Engineer Quality Senior

About Us

We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.  

Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today! 

About Us

We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial, and industrial spaces through HVAR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.  

If you are a hands-on Quality Assurance professional looking for an opportunity to grow. Copeland has an exciting opportunity for you! Based in our Natchitoches location, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating Quality related initiatives to strengthen every aspect of assembly Quality within the Alliance compressors facility. You will apply lean and six sigma tools and work closely with continuous improvement teams to reduce waste, reduce variation, and optimize processes related to Quality Performance. You will also support ISO9001:2015 based Quality Management system and will manage projects to improve it. You will investigate, analyze and take actions for internal Quality issues, warranty and customer returns using a structured problem-solving approach. You will have close interaction with other Copeland functions, specially with Operations, Engineering and Supply chain.

AS A SR QUALITY ENGINEER, YOU WILL:

Support the Quality System by identifying the process KPIs, design and improve controls to prevent a negative impact to cost of quality with our risking product conformance to requirements.

Prioritize, schedule and delegate work assignments and directly supervise the quality assurance staff.

Establish and implement quality procedures, specifications and testing standards for raw materials, in process, and finished products to ensure that products shipped worldwide are in conformance with the required standards.

Audit and train others on how to perform a quality system audit to ensure conformance to the established procedure and practices by following a defined audit schedule and initiating corrective actions and continuous improvements.

Track and report all aspects of the cost of quality while driving improvements programs to reduce scrap, rework and increase shop floor yield rates.

Experience using Statistical tools to reduce process variation.

Knowledge in programming CMM’s, GD&T and able to read and interpret international standards.

Monitor customer returned materials and determine root cause for correction and follow-up. Must lead the efforts of the organization to continually strive for reducing warranty costs.

Have the confidence and presentation skills to speak to all levels of the organization regularly on the performance of quality.

Ensure compliance with all housekeeping procedures and all quality and safety regulations.

Strong Analytical skills, identify root cause analysis for complex problems.

Strong Technical knowledge on core documents (CP, PFMEA).

Able to implement Quality tools to help predict the problems before they occur.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE SKILLS:

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, production, manufacturing engineering, or engineering technology with three years of more related experience or eight to ten years of extensive manufacturing experience with progressively increasing responsibility.

Strong background in quality management, quality engineering, lean manufacturing

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Legal authorization to work in the United States – sponsorship will not be provided for this role.