Sr. Advanced Quality Engineer - The Toro Company
The Toro Company

Who Are We?

At the Toro Company's corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota we pride ourselves in being an industry leader for outdoor environment products. These markets include turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility, specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Our teams at this location take pride in being on the cutting edge of creating innovative products while partnering with world-class employees that bring passion to their everyday work. This is a location that truly values its employees with upward career mobility and advancement opportunities.

Job Purpose

This role will develop, implement, maintain and improve the quality of new product by proactively planning and deploying tools necessary to launch high quality products. Position is responsible to work with product development teams, suppliers, and manufacturing to develop comprehensive advanced quality plans (AQP) on new and existing products. Advanced Quality Plans consist of identifying key components, assemblies and characteristics, evaluating processes and their capabilities; identify risks (Risk Assessment-FMEA's), deploying corrective actions and validating products prior to their release for distribution.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in the overall development & deployment of new product advanced quality plans, processes, procedures and systems for the Toro Company.
  
• Responsible to ensure APQP deliverables are met during NPD stage-gate development process, including FMEA, PPAP Reviews, Design Reviews, DPAR, ISIR, Prototype & Pilot Builds and production release.
  
• Participate in product team meetings and provide input to insure that the quality planning process is followed during the development of new products and maintenance of existing products.
  
• Facilitate Machine Risk Assessments with the product development teams to identify key components, suppliers, assemblies, and historical product risks.
  
• Investigate and perform other necessary activities to qualify key product and process capabilities and/or report on potential or known risks associated with key components, assemblies, and suppliers.
  
• Develop working relationships with manufacturing and appropriate suppliers to develop, implement, and audit comprehensive quality plans for components, products, and services to insure they meet the requirements of TTC and its customers.
  
• Report on the advanced quality planning process, through process monitoring, validation, data analysis, and use of advanced quality plans.
  
• Lead and participate in corrective actions, preventive actions, and continuous improvement activities; including identification, documenting, tracking, and completion of required activities that may be assigned by product development teams.
  
• Provide and maintain quality reports, records and plans for the supported product lines, teams, and other associated quality activities.
  

Note: The responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the company.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, Systems Engineering or Industrial Engineering required
  
• Quality Engineer II: 2-4 years experience in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and/or project management in a manufacturing plant setting is required.
  
  Quality Engineer III: 4-7years experience in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and/or project management in a manufacturing plant setting is required.
  
  Quality Engineer IV: 7+years experience in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and/or project management in a manufacturing plant setting is required.
  
• ASQ or AIAG Certifications in the areas of Advanced Quality Engineering, Quality Auditing, or Six Sigma is preferred
  
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills required
  
• Capacity to work independently within a team-oriented, collaborative environment
  
• Ability to work closely with internal and external resources at all levels in the areas of quality planning, risk analysis, corrective action and continuous improvement
  
• Proven analytical problem-solving experience
  
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks/deadlines efficiently
  
• Must be skilled in the use of personal computers with experience in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, CreoView, Windchill and SAP systems
  
• Able and willing to travel (up to 30%) depending on project
  

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits -The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQlocation a variety of perks, including:

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
  
• Location - Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!
  
• Food - Take advantage of our onsite café, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.
  
• Wellness - The Toro Company's HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.
  
• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
  
• Summer Hours- Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.
  
• Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility.
  
• Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
  

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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