Quality Assurance Specialist jobs in Minnesota

Description

If you are interested in becoming an employee owner, read on...

Windings Inc. thrives on the strength of our employee ownership. As a 100% employee-owned company, our dedicated and innovative workforce serves critical industries like Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, Medical, Oil & Gas, and more. Since transitioning to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 1998, every one of our 150 employees is an owner or on the path to becoming one.

Join our team and enjoy unique ESOP benefits. We contribute an average of 13% of your yearly earnings to your ESOP account, allowing your retirement savings to grow through compound interest without any out-of-pocket expense. Your success is our success, and we're excited to share it with you!

Another way that we share with our Employee Owners is through our quarterly production bonuses program. Our salary and compensation package are hard to beat.

With our ESOP, forward-thinking approach, and unwavering commitment to our employees and customers, we've established ourselves as industry leaders and community contributors. Our remarkable teams embody our purpose: "Powering Systems and Empowering Lives."

What you will be responsible for:

Develop and maintain quality management systems to ensure compliance to quality standards and specifications. Assist with ensuring the Windings’ quality management system is suitable, adequate, and effective in accordance with ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensure compliance with the ISO 9000 and AS9100 Quality Systems standards as well as other site-specific standards.

o Act as plant representative for 3rd party audits (Customer Audits, 3rd Party Certification).

o Ensure quality procedures and documents are properly updated, compliant, and maintained.

o Facilitate quarterly management review meetings. 

o Complete customer quality surveys.

o Identify and manage opportunities for improvement in the quality system.

• Manage the corrective/preventive action system.

o Assist in investigating quality issues and create corrective action reports. 

o Document customer complaints and corresponding corrective action requests.

o Assign corrective actions and assist in the creation of reports. 

o Evaluate corrective action responses for adequate root cause and document verification of effectiveness for actions taken.   

• Coordinate the internal audit function and train internal auditors. 

• Assign, manage and monitor quality related assignments for the company.

• Coordinate the training and effectiveness for quality related requirements.

o Conduct quality orientation with new hires.

o Coordinate any outsourced quality training needs.

• Monthly data reporting for QA department quality objectives and initiate actions.

• Educate site personnel on quality issues and requirements.

• Other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

What you need:

· Ability to work in high pressure situations and conform to tight deadlines. 

· Must be organized and detail oriented. 

· Ability to conduct root cause and corrective actions using problem solving techniques.

· Professional written and verbal communication with the ability to tailor to differing audiences. 

· Embrace change and exhibit curiosity around improvements opportunities.

· Drives results.

· Comfortable in a team environment and as an individual contributor.

· Lives Windings Values

· This position requires leadership skills and ability to influence individuals at all levels of the organization.

· Must have basic computer skills including proficiency with Excel, Power Point, Word, with an ability to learn Windings ERP and QMS software.

Education:

· Four-year college degree or a high school diploma/GED with advanced quality experience. Experience performing quality duties in a manufacturing environment is desired. This position requires knowledge of quality standards, ideally ISO 9000 and AS9100.

Experience: 

· 2 years of related work experience is preferred.

Physical Requirements:

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Specific vision ability by this job includes close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Requirements:

Because employees in this position must handle information covered by the International Trade and Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), successful applicants will be required to verify their identity and their status as a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or person granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Windings is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected Veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

No Soliciting

Windings will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to Windings job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Windings Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Windings Talent Acquisition team.