Sr. Product Quality Engineer* ∞ (Maplewood, MN)

Job description

Description du poste

3M is seeking a Sr. Product Quality Engineer for the Abrasive Systems Division, located in Maplewood, MN.  At 3M, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.  Here, you go.

The person hired for this position will:

·  Providing product quality leadership for new product introductions and continuous improvement programs on existing product lines.
·  Participating on new product introduction teams to design quality into the product.
·  Supporting existing/mature product lines to resolve customer complaints (CFRs) and achieve high quality products with capable manufacturing processes.
·  Driving quality improvement projects (MOCs) to increase customer satisfaction and reduce cost.
·  Work across many functions, including manufacturing, laboratory, marketing, sales, and quality with a global focus to provide solutions for internal and external customers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

·  Leading proactive efforts in product quality and process capability improvements.
·  Developing, assessing, improving and validating test methods.
·  Setting manufacturing specifications including raw materials, in process, and final product.
·  Evaluating product and process changes for impact on product performance.
·  Investigating customer complaints/trends and conduct root cause analysis using a system approach (considering end user application, tools, equipment, process, etc) to provide complaint resolution to customer satisfaction.
·  Driving process improvement and corrective/preventive action programs to completion for both design and manufacturing changes.
·  Obtaining actionable data to drive quality improvement programs.
·  Working and interacting significantly with other functions (lab, plant manufacturing, pilot plant, regulatory, marketing, etc.).
·  Supporting Quality Management Systems (QMS) activities including audits, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPAs), etc.
·  Maintain awareness of customer needs and industry trends (automation) and translate those into measurable specifications and test methods for product development and manufacturing.
·  Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

·  Possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
·  Minimum of three (3) years combined product, quality and/or manufacturing engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
·  Minimum of five (5) years combined experience in Product, Quality and/or Manufacturing Engineering
·  Experience using statistical methods as a tool in decision making
·  Experience in test method development and validations
·  Product commercialization experience
·  Effectively conducting root cause analysis and managing CAPA programs
·  Change management experience
·  Strong demonstrated ability to lead teams, identify opportunities for improvement and drive change
·  Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize activities
·  Proven results managing projects to completion
·  Strong communication skills (written, oral and presentation)
·  Experience working on a global cross-functional teams
·  Demonstrates knowledge of customer requirements and product performance in abrasive applications
·  Statistical knowledge and practice e.g. Design of Experiments (DOE), Sampling Plans, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process and Product Understanding (PPU), and Lean Manufacturing
·  Six Sigma training and/or experience leading Green Belt or Black Belt projects
·  American Society for Quality, Quality Engineer (CQE) certification or willingness to obtain

Location :  Maplewood, Minnesota

Travel:   May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation:  Is authorized                         

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.  Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.  The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without a sponsorship for employment visa status (e.e. H1B status).