QA Engineer III
ITT Inc. - English US
- Location
- Onsite (Lancaster, PA)
- Compensation
- $83k - $124k/yr
- Level
- Mid Level
About the Role
ITT Inc. is a global manufacturer of engineered components for flow, aerospace, and defense markets. This role supports operations by ensuring product quality, managing non-conformances, and driving continuous improvement through process validation and regulatory compliance.
Skills
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Paid time off
Perks
- Incentive compensation
Full job details
About ITT:
ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.
Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:
Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions.Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.
Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.
Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA.
Position Summary
ITT Engineered Valves is searching for a Quality Engineer to join their team in Lancaster, PA. The Quality Engineer supports operations through application of quality engineering skills. This individual will play an active role in processes to ensure products and services meet quality standards consistent with company policies, while meeting all design control and other regulatory requirements. This role also supports plant activities in process validation, process capability issues and customer issues, initiates corrective and preventive action, with an eye to increased capability and customer satisfaction and supports Quality System implementation.
Essential Responsibilities
- Implement and drive process changes that strengthens ITT’s quality assurance program.
- Create, train and manage certified polisher program for individual lean technicians. Implement changes from ASME:BPE and train as required.
- Contribute information toward material review meetings with process improvement deliverables.
- Review or disposition of non-conformances and returned material evaluation process for site.
- Performs detailed inspection and analysis of sample components regarding dimensional conformance to drawings and non-destructive testing. Issues production release and approval of sample components for production start up.
- Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation of product.
- Develops, implements and monitors process control methods, including Run Charts, Pareto Charts, SPC Charts or other tools as defined as necessary for Manufacturing Processes.
- Facilitates the disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost and responsibility. Analyzes and trends facility scrap and creates corrective action plans to reduce.
- Reviews and assists in the engineering design of new components, as well as redesign of existing components to ensure proper function and suitable producibility and inspection by outside vendors and in-house manufacturing departments.
- Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
- Provides technical support & training to the inspectors as required which includes receiving inspection and in-process inspection activities, measuring and testing product using computerized coordinate axis machines, alloy analyzing and topography measurement devices, and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.
- Trains and certifies as a member of our internal auditor program.
- Contribute to the evaluation and assessment of suppliers within the supplier assessment and approval process.
- Participates in customer driven and regulatory agency reviews of the Quality Management System.
- Coordinates customer inspection visits for on-site inspection activities with any other internal departments and personnel.
- Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions as necessary.
- Demonstrated knowledge of customer and regulatory agency requirements as they pertain to manufacturing environments and quality management systems. (ie… ASME, ISO, NRC, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree plus 3-5 years in a competitive quality or manufacturing environment or equivalent education and experience.
- Experience working within a highly regulated industry in a Quality Assurance function a plus.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret blueprints, GD&T, common scientific and technical journals.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to effectively present information to peers and top management.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Requires strong leadership, influencing and relationship building skills.
- Advanced Excel experience
- Internal and external certification in Visual Examination, Polish Inspector, Non-destructive Examination, Greenbelt and Auditor Qualifications must be achieved and maintained.
Position Requirements
This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.Safety is a core value at ITT. Our employees understand and follow all ITT safety policies and procedures, participate in workplace inspections, safety training, and in the development of job safety analyses.ITT Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.