Quality Engineer

ALPLA NOAM•Kansas City, MO

44d•Onsite

About The Position

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability. What You Will Enjoy Doing: Support the site Integrated Management System (IMS) and Quality Assurance activities through projects and initiatives that ensure compliance with internal, customer and regulatory requirements. Provides quality engineering support to operations, quality control and continuous improvement activities. Promote the quality mind set in the plant.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering preferred (other science or technical degrees considered) with 1–2 years of relevant experience preferred. Five years of related work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Some experience in a high volume manufacturing or lab environment preferred.
Some work experience in Quality Assurance.
Experience with physical lab testing equipment, calipers, scales, digital height gauge and compression force testing equipment.
Strong statistical Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable).
Knowledge of Project Management and experience leading projects (ideal).
Computer proficiency (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, SPC and/or MiniTab).
Ability to work well with other departments and plants, and lead small.
Able to handle multi-task environment with excellent organizational.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
Knowledge of Project Management and experience leading projects (ideal)

Responsibilities

Measurement and Test Systems: Leads optimization of laboratory and in-line measurement and test systems to ensure accurate, reliable and repeatable data. Trains production and quality personnel on proper use of measurement and test systems. Maintains calibration status, standards and verification requirements for quality related equipment. Monitors inline and laboratory testing through routine review of SPC and quality data to ensure data integrity and appropriate reaction.
Mold Approvals: Leads and supports mold qualification, verification and approval activities. Analyzes mold performance data to confirm conformance to product and customer requirements and supports corrective actions as needed.
Customer & Internal Quality Issues: Leads analysis of internal quality data and customer complaint trends to identify root causes and systemic issues. Reviews customer scorecards and supports implementation of improvement actions in partnership with operations. Partners with production to establish and validate optimized process settings, particularly during sampling, product qualification and process changes. Leads root cause analysis activities involving cross functional teams and ensures corrective actions are data driven and effective.
Quality System: Supports the Quality Manager in maintaining compliance with ISO 9001, FSSC 22000 and applicable regulatory and customer requirements. Assists in execution of hazard analysis and risk mitigation programs, including HACCP and change management activities. Prepares technical inputs and supports execution of internal, customer and external audits, including follow-up on assigned actions.
Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement: Leads and supports site continuous improvement projects focused on reducing variation, improving capability and preventing recurrence of issues. Applies data analysis and statistical tools to drive problem solving and improvement initiatives. Supports deployment and sustainment of operational excellence tools within the plant.