Quality Engineer

Fortune Brands • Indianapolis, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will coordinate resources to best support Manufacturing Operations across the plant, lead quality, and cost improvement projects; work with all facets of the value stream from vendor to end customer to drive quality improvements; support new product launch.

Requirements

• 4-year degree from an accredited university, prefer Quality or Engineering degree
• At least 5 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment; supervisory experience preferred.
• Proven successful track record identifying, controlling, and preventing product and process non-conformances.
• Ability to lead and influence others that are not under direct supervision.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Root Cause Analysis, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, and Control Plan experience
• Lean Manufacturing experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication Skills
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Strong ability to be or become a Change Agent, helping our teams meet future requirements.
• Confidently and professionally provide coaching to Quality Associates, holding self and team members accountable for achieving aggressive goals and while adhering to the TT PAR guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Coach and Develop Quality Technicians, Monitors, Analysts, and Group Leads
• Support plant metrics.
• Lead Problem Solving for Quality issues in your assigned area including containment, root cause, and corrective / preventive actions. (CAPA / 8D methodologies)
• Accountable for assigned Quality improvement projects. (WAR teams / Data driven priorities)
• Lead improvement projects leveraging PDCA and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Lead and support daily communications with Operations Huddle Board meetings.
• Timely communications to all appropriate functions
• Implement permanent corrective actions to eliminate process and product failures.
• Understand and translate Voice of Customer, Voice of Process, and Voice of Business into actionable items to improve manufacturing performance.
• Identify gaps between current processes and standardized work, Process FMEA’s and Control Plans and take actions to correct.
• Support cross-functional teams to resolve quality problems with customers, purchasing, supplier quality, design engineering, product management, process engineering, and manufacturing operations.
• Participate in incident investigations and resolutions.
• Immediately address any potential safety or ergonomic issues with a “safety first” attitude
• Actively participate in the Safety programs.

Benefits

• annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan
• robust health plans
• a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
• product discounts
• flexible time off benefits
• adoption benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees