Quality Engineer

Essity • Manchester, CT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Essity is recruiting a Quality Engineer for its manufacturing facility in Manchester, Connecticut. The role supports quality compliance, measurement standards, documentation, material and product specifications, process and product follow-up, training, continuous improvement, supplier qualification, and quality reporting. The Quality Engineer works with production, process engineering, and technical teams and participates in daily and weekly operational meetings. The position requires a commitment to safety, a healthy and sustainable work environment, and Essity’s continuous improvement efforts. Travel requirement: 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in quality management, business, engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in manufacturing/assembly engineering, operations, engineering, or quality.
• Experience performing internal and external audits, including supplier and vendor audits.
• Experience in document control and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Ability to analyze quality data, identify trends, and implement corrective actions.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis for recurring quality issues.
• Proficiency in statistics, data analytics, design of experiments (DOE), and multivariate statistics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to listen, articulate, and advocate.
• Ability to travel 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a regulated industry, such as ISO 9001, AS9100, or ISO 13485.
• Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Six Sigma Black Belt, or ASQ certifications.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe, healthy, and sustainable work environment and act as a role model for safety.
• Support safety improvements and demonstrate commitment to the I Care journey.
• Assure legal compliance in quality matters.
• Develop standards for quality measurements in the laboratory and on production lines.
• Ensure standard documentation is available and implemented correctly.
• Keep material and product/article specifications up to date.
• Develop capability tools to support appropriate process and product follow-up.
• Train RST, quality department, and operations crews on quality subjects, including product specifications, quality checks, SPC, and validation routines.
• Support continuous improvement using Daily Direction Setting (DDS) zero-loss flowcharts and/or SGA/FI in line with business needs.
• Report consumer complaints and quality KPIs to the site, unit, and production lines.
• Perform supplier qualification and monitoring activities and maintain the Approved Supplier List (ASL).
• Support Process Engineers and the Technical Team in assessing the quality impact of improvements.
• Communicate effectively and participate in Daily and Weekly Operational Meetings (DOMs and WOMs).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• United Healthcare PPO health insurance.
• EyeMed vision insurance.
• Delta Dental insurance.
• Wellness program through Rally Healthcare.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution.
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• PTO and paid holidays.
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.
• Annual incentive bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level