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Employment Opportunities:

posted 2/2/10

Director of Quality 

Please contact Nathan Dold, MRSLC (Management Recruiters of St Lawrence County) @ Nathan@mrslc.com or call 315-393-9460

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posted 1/10/10

Mitsubishi Power Systems has an immediate opening for an experienced Quality Engineer with manufacturing and/or repair experience at its facility located in Orlando Florida.  The ideal candidate will utilize QA/QC principles to maintain high capacity utilization and optimize manufacturing and repair operations ensuring products meet customer requirements.  Below are some of the essential duties and responsibilities of the position:

 ·  Bachelor's degree (BA) in Engineering from four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

·           The position requires certification as a Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) or Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), within six months of employment. Additional certifications in Nondestructive Testing and/or Welding Inspection (AWS/CWI) are highly desirable.

·        -Strong manufacturing/industrial background with the ability to understand drawings, and apply statistical process control (SPC), design of experiments, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, sampling techniques, and other advanced statistical methods.

·       - Assist in establishing and maintaining information systems along with creating reports.

·        -Perform root cause analysis.

·        -Lead corrective and preventive action initiatives.

·        -Ensure ISO compliance by maintaining/creating processes and documentation.

·        -Perform and report ISO/quality audits (internal and external).

·        -Use SPC on applicable manufacturing/repair operations to determine process stability and verify proper implementation of process control.

·        -Collect and analyze data to eliminate redundant or unnecessary processes and improve existing processes (minimize rework and scrap). Ability to identify and interpret trends in data.

·        -Serve as a key member on the Material Review Board and assist in determining material as being rework or scrap along with other associated duties.

·        -Ensure material requisitions and certifications meet requirements of material specifications.

·        -Finalize product inspection procedures.

·        -Assist in performing process qualification/validation and capability analysis. A key person in approving process changes and creating processes for new products.

·        -Ensure proper use of tool and gauging and that calibration requirements are met.

·        -Establish quality related training programs and techniques.

·        -Perform other such duties as may be required.

If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for the above position, please e-mail your resume (MS Word) with salary requirements to:  rkavanaugh@mpshq.com or fax your resume to (407) 688-6994.  No telephone calls please.

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posted 12/22/09

Position:

Quality Assurance Engineer, Sr. or Quality Manager

Overview:

Candidate will be responsible for planning and implementing quality assurance policies, procedures and initiatives to meet the Company’s strategic goals. This includes multiple ISO certifications, FDA-GMP, quality systems audits, quality production controls/metrics, new product introduction and new process validations.  A strong Analytical Lab background is required. Compensation will include base salary and bonus. 

Reports To:  Vice President, Quality Assurance                                             

Job Type: Full Time                                                                                       

Benefits:  Yes                                                                                                

Location: Fellsmere, FL

Primary Responsibilities:

·  Learn and understand the Company’s global strategy, operating processes and procedures.

·  Develop, document and implement an effective multi-site Quality Mgmt System that achieves multiple ISO certifications, FDA-GMP and meets national and international Envir. Health & Safety regulatory compliance.

·  Provide QA support and/or authorization for new product introduction, new process validation and batch-lot release process. Familiarity with a ‘stage-gate’ new product introduction methodology is preferred.

·  Technically interface with internal and external Analytical Labs to define test plans, interpret test results and implement actions based on the analytical findings for animal feed, bio-fuel and water quality test results.

·  Develop, document and implement Quality Assurance processes and procedures that will enable licensees of the Company’s process technology to operate their facilities such that they perform consistently within defined process control limits and deliver products that consistently meet or exceed specifications.

·  Support/mentor and implement disciplined problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives based on root-cause analysis and closed-loop corrective action methodologies.

Desired Qualifications:

·  Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Chemical Engineering or Biology.  A background in Agriculture, Fluid- systems and Live-organism systems experience is strongly preferred. Other appropriate disciplines considered.

·  5+ years (for Engineer), 10+ years (for Manager) experience in Quality Assurance.

·  Fluent in Analytical Lab (proximate, microbiological, amino acids, elemental) test methodologies and can form solid product and production process action plans based on the test results.

·  Strong ISO and/or FDA GMP experience in a large-scale commercial fluid- systems process business within the last 3 years.

·  Committed to facts-and-logic, data-driven root-cause analysis, closed-loop management methods.

·  Fluent in MS Office/Project/Visio, statistical problem-solving and analysis tools, value-stream mapping, web-based workflow management, etc.

·  Comfortable working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.

·  A team player with excellent interpersonal, verbal, oral and written communication skills. 

Best Regards,

Ed Klaczak

 Vice President, Quality Assurance

1901 S. Harbor City Blvd. Suite #300

  Melbourne , FL   32901

 (321) 409-7932 (office)

 (321) 480-1728 (cell)

 eklaczak@petroalgae.com

 www.petroalgae.com

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