Quality Engineer

Dover Precision Components

Dover Precision Components ‘DPC’ (‘the Company’) is part of Dover Corporation’s (‘the Parent Company’) Pumps and Process solutions segment. DPC holds market leading positions globally and delivers performance-critical solutions across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical and general processing markets. We design and manufacture mission-critical equipment components to deliver more affordable, cleaner energy solutions and enable manufacturers to operate more efficiently.

WE DELIVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Dover Precision Components delivers products and services that enhance performance, improve safety, reduce carbon emissions, and accelerate clean energy adoption, through collaborative customer relationships, expert engineering, and an innovative culture. Our strong Company portfolio is comprised of long products and services offered under Cook Compression, Cook Mechanical Field Services, Waukesha Bearings, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings, Inpro/Seal, Bearings Plus, and FW Murphy Production Controls. Our global footprint reaches more than twelve locations in the Americas and more than six locations in Europe and China.

BUILDING POTENTIAL. SUSTAINING PERFORMANCE. BOOSTING FUTURES.

We are diligent in recognizing our employees’ needs and providing an enriching experience through professional developmental opportunities. Our authentic, collaborative company culture, combined with a competitive suite of health and welfare offerings, emulates who we are. We are Dover Precision Components,

Summary

The Quality Engineer is responsible for strategizing, implementing, and supporting activities to uphold and enhance Dover Precision Components' quality system, ensuring that products meet quality standards and regulatory requirements. They play a critical role in monitoring and improving manufacturing and engineering processes, developing testing methods, analyzing parts and data, and implementing changes to enhance quality. The Quality Engineer works closely with cross-functional teams including production, engineering, and sales to identify and resolve quality issues, ensuring that products meet customer expectations and company standards. The Quality Engineer has a pivotal role leading root cause analysis, implementing quality strategy at the site level, supporting quality-related audits, and supplier quality assurance. They are an ambassador representing both the company’s and the customer’s quality needs.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

- Quality Assurance:

- Develop and implement quality control processes to ensure product quality and consistency.

- Conduct audits, tests, and inspections throughout production, globally, to identify defects or areas for improvement.

- Ensure compliance with industry standards and company quality guidelines.

- Creates company quality guidelines applicable to one or more manufacturing facility.

- Works with suppliers to ensure incoming materials meet quality standards.

- Conducts supplier audits and provides support to manufacturing site audits by customers.

- Develop and implement quality control plans to assist in achieving higher levels of quality from start to finish and ensure product reliability and consistency for strategic projects.

- Assist team members with new processes and quality control techniques.

- Contribute, maintain, and support the company Quality System, compliance with regulatory requirements, and quality strategy execution

- Develops and maintains the validation and verification strategy for new and existing products and processes

- Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis:

- Investigate product and process failures to recommend corrective actions using root cause analysis methods (i.e. Fishbone Diagram, 5 Whys, 8D, 4D, Fast, etc.)

- Provides training on root cause analysis methods to individuals and teams across the Enterprise.

- Collaborates with engineering, sales, and production teams to develop solutions to quality-related issues.

- Implement corrective and preventative actions and conducts audits to confirm the sites’ quality management system effectiveness.

- Leads complex Design of Experiments (DOE) projects to validate manufacturing processes and replicate failure modes.

- Continuous Improvement:

- Identifies opportunities to improve manufacturing and quality processes to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

- Participates in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma projects to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

- Provides support to Director of Quality and Quality Manager to develop, track, and report quality metrics (KPIs) and use them to make data-driven decisions.

- Drive continuous improvement efforts by facilitating PFMEAs and DFMEAs, quality circles, and other lean initiatives.

- Leads and supports continuous improvement activities; collaborates with Manufacturing Engineering to improve manufacturing processes to stabilize or increase process capabilities.

- Documentation and Reporting:

- Assists with and/or prepares reports for customers, internal and external quality audits, and management on quality issues, action plans, and improvement projects.

- Provides plant support to maintain compliance with regulatory organizations (i.e. ISO) through documentation and audits of documentation.

- Prepares or helps prepare quality assurance policies and standard operating procedures.

- Analyze metrics and KPIs related to customer satisfaction and internal process performance

Education & Experience

- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Quality

- 5+ years work experience in an electronic product manufacturing environment, Engineer-to-Order or Manufacture-to-Order, is required.

- Certification in Quality (i.e. Six Sigma, CQE, etc.) is preferred. Must be willing to obtain certifications if not already accredited.

- Proficiency in problem-solving skills and methods required.

- Experience with quality management systems is preferred.

- Strong understanding and application of engineering principles and design practices is preferred.

Physical Requirements

- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

- Office and manufacturing environment. Must be willing to travel to customers, end users, conferences and other DPC sites (10-15%)

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

Job Function : If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact hr@doverprecision.comfor assistance with an accommodation