Quality Engineer - Chemicals/Process

Join the Fluidra team as a Quality Engineer and work for a global market leader, located in Keysborough.

Fluidra aims to provide a fun and inclusive work environment where our values guide our behaviour. We strive to provide the perfect pool experience, responsibly. We have a strong geographical footprint with operations in over 45 countries. In Australia, we operate out of a Six Green Star energy rated facility and have a national workforce of 500 staff across five states and growing. We design, manufacture and sell a wide variety of premium quality pool products locally and across the world.

Benefits:

• Ongoing learning support including training and development opportunities
• Work-Life Balance including WFH arrangements and paid-parental leave
• Competitive remuneration with performance-based incentives
• Commitment to wellbeing including Employee Assistance Program & Flu Shots
• Great perks such as company bonus scheme, birthday leave and staff discounts

What you will be doing:

• Assist in the enforcement and overall effectiveness of all quality assurance and quality control activity in Fluidra APAC Australia manufacturing sites 
• Assist in the maintenance and governance of compliance for the pool and spa chemical quality management system and chemical customer standards
• Assist in chemical system/process activities and audits with retail customers and Australia/New Zealand government agencies and chemical standards (APVMA, AICS, NZIoC, ACCC)
• Assist in supplier qualification including supplier on-site audits and evaluation, ensuring supplier compliance and implementing improvement plans where deficiencies are documented
• Approve finished products by confirming specifications, conducting visual and testing as appropriate, coordinating and confirming the re-work process for returning products 
• Assist in Quality related deliverables of Fluidra New Product Development (NPD) process such as advanced product quality plan methodology, manufacturing readiness and part production approval process
• Address product and process nonconformance and prevent recurrence through containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventative action
• Track warranty field failure data and assist in failure analysis
• Inspection of critical components to print/standard requirements using various gauges and test equipment

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science or equivalent technical degree
• 3-5 years of experience working in a manufacturing, engineering and/or chemicals environment including experience with both manual and automated Inspection Tools (calipers, micrometers, CMM’s) and evaluating inspection reports to prints and specifications
• Familiar with electronic/pool care or chemical manufacturing, assembly and pack-out processes
• Experience with 8D (RCCA) and/or AIAG CQI-20 Effective Problem-Solving models.
• Basic education on AIAG tools and concepts (Control Plan, PFMEA, MSA, Layered Process Audits, etc.)
• Available to travel domestically and internationally to suppliers as well as regular travel between sites

Fluidra is a workplace where everyone can develop. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this role would make you eager to come into work each day.