- Field
- Quality engineering and management
- Location
- Spring Grove, IL
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Pay
- $90k to $120k
What you would own
- Support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS).
- Lead and participate in internal and supplier quality audits, including identifying nonconformances, documenting findings, communicating results, and ensuring corrective action closure.
- Serve as a Lead Auditor and provide training, mentoring, and guidance to internal auditors.
- Facilitate Corrective Action Requests (CARs), including verification, effectiveness measurement, and sustainability audits to prevent recurring quality issues.
- Lead cross-functional structured problem-solving initiatives utilizing 8D, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
- Support supplier quality programs, including supplier audits, inspection plans, nonconformance evaluations, and disposition of nonconforming materials.
- Interface directly with customers and third-party auditors regarding quality requirements, specifications, manufacturing capabilities, product concerns, and corrective actions.
- Interpret customer specifications, engineering drawings, and technical requirements, providing guidance and training to manufacturing and inspection personnel.
- Coordinate and support customer audits, external quality system audits, and customer inspection activities.
- Develop and maintain quality procedures, documentation, and customer-specific deviations when required.
- Support dimensional inspection and metrology programs, including CMM, laser measurement, Romer technology, and associated 3D inspection software.
- Partner with inspection personnel to improve measurement techniques, equipment utilization, and inspection accuracy.
- Provide oversight and continuous improvement of calibration programs, measurement system validation, equipment certifications, and calibration records.
- Develop, monitor, and communicate quality performance metrics to identify trends, reduce defects, and improve manufacturing processes.
- Apply FMEA, Control Plans, Six Sigma, and Lean methodologies to strengthen process controls, eliminate waste, and drive measurable improvements.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, and supply chain teams to resolve quality concerns and support operational excellence.
- Promote a strong culture of safety, quality accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.