This Quality Engineer role is focused on Product Quality Assurance, applying quality concepts and technical expertise to maintain the site Quality Management System (QMS) and facilitate inspection, continuous improvement, and risk management in production. This role is crucial in ensuring reliable, quality finished goods are delivered to the business customer.
Responsibilities
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
- Actively participate in HSE programs as assigned.
- Keep work areas of the facility in a safe, clean, and organized manner at all times in accordance with the 6S Checklist.
- Review all associated ORA’s/HRA’s/MOC’s/Work Permits prior to starting work and exercise Stop Work at any time for Safety.
Quality
- Adhere to the OFSE People PRIMED Competence Management Program always, as well as all other Quality requirements, and exercise Stop Work at any time.
- Authorize a Stop Work and report to your lead/supervisor/manager.
Delivery/Production
- Facilitate root cause analysis of detected nonconformities with focus on minimizing variation, adherence to requirements, and repeatability, collaborating with Manufacturing Engineering.
- Collaborate with the Quality Manager to ensure continual suitability, conformity, and effectiveness of the QMS by:
- Ensuring the site-specific documents are up-to-date and aligned with the global documents.
- Organizing the site Management review.
- Tracking and trending QMS data for continual improvement through projects when applicable.
- Drive and execute improvement and accountability towards achieving key quality performance indicators goals and metrics.
- Drive and execute root cause analysis and effective corrective actions towards minimizing defects, scrap, rework, and escapes through data analysis.
- Drive and execute continuous improvement within the plant through data analysis.
- Liaise across cross-functional teams in order to drive quality into the products.
- Support in driving global standardization of processes and inspections facilitating product quality across the PL manufacturing plants.
- Drive resolution of quality issues in collaboration with Shop Floor, Global MFG MET, ME, and Service Delivery Technical department.
- Set up and maintain inspection and testing plans (ITPs), QIRs, and skip lots in SAP for the plant.
- Participate in supply chain readiness to provide input into inspection methods, inspection equipment, and inspection frequency.
- Manage projects involving project quality.
- Participate in internal and external quality audits as Quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) and in material review boards or kaizens.
- Collaborate with service quality on tender reviews specific to the product being provided.
- Ensure customer specific quality requirements are executed by the plant, using specific Product Quality Plans (PQPs).
Financial
- Identify cost-out opportunities and elevate to lead/supervisor/manager/AMO engineer for review/implementation.
People / Employees
- Foster a positive, respectful, and inclusive work environment with yourself and across your team and with all Baker Hughes and external employees that interact with you at all times; instilling our Company Values throughout all our day-to-day activities and communications.
Qualifications and Requirements
To be successful in this role you will need:
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience in a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality Management systems and proven ability in policy and procedure writing.
- Working knowledge of the Oil & Gas industry technical and regulatory framework.
- Comprehensive understanding of:
- API Spec Q1/Q2
- ISO 9001:2015
- ISO 29001 (Oil & Gas quality standard)
- Baker Hughes QMS processes
- Development and implementation of QA/QC plans, ITPs, PQPs, and process maps.
