castings, Machined items, other bought-outs and approve the incoming items.
• Well versed with all Measuring instruments.
• Support for issues resolution at various stages of the product realization.
• Support for NCR management with proper knowledge & experience in Root cause analysis & Corrective actions.
• Solving the day-to-day incoming inspection issues.
• Understanding of different Customer specifications, Standards & drawings thoroughly to verify & approve the supplier supplied items.
• Need to address the day-to-day issues with Incoming & assembly within the manufacturing plant.
• May involve travelling to supplier & customer locations basis requirement from time to time.
• Should be able to read and understand procedures, specifications, and systems.
• Support in providing information and data for quality KPI’s, customer problem resolution.
• Support in assisting any ISO 9001 internal, external and supplier audits. 
• Should execute the supporting activities of measuring and improving quality products and business processes.  

Roles & Responsibilities

• Coordinating with Incoming inspectors & get work done as per daily plan.
• Addressing issues & arriving resolutions for the incoming & assembly issues on daily basis.  
• Guiding the inspectors in inspection of different category of items including Castings, Machined items & other bought-out items.
• Addressing issues & arriving resolutions for the incoming & assembly issues on daily basis related to dimensions.  
• Raise the NCR in the Quality Quest system.
• Able to read & understand quickly the item drawings, specifications & standards.
• Involving in MTC reviews & other testing reports verification with respect to different customer specifications & industry standards.
• Items to handle is castings, forgings, machining items, rubber items & other standard bought-outs.
• Issuing NCR's appropriately for issues identified at various stages of manufacturing.
• NCR management including, communicating NCRs to suppliers, receiving CAPA’s & closing in the system.
• Issuance of reports/metrics of different indicators of the plant.
• Need to analyze & maintain data of various stages of quality & able to present to the reporting & department manager on a periodical manner.
• Managing good relationship with customers/their third-party inspectors for witness offering & issues resolutions.
• Need to identify the opportunities for improvement of the items & processes at various levels & also from the issues.
• Need to attend various safety trainings provided by the company & adhering to the safety requirements as the first-priority & ensuring the stakeholders adherence.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.
• Lead interdepartmental groups Solving Problems related to KPI indicators.
• Support OPEX projects for the systematic improvement of processes.
• To lead root cause analysis to prevent quality problems derived from customer complaints.
• Ensure compliance with company safety standards and regulations by the team.

Required Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• BE with 4-6yrs years or DME with 6-10 years of experience.
• Experience in all aspects of QA including inspection of castings & machined items, thorough drawing study, usage of all measuring instruments / equipment’s.
• A strong knowledge & experience in understanding of standards like API, ASME, ASTM, ISO, MSS & other codes.
• Understanding of product / process flow.
• Must possess NDT level 2 certification for MPI, LP, UT, RT & VT.
• Experience in handling the team of inspectors & getting work done as per daily plan (atleast 5 members).
• Knowledge of ISO 9001.
• Ability to learn a new process quickly & manage the team.
• Strong experience in Root cause analysis by applying appropriate QC tools & arriving CAPA’s with a minimum lead time.
• Good knowledge in using Emails, MS Office & QA module in ERP.
• Must have good interpersonal skills to address with internal & external stakeholders.
• Good English communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• Flexible, eager to learn, accurate, analytical with positive, can-do attitude.