Job Title:                   Quality Process Engineer

Department:              Operations

Reports to:                Plant Operations Manager

Location:                   Adirondack Bat Manufacturing Plant Dolgeville, NY

FLSA Status:             Exempt

General Overview: 

Quality Process Engineer position is responsible for continuous improvements activities across all domestic manufacturing locations within Rawlings Sporting Goods Company.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Comply with all OSHA and company Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security policies.
• Develop product manufacturing specifications and quality standards based on new product requirements.
• Implement and train workers in new specifications and standards.
• Perform first article inspections and troubleshooting related manufacturing problems, documenting and maintaining product and manufacturing documentation.
• Investigate and recommend new manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Manage both large and small manufacturing projects. 
• Determine operations required to produce products and develop processes to ensure quality, cost, and efficiency requirements are met.
• Research the purchase of equipment or upgrades to existing equipment.
• Participates and leads continuous improvement activities plant wide.
• Investigates and performs root cause analysis on production and customer issues.
• Understands and applies statistical processing analysis and controls (SPC) on critical quality parameters.
• Completes product, process and test audits at manufacturing sites. 
• Implements and audits production specifications on newly designed products. 
• Performs and maintains production measurement systems analysis on critical quality measurements such as gauge R&R and calibration records.
• Properly organizes and maintains QA inspection documents.
• Creates / Manages the work instructions for the plant
• Creates / Maintains the Bill of Materials / Routers for the production process.
• Performs time studies for the process.
• Works with the bat development team to make sure all materials needed are orders for sample/production runs.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably Composite, Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
• One to three years manufacturing engineering experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational skills and recording keeping.  
• Work independently as well as part of a team.  
• PLC programming experience a plus.
• Computer skills – Microsoft Excel, Word, Chartrunner, Minitab or any other data acquisition software. Working knowledge of JDEdwards or an ERP system is a plus.
• Travel as needed.

Working Conditions: General office and manufacturing working environment.

Safety Hazards:   Exposure to dust, airborne fibers, fumes, dirt, noise, vibrations, chemicals, and solvents.   Walking between buildings year-round is required.  Safety glasses, hearing protection, and gloves are required while performing certain tasks.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as contracts, ability to write advertising, reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.  Must have proven exceptional written presentation and verbal communication skills.   

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.   Ability to apply concepts of basic math and algebra.

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to apply common sense understanding and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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 and use hands requiring finger dexterity, and handling or working with equipment.  The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.   The employee will occasionally lift and/or move objects weighing 10-25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.  Employee will be required to hear telephone.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked to perform other instructions and/or duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the task listed in this job description.