SUMMARY
We are seeking a Quality / Continuous Improvement Engineer for a prominent company located in Central Pennsylvania, known for its high-quality manufacturing and product solutions. The company specializes in providing advanced and reliable products tailored to meet the diverse needs of its customers. With a strong commitment to excellence and innovation, this organization has established itself as a leader in its industry, serving a broad range of markets with precision-engineered solutions. The company prides itself on its dedication to customer satisfaction, quality craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Will lead and implement quality and continuous improvement strategies, evaluate processes, and ensure quality standards are met, improved and exceeded. Identify potential quality issues and proactively implement solutions.
- Enable faster, smarter, and safer business processes.
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate technologies to ensure they are up to date in quality and safety.
- Create documentation for findings and recommendations.
- Communicate regularly with production leadership and plan and prioritize projects and garner leadership support of these activities.
- Monitor and analyze quality performance of incoming materials and outgoing products.
- Investigate and respond to customer complaints.
- Inspecting and testing materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure quality specifications are met.
- Assist engineering team to help plant operate at its peak efficiency.
- Assist engineering team as needed in the development and management of capital projects, systems, and equipment.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field and/or combination of education and on-the-job experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of work in a similar capacity.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience producing quantifiable savings and quality improvement in manufacturing.
- Lean experience with Six Sigma preferred.
- ISO Certification preferred.
- Requires the ability to work independently with very limited supervision.
- Requires the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the company.
- Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Firm understanding of continuous improvement and root cause analysis.