Associate Quality Engineer - QuEST Global Engineering Services

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a one-hundred year one, driven by aspiration, hunger, and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, test, and ensure quality as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for everyone! If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when there’s an obstacle, we learn and overcome it together; and when you win, we all win - then we’re eager to hear from you!

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Work Location: Windsor, CT (base); potential hybrid in time.
Work Shift: Extended Weekend work spanning Fri-Sun (required - 8 hr min/day providing support to a team working 12 hr/day). Other hrs/wk to round out F/T role (36-40 hr basis) are flexible.
Work Experience: Minimum 5+ years relevant to role and 2-year tech degree or 10+ years relevant to role with no / non-tech degree. Candidates with substantially more prior experience and responsibilities, may fit under a related progression roles - and are welcome to apply.

Industry: Aero-Engine (i.e. gas turbine / turbomachinery)

Roles & Responsibilities:

· Primarily gather, compile, process, and portray Quality Engineering (technical) data that helps ensure part/process quality are achieved and sustained. Efforts support/conveyed to others.  Majority of work currently involves processing activities tied to evaluation of Non-Conforming Material.

· Comfortable interacting w/ multiple computer systems / software

· Have an aptitude for process-oriented work along with a mindset for doing things right, a desire to see things through, an eye for continuous improvement. A history of doing so successfully in a customer facing, service-oriented, environment

· Collaboratively engage daily with your Project / Team leader, Peers

· Maintain Integrity & Ethics in all situations

· Generate Continuous Improvement ideas to reduce Waste and Cost of Poor Quality

· Help Quest Global grow while you learn and develop your career
 

Required Skills (Technical Competency) / Attributes:

· Relevant experience in: Quality Management System, Part Qualification (QA), Non-Conformance Management, and/or Continuous Improvement (Development).

· Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook – advanced user (macros, pivot tables, VB Coding – noteworthy)

· Entering, probing, and extracting technical data within a MRP / ERP system (SAP preferred)

· Self-motivated, disciplined, and organized - with ability to focus on semi-repetitive tasks

Desired Skills / Attributes:

· Familiarity with gas turbine engine workings, design, manufacturing, MRO

· Read Engineering prints and comprehend associated Quality Requirements

· Gaging experience (manual, visual, computer based, Inspection Planning, SPC, Gage R&R, etc)

· Operating in procedure based and regulatory controlled environments

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

· Office and/or Shop Floor Environments

· Lift / Transport 25 lb (occasional)

· Common activities include sitting, walking, and standing

· Typically includes substantial amounts of computer work – but can also include hands-on activities (e.g. lifting, inspecting, transporting, etc)

· Heavily Regulated Industry with strict adherence to procedures and standard work

· Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late, arriving early, OT

· Ability to use personal transportation (work, customer, other)

· Full time role w/ company benefits..

· Due to customer’s work classification and security, candidate’s citizenship status must be: “U.S. Citizen”

· The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

QuEST Global is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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