Sr Quality Engineer (8-month contract)

1002 LEGO Operac. MX, SA de CV; Monterrey; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Headspace app access

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture

Job summary

LEGO Group in a manufacturing facility near Monterrey, Mexico, seeks a Sr Quality Engineer for Moulding to ensure premium quality and safety standards. You will be a key contact for internal and external customers, lead quality improvement initiatives, and collaborate across Moulding and Engineering to strengthen processes and product quality.

This role translates quality data into decisions, drives local and global projects, and promotes a strong quality mindset across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using Quality Core Tools, including FMEA, Control Plans, process diagrams, MSA, and measurement system analysis.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and DMAIC methodology.
• Experience leading improvement projects and using data to support decision-making.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001; experience as an internal auditor is desirable.
• Experience with Minitab, including R&R studies, Pareto analysis, Ishikawa diagrams, and other statistical quality methods.
• Experience with moulding processes and measuring devices is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support customers and follow up on quality complaints, including verification of corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide technical support for complex quality analyses and issues.
• Partner with Moulding Operations, Production Preparation, Engineering, and other relevant teams to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Establish and apply clear criteria for the acceptance or rejection of products.
• Monitor performance, analyze trends using quality tools, and maintain relevant area KPIs.
• Lead and implement local and global quality projects.
• Maintain and improve FMEAs and Control Plans, sharing reports, standards, and technical knowledge with stakeholders.
• Promote a strong quality mindset and influence cross-functional teams to achieve the required quality levels.
• Make quality decisions regarding visual product defects, non-conforming material, and changes to Quality Moulding processes.

Skills

Quality core tools

FMEA

Control Plans

MSA

Ishikawa diagrams

Minitab

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

DMAIC

ISO 9001

Internal auditing

Tools

Minitab

Process diagrams

Job description

Join our QEHS team and help ensure that our products consistently meet premium quality and safety standards. As Sr Quality Engineer for Moulding, you will be a key contact for internal and external customers, lead quality improvement initiatives, and collaborate across Moulding and Engineering teams to strengthen processes and product quality. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact by translating quality data into decisions, influencing stakeholders, and driving local and global projects.

Core Responsibilities

• Support customers and follow up on quality complaints, including verification of corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide technical support for complex quality analyses and issues.
• Partner with Moulding Operations, Production Preparation, Engineering, and other relevant teams to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Establish and apply clear criteria for the acceptance or rejection of products.
• Monitor performance, analyze trends using quality tools, and maintain relevant area KPIs.
• Lead and implement local and global quality projects.
• Maintain and improve FMEAs and Control Plans, sharing reports, standards, and technical knowledge with stakeholders.
• Promote a strong quality mindset and influence cross-functional teams to achieve the required quality levels.
• Make quality decisions regarding visual product defects, non-conforming material, and changes to Quality Moulding processes.

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience in Quality area in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using Quality Core Tools, including FMEA, Control Plans, process diagrams, MSA, and measurement system analysis.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and DMAIC methodology.
• Experience leading improvement projects and using data to support decision-making.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001; experience as an internal auditor is desirable.
• Experience with Minitab, including R&R studies, Pareto analysis, Ishikawa diagrams, and other statistical quality methods.
• Experience with moulding processes and measuring devices is preferred.

Note: This position is based in our manufacturing factory located in Cienega de Flores, N.L. This is not a remote position.

What’s in it for you? Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – You'll find this at the top of this advert and when you join the team, we'll confirm this with you. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team. We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are.

Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow". The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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