About Job

Company

Hayward Industries

Address

61 Whitecap Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852

Position Industry

Manufacturing/Warehouse

Position Title

Quality Technician

Wages

$17.00-$23.00 Based on experience.

Requirements

Previous work experience required, Resume required

Hiring in Multiple Locations?

No

Shifts Available

Evening

Position Description

Position Overview:

Primary technical support person to the Quality Manager. Position requires technical competence, as the position will routinely interact with Manufacturing Engineering, Technical Services, Production, Design Engineering and Materials Management, as well as external suppliers,

Major tasks and responsibilities:

• Perform (individually or as a team member) Product Failure Analyses to determine root cause of failure, document analysis findings to drive Corrective Action and product improvement

• Perform visual and functional evaluation of all field returned products.

• Functional testing of returned PCBAs, assemblies and components.

• Recording complete and accurate results of all returned product evaluations.

• Perform quality audits to include Quality System, Regulatory Compliance, Product, and Process audits as directed by the Quality Manager. Prepare audit plans, reports of audit findings, and brief audit findings to interested parties. Perform follow-up validations of corrective actions resulting from audits to ensure corrective action effectiveness and suitability

• Assist in the preparation of Quality Department documentation such as Quality Control Plans, Quality Inspection procedures, or other items directed by the Quality Manager

• Perform First Article and Incoming Inspections

• Assist the Quality Manager in the management of key vendor (supplier) performance to include nonconformance analysis, tracking, and reporting; Supplier Corrective Action Requests preparation and tracking; and Vendor ScoreCard preparation

• Participate on Failure Mode Effects Analysis teams performing Design, Process, or Applications FMEA

• Monitor and report on company metrics that include but not limited to Internal Quality Yields, Scrap, Warranty, Supplier Quality and Cost of Quality

• Participate in New Product Development activities such as FMEA, DFM, PPI, Lean Manufacturing, Pilot Runs and Six Sigma

• Perform statistical analyses, such as Gage R&R, Process/Product Capability, and Pass Yields when appropriate or directed. Explain findings of these studies to interested parties and recommend appropriate actions that should be taken based on analysis results

• Maintain documents and records both paper and electronic

• Other duties as assigned by the Quality Manager

Qualifications:

• ASQ Certified Quality Technician (CQT) preferred

• Familiarity with GD&T preferred

Education and Experience:

• Associates Degree in a technical discipline such as Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or three years of related quality experience in a high volume electro-mechanical manufacturing environment.

• Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Able to effectively write technical reports and correspondence. Able to effectively communicate orally to groups.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio and Power Point).

• Understand proper use of measurement equipment (Calipers, micrometers, pin gages, height gages, plug and ring gages). The ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings.

• Experience inspecting to IPC-610 preferred

• Experience programming or operating a CMM or Optical Comparator is a plus

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Able to develop detailed instructions, procedures and flow-charts.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, stand and walk. The employee will frequently be required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

About Job

Company

Hayward Industries

Address

61 Whitecap Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852

Position Industry

Manufacturing/Warehouse

Position Title

Senior Project Engineer

Wages

Salaried position based on experience.

Requirements

Previous work experience required, Resume required

Hiring in Multiple Locations?

No

Shifts Available

Daytime

Position Description

Position Overview:

Based in our North Kingstown, RI facility, and reporting to the Manager of Platform Engineering, the Sr. Project Engineer will be responsible for actively participating in the development of electro-mechanical assemblies and systems for innovative pool lighting and control platforms worldwide. As a Hayward Sr. Project Engineer, this hands-on position will design, manage and execute product design and development from concept through volume production in a cross-functional team environment and ensure that the highest levels of design reliability, quality and performance are observed.

Major tasks and responsibilities:

• Participate in cross-functional engineering teams to meet product and company objectives for the Platform Engineering group. Define project milestones and report progress from concept to production – for larger projects, these activities will be done in conjunction with a project manager.

• Provide project ownership for platform development projects in support of new product development for all business units at Hayward.

• Hands-on design and development of complex electro-mechanical assemblies and Bills of Materials in support of product development efforts.

• Coordinate all engineering tasks, agency regulations, testing and mitigations as necessary, orchestrate design reviews, support prototype, Alpha and Beta builds and testing for all phases of development.

• Ability to summarize and provide concise status reports of project progress. Ability to define issues encountered during development and provide options and recommendations for resolution.

• Work with internal resources and outside vendors and partners in support of product development.

• Collaborate with Hayward Engineering Services resources for Reliability Engineering, Product Testing and Compliance.

• Communicate design requirements to Hayward manufacturing and outside suppliers.

Experience/Qualifications:

• BSME or BSEE with 10+ years of experience in a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering product development environment.

• 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional development efforts (water product experience a plus)

• Knowledge of safety standards and agency regulations, EMC and Environmental compliance

• Demonstrated experience with the development of products from concept to final manufacture, balancing cost, performance and schedule. Design and development of medium to high-volume consumer products a plus.

• Demonstrated experience interfacing with manufacturing engineering and production personnel.

• Knowledge of product development process tools and analysis methods

• Experience in electronics integration and packaging, including thermal management of electronics enclosures and cable routing/management

• Experience with configuration management and the engineering change control process.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills; skill at developing and delivering technical subject matter presentations to non-technical staff and executives

• Team player who works across multiple functional areas to deliver project requirements.

Education:

• BSME / BSEE with 10+ years of experience