Quality Engineering Supervisor at TCDC Inc Watertown in Watertown, South Dakota

Job Description:

Don’t swipe left on TCDC! Here’s why; at TCDC you are not a number - you are part of a team that owns its future! TCDC is an employee-owned company with over 100 years in business and three locations. We value our employee-owners and their contributions that play an important part in our ability to provide our customers with precision aluminum and magnesium die castings.
 
ABOUT YOU:
We are looking for a Quality Engineering Supervisor who is a self-motivated, hands-on, quality focused, engaged, leader to that can focus on leading the Plant Quality Team to meet the needs of Customer, Production, and Engineering while also ensuring customer satisfaction, continual improvement, profitability, and safety. Does this sound like you? If so, YOU are exactly who we are looking for..
 
THE POSITION:
As the Quality Engineering Supervisor in our Watertown, SD facility you will be responsible for supervising the plant quality team and establishing day-to-day responsibilities and priorities based on the Customer, Plant, and Engineering needs. In addition, you will support, develop, and oversee quality personnel, customer design reviews, risk assessment activities, NPD & EC projects, CMM and calibration activities. You would also provide guidance on interpreting IATF 16949 standards and internal policies and serve as an internal auditor, as needed. As the primary customer contact for all quality related communications and responsible for employee relations, you must maintain complete confidentiality relating to sensitive business, financial, and personnel issues. We offer a competitive base salary of $70,353.68/yr to $99,487.69/yr, depending on experience, plus bonus! We also offer an exceptional work environment, competitive overall compensation, and great benefits including a generously funded employee ownership program (ESOP), medical, dental, life, and 401k.
 
YOUR TEAM:
You would be a member of the Quality department and would report directly to the Director of Quality who supports all three facilities but is based in our Monticello, MN facility. You’d also have an APQ Engineer in Watertown who also reports directly to the Director of Quality. The Quality Control Engineer and Quality Auditor would report directly to you.   
 
YOUR IMPACT:
As an intern with the TCDC quality department, you will provide support and feedback as the liaison between the production floor and quality team. You will also provide an outside perspective to processes and improvements.  
 
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
HS Diploma or Equivalent
BS in Engineering or related technical field and related experience
Experience developing new product and process qualification plans and manufacturing quality plans
Experience conducting process capability studies, design of experiments, statistical process control, or other techniques
Experience in leading teams to optimize processes to achieve ongoing cost reductions and reductions of risk
Proficient in GD&T and its application
Experience with APQP process and PPAP submissions
Experience working with Automotive and/or Medical products and standards
 
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TCDC CORE COMPETENCIES:
Accountability & Ownership
Customer Focused
Integrity
Productivity Focused
Quality Oriented
Safety & Environmentally Oriented
 
JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Quality Engineering Supervisor                               
Department: Quality
Reports to: Director of Quality
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
 
For the purpose of compliance with ADA and Workers Compensation, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials.

Experience

Required

• 5 year(s): Experience with APQP process and PPAP submissions.


• 5 year(s): Proficient in GD&T and its application


• 5 year(s): Experience in leading teams to optimize processes to achieve ongoing cost reductions and reductions of risk.


• 5 year(s): Experience conducting process capability studies, design of experiments, statistical process control, or other techniques.


• 5 year(s): Experience developing new product and process qualification plans and manufacturing quality plans.

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field

Behaviors

Preferred

• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking


• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group


• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject


• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization


• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks


• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe


• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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