Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience of Quality Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Improvement, Process Management or Data Center Engineering/Operations.
• Bachelor’s in engineering or construction management or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in utilizing analysis, problem-solving, and associated quality tools.
• Demonstrated experience in directly and indirectly managing output of complex projects, programs, suppliers, or internal teams.
• Experience sharing information and influencing (communication skills, liaising cross functionally both internally and externally). This includes executive communications and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct vendor audits, evaluate onsite trend data reflective of vendor performance, (set in place inspections, construction, start-up, and commissioning execution) and establish strategic vendor improvement objectives to refine vendor processes, training and phase gating that result in reduced risk of shipping issues to sites and impacting start-up and commissioning.
• Develop/monitor quality program metrics to evaluate vendor manufacturing & project performance. Analyze said metrics to understand the root cause of any disconcerting trends and then work with the applicable parties to correct those items.
• Contribute to building high performing teams by mentoring and developing offsite Vendor teams by providing feedback to meet and exceed manufacturing expectations by defining performance objectives while influencing on-site teammates and partners such as Regional Quality Managers, BMS Quality Managers, General contractor teams, Vendor support teams, Trade Partners, and other Meta Infrastructure Data Center teams.
• In conjunction with the Regional Quality Manager, BMS Quality Manager, DEC, ISCE and FacOps matrixed teams, establish effective processes and standards to enable efficient scope execution and effective cross-functional communications.
• Provide leadership to offsite vendor and onsite OFE management and quality teams while interfacing at the highest level between sourcing, design, construction, facility operations leadership and the general contractor.
• Provide direction and feedback to vendor staff, general contractor staff and trade partners on the OFCI Management and Quality program.
• Provide onboarding and continuous training of Vendor personnel to ensure awareness of quality procedures and specific responsibilities vital to the Meta Quality program.
• Through the establishment of partnerships, coordinate quality issues and schedule dynamics between the Meta design, ISCE, construction, and facility operations teams to ensure operational readiness.
• Audit Quality activities of vendor and project team staff as often and as necessary to assess conformance with the manufacturing expectations.
• Recommend and verify effective implementation of corrective and preventive actions for Vendor Audit and Execution non-conformances and quality issues, in coordination with sourcing partners, vendor management, design, engineering, construction and other functional disciplines.
• Partner with Vendor teams and Project Teams in review of Level 3, 4, and 5 Energization, Start-up, and Commissioning schedules to help ensure issue counts are trending downward, gating issues mitigated, adequate field service representatives are mobilized, and vendor risks are proactively avoided.
• Help drive the closure of open issues and escalate any outstanding open items not getting closed out in a timely manner.
• Assist in confirming that Level 2 and Level 3 testing documentation is properly completed and retained in a timely manner that aligns with micro-schedule milestones.
• Attend required Construction Meetings such as the weekly project and monthly global Quality meeting, MEP/OAC weekly meetings, and daily start-up and commissioning meetings.
• Remain informed of operational equipment deficiencies, evaluate systemic potential and program manage systemic vendor RCA and mitigation strategies.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (anticipated 40-60%).

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified ASQ quality manager or quality engineer or auditor.
• Extensive experience in supplier performance management.
• Technical knowledge of data centers and critical electrical and mechanical systems.
• Industrial engineering experience.
• Experience utilizing Autodesk BIM360 Field and/or ACC Build software.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Equivalent Certifications.