Lead PQ Engineer

Job Description Summary

Drive manufacturing processes control & system establishment to ensure fulfillment of internal and external requirements. Ensures that projects and products are capable and will meet specific quality standards. In-depth understanding of key business drivers & KPIs; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the business.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for product quality of specific production line, daily communication with shop floor operation team & Manufacturing Engineers.
• Lead NC part review & disposition, generate NC trending and statistical reports. 
• Lead quality issue and improvement plan tracking, lead cross function team to generate containment actions, permanent actions and track sustainability and practicality.
• Lead quality review meeting & drive improvement actions implementation 
• Ensures quality control while identifying & driving process effectiveness and efficiency improvement.
• Utilize proven interpersonal skills to communicate with supplier/business/cross functional team members.
• Operates with some autonomy and professional judgment, provides informal guidance to team members, concisely explains complex information to others.
• Utilizes professional experience, technical skills, and analytical thinking to provide compliance guidance to colleagues and assist with problem resolution. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• Creates a Quality culture by driving quality improvement activities, drive zero defect culture expansion within site.
• Aware and comply with GEHC Quality Management System and ISO 13485.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or a minimum of 5 years' work experience in Quality relate field. Mechanical, EE or other engineering majors.
• Closed loop quality management mindset, multiple roles in quality related fields,  such as product quality/process quality/customer quality/supplier quality etc.
• Strong data analysis skills, familiar with Quality tools, such as 5-WHY, 8D, MSA, SPC, CP, 6 sigma etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (both written and oral).
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency with MS Office word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications and quality tools.
• 6 sigma Green Belt, Black Belt preferred.

Desired Characteristics

• Minimum of 7 years' experience in a quality related position is preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Established project management skills.
• Demonstrated expertise to effectively communicate with cross functional teams and suppliers to achieve product quality improvement, previous direct contact/management with suppliers is preferred.
• Experience leading and implementing changes, ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in fast-paced challenging environment with both flexibility and resillence.
• Strong analytical & problem solving skills, exceptional root-cause analysis skills.
• Team player, demonstrated collaboration, negotiation & conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to multi-task & handle tasks with competing priorities effectively.
• Strong technical aptitude (i.e. able to read & comprehend technical documentation & execute procedures).

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.  

Total Rewards 

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.