WHAT YOU WILL DO Leads or co-leads quality initiatives that align with site and corporate quality strategies, ensuring consistent adoption and measurable improvement. Provides direction, coaching, and technical mentorship to engineers, inspectors, and cross-functional partners to build capability and strengthen overall quality culture. Acts as a key decision-maker in escalated quality situations, balancing customer expectations, compliance requirements, and operational needs. Supports the Quality Manager in site-level planning, audits, and strategic reviews, stepping in as a delegate when needed. Drives cross-functional alignment during investigations, validations, and change management activities, ensuring teams stay focused, informed, and moving toward resolution. Provides and documents training on standard of work instructions, policies, and procedures in a timely manner to ensure team members have the required knowledge and skills prior to performing work independently. Uses quality tools to implement improvements including: process flowcharting, Pareto analysis, correlation and regression analysis, significance tests, design of experiments, statistical process control, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and trend analysis techniques Acts as a customer liaison and processes customer quality complaints, as applicable. Collects, Analyzes, and Presents data using statistical methodology Assists suppliers with the interpretation of quality requirements, as applicable. Assists the development of essential QMS deliverables/Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) including, but not limited to: complaint analysis, risk analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, CAPA, and process/equipment/software verification / validation Plans and/or conducts process and equipment validations and special validations including installation qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ). Determines machine and/or process capability through planning and/or executing Process Capability studies Develops inspection criteria that connect customer requirements and manufacturing processes that include identification of key characteristics, associated sampling plans, and required gauging. Interfaces with appropriate customer contacts to clarify customer requirements Conceives and/or Leads productivity improvements and/or Continuous improvement projects Monitors engineering production processes and products for adherence to internal and external requirements and practices. Participates in pre- and post-production launch reviews providing quality engineering support Performs quality reviews and internal audits; evaluates data and writes associated reports Recommends modifications to existing quality or production standards, where applicable, to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability. Reviews and approves product/process and document change requests. Reviews drawings to evaluate quality requirements including: correct application of geometric dimensioning and tolerance, proper use of process and material specifications, and key characteristics for inspection plans and gauging techniques. Supports measuring and analyzing key metrics to monitor performance. Works with cross-functional teams to solve production and quality problems. Creates and manages the overall course structure and sets up course programs based on specifications. Reinforces safety expectations. Ensures safety operating practices are demonstrated. Reports issues/concerns to Supervisor. Support quality and compliance by adhering to all procedures, work instructions, and forms per the Quality Management Systems (QMS).