Quality Engineer
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Description
The Quality Engineer improves product quality, work processes, and environmental performance across operations. This role investigates complaints and nonconformities, analyzes performance data, supports audits, and leads improvement projects. The engineer works with operating teams to prevent repeat issues and maintain effective quality and environmental management systems.
Tasks
- Lead root-cause analysis for customer complaints, internal findings, and environmental incidents.
- Coordinate reviews of quality and environmental procedures tied to continuous-improvement efforts.
- Lead and support process-improvement projects across the organization.
- Analyze and report key performance indicators to prevent product, process, and environmental nonconformities.
- Conduct internal project and management-system audits and present findings to stakeholders.
- Support operating teams with process and quality data analysis and improvement goals.
- Develop and integrate environmental and quality management-system practices aligned with ISO 14001:2015.
Qualifications / Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, mathematics, or a related technical field.
- At least five years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading root-cause analysis, audits, and continuous-improvement projects.
- Working knowledge of quality and environmental management systems, including ISO standards.
- Strong data-analysis, report-writing, presentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
- ASQ training or certification is preferred.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification is preferred.
