Quality Systems Engineer (Group)

Why Badger Meter?
 

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource.  For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient.  Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!

Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.  

We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource. 
 

What You Will Contribute:
 

We are looking for a senior level Quality Systems Engineer (Group) at our Milwaukee Headquarters! Are you a seasoned professional with a passion for innovation and excellence? Do you have the drive to define, improve, and maintain cutting-edge quality systems that shape the future of our products and services?

In this pivotal role, you'll be at the heart of our mission, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and environmental sustainability. As a key player in our U.S. and Foreign Operations, you'll provide technical direction and support continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with internal and external customers to uphold Badger Meter's core values.

Your impact will be felt across the organization as you establish key relationships, develop new data analytics tools, support New Product Development, and drive advanced product quality planning. With your expertise in process development, data analytics, and quality systems, you'll mentor and lead our teams to new heights of performance and excellence.

Join us in this exciting journey and become a part of a dynamic team that is dedicated to making a difference. If you have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, 5+ years of relevant experience, and a passion for quality and innovation, we want to hear from you!

 Job Duties:

• Establish and foster key relationships throughout the organization enabling effective performance to execute on commitments, deliver results, and drive critical issues simultaneously.

• Maintain a safe working environment (within the department and across sites).

• Establish a Data Analytics steering committee, leverage key users to develop new tools and/or metrics.

• Within the context of Quality Data Analytics, establish a knowledge transfer strategy that creates "how to" manuals for users and developers, support the transition of administrative tasks like monthly and quarterly reports.

• Support SQDCE metric development and collaborate cross functionally within a multi-site environment.

• Support New Product Development (NPD) teams to identify, schedule, and execute all quality related deliverables.

• Provide launch/post launch data analytics ensuring quality system preparedness of people, process, and systems.

• Provide Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) guidance to NPD, Group, and Site teams.

• Define and Improve NPD processes and establish NPD launch metrics.

• Provide technical guidance to create, review, and improve Badger Meter quality acceptance standards (QAS).

• Identify key industry standards and leverage them to drive uniformity within Badger Meter practices.

• Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities that drive product and process standardization while eliminating and/or minimizing non-conformances.

• Support inspection/test methodologies that demonstrate our capability of meeting/exceeding quality requirements.

• Track quality performance through the analysis of established and new metrics

• Provide timely disposition of non-conformances and assess the effectiveness of corrective/preventive actions.

• Lead training needs with APQP, problem-solvin