Quality Engineer

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Air Products is an industrial gas company with a focus on serving energy, the environment, and emerging markets. The company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment, and applications expertise to industries like refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Quality Engineer who will ensure quality assurance and inspection performed both in-house and by vendors.

Interfaces closely with Manufacturing, Product Management, Engineering, Procurement, and Supply Chain and serves as a liaison between the company and vendors working closely with Quality Management and Supplier Quality Management to ensure product and service compliance.

Education Level

• Minimum of Associate or Technical Degree in a related field. Experience will be considered instead of Degree.

Work Experience

• Manufacturing, quality management, and root cause analysis experience (required)
• Working knowledge of ASME and welding and fabrication experience (required)
• Proven leadership or supervisory experience (preferred)
• Highly motivated, detailed, and results-oriented with strong execution, organization, and communication (verbal and written) skills demonstrated experience.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist QC/Inspection supervisor when needed.
• Assist with internal and external training to improve testing methods, processes, and procedures.
• Communicate with vendors and perform inspections at vendor’s locations.
• Conduct or participate in audits.
• Ensure vendors utilize correct revision of drawings, procedures, and specifications.
• Inspect welds, dimensions, paint, and overall quality of the tanks.
• Lead or participate in improvement teams and investigations (RCA).
• Maintain records as per record requirements.
• Perform inspection in manufacturing and post-manufacturing to ensure compliance with internal, external, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform receiving inspection on vendor finished work to ensure the weld quality, dimensional measurements, paint, etc.
• Periodically verify the vendor’s manufacturing process to ensure compliance with Gardner’s quality and manufacturing procedures.
• Review and verify vendor evacuation logs to ensure testing process, readings, and procedures are in compliance with Gardner quality requirements.
• Review vendor’s WQTR, WPS/PQR, and ensure qualified welders perform welding on projects.
• Review, gather, and maintain required documentation from manufacturing and vendors for job-specific requirements (e.g. Evacuation logs, VJ pipe testing, 3way assembly, Pallet and frame, etc.).
• Review/Verify Mill Test Reports (MTR) for the material being used by vendors for manufacturing.
• Submit inspection reports (vendor and in the shop), NCR/Variation to QC Supervisor for review and enter variations where necessary.
• Work with Quality Manager, Supplier Quality Manager, Quality Control Supervisor, Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure in-house and vendor inspections and compliance, solve issues, and assist in continual improvement activities about all Gardner PA Facilities.
• Work with vendors and Quality Management to ensure vendor issues are addressed and root cause analyses performed where appropriate.
• Work with vendors to ensure reports are submitted on time and evaluate vendor overall quality of workmanship.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to travel locally 30-40% with occasional overnight travel approximately 5% as needed.
• Proficient in MS Office applications required.
• Working knowledge of cryogenic pressure vessels (e.g. vacuum, leak integrity, etc.)

Benefits/Perks

• Affordable medical
• Dental
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Retirement plans

Employer’s Statement

Air Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.