Quality Engineer in Aerospace Industry (Bloomington, MN) - Hitchcock Industries, Inc. DBA CPP-Minneapolis

Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) is currently seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Quality team. This position reports to the Quality Manager at our plant in Bloomington, MN. This position is responsible for ensuring the quality system, manufacturing, inspection and test processes, and product characteristics comply with both customer requirements and governmental regulations. The Quality Engineer is a key member of the QA team, providing feedback on quality issues and facilitating nonconforming material and corrective action activities. This position is one that requires the employee to obtain various customer-required certifications.

This is a great opportunity to join a growth-oriented company that has been in business for over 100 years! CPP offers a competitive compensation & benefits package which includes a bonus program that is paid quarterly, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, paid vacation and holidays.

Major Responsibilities:

• Create quality plans for product qualification (PPAP and FMEA) as well as validate production processes
• NPI (New product introduction) quality planning (Work Instructions and Procedure development)
• Ability to communicate daily to customers via email and phone conferences.
• Attendance at daily stand up, RCCA, scrap and continuous improvement meetings
• Review and implement specifications as directed by customers and the government
• Review and approve incoming and outgoing purchase orders
• Initiate, monitor, and control internal and external customer requests for corrective action
• Facilitate and host customer audits when required
• Authorize product/process changes via Engineering Change Requests, or Customer Engineering Change Requests
• Act as our customers' release agent upon acquiring relevant certifications
• Authorize and issue Returned Goods Authorization (RGA's)
• Maintain a clean, organized work area
• Comply with all safety, DOT, HAZMAT and environmental policies and procedures
• Attendance
• Ability to work at the Bloomington facility
• Work on/participate in special projects as needed or assigned by Management

About You:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or directly related field
• Experience: 5+ years previous experience in Quality
• Certifications/Licenses: None
• Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Attention to detail, ability to communicate at all levels of the organization, working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), ability to work with others through complex situations

Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) is an industry-leading manufacturer of highly-engineered components and sub-assemblies, supplying the commercial aerospace, military and industrial markets with small-to-large "function critical" products. CPP provides its customers with a "total solution" source, taking them from concept to finished product with one of the broadest and most diverse product offerings in the industry. More information about our company can be found at: http://www.cppcorp.com/.

Sponsorship is not available for this role. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US on a permanent and consistent basis without company sponsorship now and in the future.

This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

CPP Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits, hires, trains, and promotes employees in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or other legally protected status.

This is a non-management position
This is a full time position