Quality Engineer Supervisor
Eaton · Waukesha, WI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $97k–$143k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Eaton (industrial) in Waukesha, WI. In this function you will.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- FMEA, APQP, Control plans, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, Supplier quality
- Base pay
- $97k–$143k
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Eaton
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Send a short, curious note
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
About the role
requirements
for the Eaton Quality System and ISO 9001 as needed.
Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering Field from an accredited institution required
- ✓Minimum three (3) years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- ✓Relocation benefits are being offered for this position only candidates that currently reside or willing to relocate within 50 miles of Waukesha, WI will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation..
- ✓Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
- ✓Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
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Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Three years of work in a Quality Engineering/Supplier Quality related role
- ✓Experience in the field of Electrical Utilities or electrical component manufacturing
- ✓Experience working with suppliers and working directly with customers
- ✓CQE or CQMOE certifications from ASQ
- ✓Experience either managing or supporting ISO 9001 or TS16949 Quality Management systems.
- ✓Formal training in problem solving
- ✓Strong oral and written communication skills
- ✓Experience with either Eaton EQMS or Automotive Quality Standards
- ✓Supervisory Experience
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Eaton’s Electrical Division is currently seeking a Quality Engineer Supervisor to join our team. This position is based at our Waukesha, WI facility. (Relocation is offered)
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Position Overview
The Quality Engineer Supervisor is responsible for managing the quality of products produced for the assigned department. Develops action plans for improvement to scrap, warranty, internal defect, and customer complaint rates. Directs reports on activities needed to support production, analyze failures, and drive the improvements identified in action plans. Maintains and implements the
In this function you will
- •Direct cross functional teams in problem solving and issue analysis in an effort to address either customer or production related issues.
- •Coordinate support of production manufacturing with problem solving, process improvements and resolution to manufacturability issues.
- •Maintain ISO 9001 quality system and supports the management of Eaton’s Quality Management System procedures.
- •Manage identification of gaps at the Department/Plant level and executes improvement activity using knowledge as subject matter expert.
- •Direct coordination of customer return analysis and ensures timely response to customers.
- •Work with Design Engineering and Supply Chain to ensure that quality criteria are clearly identified on all newly established parts and communicated to suppliers.
- •Develop and leads routine risk assessment activity (PFEMA) on all new products and with changes that affect existing product.
- •Work in partnership with engineering to support all NPD Launch related projects and milestones related to product quality and improve the overall process to achieve zero defects and launch readiness.
- •Execute or facilitates all aspects of APQP and Part Approval and sign-off for both suppliers and customers, manage revisions of process control documents such as PFMEAs, Control Plans and other quality tools to ensure compliance.
- •Analyze scrap, warranty, internal defect, and customer complaint rates to develop action plans for improvement.
Position Criteria
- •Demonstrated strong skills on following competencies: Priority Setting, Decision Quality, Problem Solving, Learning on the Fly, Customer Focus, Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust, Drive for Results, Technical Learning.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time a