TN Quality Engineering Technician

Summary

The Quality Engineering Technician is responsible for the maintenance of the Malibu supplier quality portal, including data input, tracking, and return of defective supplier parts and materials. This role also supports incoming testing, inspection, and verification of parts or materials, including inventory transactions in GP, ERP, and QA Hold dispositioning responsibility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the nonconforming supplier part disposition process by logging, tracking, and issuing Return Material Authorizations (RMA) requests, including supplier approval, and return packaging to ensure safe return to appropriate supplier
• Provide feedback on delinquent RMA’s to ensure a satisfactory supplier response.
• Input data into the Malibu Supplier Quality Portal for PPM and scorecard performance reporting.
• Manage GP and ERP inventory transactions for QAHOLD, quality, and warranty cost reporting.  
• Apply engineering and quality methodologies to support the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) for new part sample submissions.
• Conduct incoming gelcoat & resin testing procedure and report findings to ensure compliance.
• Publish nonconformance report for boats, trailers, and engines as well as conduct a daily MRB meeting with operations management.
• Manage the Lab and Quarantine areas for 5S, replacement spare parts for internal scrap repairs, and overall organization.
• Provide Support:
  • Plant calibration program (includes all gel-timers, gages, jigs, fixtures, etc.)
  • Performing and document internal audits and inspections (Smartsheet)
  • Testing, and/or rework of internal scrap for defects, as well as mechanical, or electronic part failures.
  • Analysis of returned plant and field warranty parts for root cause and corrective actions.

• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:  A two-year degree or two+ years of related experience, training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:  Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business information, periodicals, technical procedures and drawing.  Ability to write emails, reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of peers, managers, supervisors, dealers, and/or customers.

Mathematical Skills:  Understanding of statistical analysis and fundamentals of concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:  Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Other Qualifications: Include Certificates, Licenses, Registrations and other skills/abilities/qualifications not listed above.

• Six Sigma training is a plus.
• Strong corrective action and troubleshooting background.<