Quality Engineer

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett:

Aerospace

At L&P Aerospace, we specialize in creating complex tube and duct assemblies using high-performance materials capable of withstanding extreme pressure, temperature, and chemical interaction.

After our materials have gone through the necessary processes, we are left with high-performance finished goods that are ready to be incorporated into assemblies for our customers.

Learn more about L&P Aerospace: Aerospace

POSITION SUMMARY: Recommends and assists in the implementation of methods which enhance the Quality Management System and customer satisfaction. Assists in quality system audits including evaluation of suppliers. Presents results of improvement efforts and ongoing performance measures associated with the NR and MRB process. Ensure the incorporation of quality plans into manufacturing processes to improve the overall quality of products delivered. Develop efficient and lean product validation methods.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assist Quality Manager in the development and maintenance of Quality Procedures and Work Instructions
• Responsible for updating all specifications to the latest revision.
• Perform contract review on new orders working with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement to ensure:
  • Flow down of customer requirements within the engineered processes and supplier purchase orders.
  • Quality checks are specified and sequenced properly in the process
  • Key Processes / Characteristics are identified, and control plans initiated.
  • Aid in the establishment and maintain the PFMEA established for a product or family of parts and associated control plan to mitigate risk on current and new product.
  • Develop and submit PPAP documents for new product as well as current product in accordance with customer requirements.
  • Identify and facilitate the need for FAIR or delta FAI in accordance with AS9102 and customer requirements.
  • Determine and apply appropriate statistical techniques and Measurement System Analysis tools.
• Assist in the Quality System/conduct internal audits.
• Assist in the coordination of customer onsite audits.
• Facilitate and promote the use of appropriate problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action.
• Perform duties in accordance with quality system requirements.
• Coordinate with internal groups such as Engineering, Inspection, Manufacturing to resolve customer complaints.
• Ensure internal non-conformances and corrective/preventive actions are completed in an effective and timely manner.
• Aid in driving new technologies and continuous improvement in the receiving and final inspection processes as well as the final product release process to meet company and customer needs and goals.
• Interact with customers to resolve problems.
• Provide support and expertise during regulatory and customer audits of the quality management system

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIRED:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the aerospace quality field; OR any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Understand and interpret blueprints, specifications, operations sheets, etc.
• Understand geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Computer literate (Windows, MS Office, E-mail, etc.)
• Self-starter who is comfortable with hands-on activities.

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Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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