Job Title: Quality Engineer / Advisor / Consultant
Location: remote / travel within domestic U.S.
Subcontract agreement (LLC or 1099)
Shift: Flexible as needed (often times days)
Deployment: project deployment to customer locations as needed

Position Overview:

As a subcontracted advisor through Belcan, you will deploy to our customers as needed to support projects related to Quality engineering needs as they relate to manufacturing and supply chain.

As critical project issues and needs for crisis intervention arise, this job will deploy to those customers. This job is a flexible, subcontract 1099 or LLC status. Great matching candidates will have strong manufacturing and supply chain leadership and supervisory skills capable of driving measurable solutions and outcomes for clients. In this job, you will be on site at customers and/or customer suppliers working to assess, mitigate, consult, identify, and administer outcomes.

Core job duties:
* Deploy and travel to the customer(s) as needed
* Act as an advisor and consult customer by working as a team member ensuring critical customer needs are met
* Provide Subject Matter Expertise in quality related manufacturing and supply chain that includes: FAI"s, inspection techniques, ISO 9001 & AS9100 quality practices, creation of standard work, supplier assessments and approvals, and root cause/corrective actions (RCCA)
* Create, review, and disposition quality notifications
* Provide guidance and perform PPAP and PFMEA
* Determine and help implement the following: corrective action plans, mistake proofing, supplier assessments, and approval Supplier Development
* Communicate and interact with shop floor personnel, quality/process teams, customer management team, material teams, purchasing teams and other engineers involved in the process

Core Skills and Qualifications:
* Seasoned Quality specialist and Subject Matter Expert (SME) within manufacturing and supply chain
* Capable of operating onsite alone to professionally represent Belcan to support multiple parties" interests (Customer/Supplier)
* Operate with speed and precision
* Ability to travel as needed and deploy rapidly in short notice to begin work due to assessment, supply chain disruptions, and project improvement initiatives
* Background working with Automotive/Aerospace/Industrial OEMs, suppliers, and/or tooling and machine operations
* Demonstrated capability to accurately assess quality deficiencies in manufacturing processes, and possesses the technical know-how to troubleshoot and solve complex manufacturability problems
* Must have experience in both short and long-term improvement projects, with demonstrated capability to gain consensus and implement manufacturing process improvements
* Proficient in their understanding and performance drivers of contracted KPIs
* Root cause analysis and lean methodologies to aid in both throughput, quality and capacity related issues.

Other relevant skills:
* Mechanical aptitude and an understanding of design for manufacturing concepts
* Hands on experience in the shop/manufacturing environment
* SAP knowledge
* Lean Six Sigma experience
* External (supplier) auditing experience
* Proficiency in MS Office products
* Experience with Cost reduction

If you are interested in this Manufacturing / Supply Chain Engineer job, please apply via the 'apply now' link provided.

EOE/F/M/Disability/Veterans