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The Black Belt Quality Engineer will lead and participate in projects aimed at improving manufacturing processes and quality controls targeting improvements in product quality and quality costs. A successful incumbent will be capable of working independently with mínimal supervision, balancing workload with multiple priorities, and utilizing technical manufacturing and product knowledge along with effective problem-solving methodology to consistently eliminate quality costs and incident causes across Gates Americas regional power transmission (PT) manufacturing locations.
**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**: _Other duties may be assigned beyond the core functions listed below._
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65%
Lead execution of improvement projects targeting elimination of top Pareto causes of power transmission quality costs and incidents. Projects will be hands-on work with manufacturing plant personnel to identify causes and implement process, product, and quality control improvements.**2**
20%
Identification of best practice manufacturing process & quality controls within regional sites demonstrating superior low-quality cost and incidence rates. Communication of these process and quality control details to counterparts in global regions with intent to aid transfer of best practices to those global locations. Lead execution of best practices shared from other global regions within Americas manufacturing sites having similar product & processes.**3**
5%**4**
5%
Support supplier quality and supplier development organizations as necessary to improve power transmission product quality and cost improvement. Assignments including focused activity with an identified high risk supplier to improve their product quality & reliability.**5**
5%
Development and implementation of manufacturing quality standards to ensure on-going understanding of consistent adherence to these manufacturing requirements.**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- This role has no direct reports.
- The position will work with global quality, cross-functional peers and business leadership personnel to achieve quality cost and incident improvement objectives while developing as a successor to quality leadership positions.
**QUALIFICATIONS**:_To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required._
- Bachelor of Science (BS) undergraduate college degree in an Engineering discipline (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering).
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in Quality Engineer and/or Continuous Improvement roles, including experience utilizing technical knowledge and problem solving methodologies to resolve quality issues (E.g. DMAIC, Six-Sigma, DOE, etc.).
- Must have effective project management experience in leading and facilitating project teams.
**REQUIRED SKILLS**:
- Certification as a Six Sigma Black Belt through ASQ or an equivalent certification is required.
- Must be capable of reading and understanding product drawings & specifications.
- Working knowledge and experience with effectively using quality assurance problem solving tools is required (E.g., 5-Why, Cause & Effect Diagrams, DOE, 8D, DMAIC, etc.).
- A strong leader with excellent communication and organizational agility skills that have resulted in a track record of successful objective completions.
- Drive, intelligence, and high expectations of getting results through self and team.
- Change management leadership capability
- High level interpersonal and leadership skills with capability to influence, coach, and partner across multiple levels and locations/regions of the company
- Experience utilizing quality assurance PC Applications: Minitab, SPC Applications, etc.
**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT**:
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