Honeywell has been selected as one of the Most Admired Companies in the world by Fortune magazine, March 2009. Honeywell was also ranked as a "2008 World's Most Ethical Company" and among the "Best Government Contractors for Ethics and Compliance Initiatives" by the Ethisphere Institute in 2008.
This is a key role to further develop quality for new product development (NPD) on a systemic level with Life Safety. You will be charged with the responsibilities of analysis, relationship building with internal and external customers, training, and achievement of efficiency and effectiveness of quality at Clover, South Carolina, facility.
Responsibilities include:
• Facilitate the development of corrective/preventive action system and follow-up on implementation and documentation.
• Prepare reports for management which demonstrate trends and help direct improvement efforts.
• Coordinate quality planning activities, develops and documents quality plans of new and modified products and processes, verification procedure.
• Develop and direct process and measurement capability studies and their documentation.
• Direct the design of experiments to reduce variation in critical product and process parameters or measurement error.
• Develop, implement and maintain quality policies, procedures, standards, forms and records.
• Review the effectiveness of the quality system and prepare periodic reports for executive management review.
• Assure compliance and recommend actions to improve the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Conduct internal audits of the quality system to verify conformance to documented quality policies, procedures, standards and record keeping and controlling authority.
• Support the development and maintenance of quality systems at facility and direct and conduct assessments of the status of these quality systems.
• Ensure compliance to New Product Introduction Process in accordance with Honeywell requirements.
• Actively participate in New Product Introduction Process including but not limited to development of quality plans, facilitating FMEAs, auditing worst case design analysis, and product validation testing.
• Track customer returns, internal defects test yields, scrap and downtime reports and other nonconforming conditions and report the status and corrective action to management.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Technology groups to develop recommendations and execute corrective and preventive measures using six sigma tools.
• Actively participate in company-wide improvement activities to reduce waste and throughout the company and recommend system enhancements and facilitate implementation.
• Direct quality training for all employees on Quality Assurance state of the art tools, systems, methods and procedures.
• Recommend to executive management ongoing audit plans and other activities to ensure consistently high levels of quality to customers worldwide.
• Develop actions to address quality system, key process and customer problems.
• Responsible to direct employees engaged in Quality Assurance department work activities through subordinate supervisors.
• Hire, train, review work, assist employees, evaluate performance, enforce company rules and recommend changes in employee status.
• Prepare weekly Honeywell QA Metrics for Customer Return PPM.
• Analyze trends and take corrective/preventive actions accordingly.
Basic qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science field
• Minimum experience of 6 years in Quality, Process, or Production Engineering.
Additional qualifications:
• Six Sigma Black Belt, preferred.
• Knowledge of ISO9000 requirements.
• Knowledge and experience with Lean Manufacturing tools and processes.
• Expert in use of Taguchi methodology.
• Experienced in Toyota Production System or similar environment.
• Proficiency in MiniTab and AutoCAD, preferred.
• Demonstrated excellent work ethic
• Willingness and ability to function as a part of a team
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills required.
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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce.
Keywords: quality, engineer, ISO, Taguchi, "Toyota production system", lean, six sigma, component manufacturing, components, AutoCad, MiniTab, voice of customer, VOC. Additional Information:

