Manufacturing Quality & Continuous Improvement Engineer

Kingfisher Recruiting; Spring Grove (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead initiatives for best-in-class process control and quality culture on the shop floor. The role focuses on integrating customer requirements (Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, AS9001) with manufacturing culture and is a key leader in supporting operations through complex problem solving.

You will drive continuous improvement, support the CAR system, and collaborate across functions to implement APQP, FMEA, 6S and lean tools,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Metallurgy (or equivalent) is required.
• Minimum 7 years of quality leadership experience with hands-on shop floor improvement.
• Six Sigma Black Belt with multiple projects; Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2008/AS9100 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a best-in-class quality culture and process control.
• Drive company-wide continuous improvement with emphasis on problem solving.
• Support and enhance the CAR system and cross-functional teams.
• Articulate process control importance to all levels of staff.
• Lead quality initiatives and data-driven problem solving events.
• Build relationships to attain Best-in-Class performance across functions.
• Ensure engagement with sales and production leaders and provide technical support.
• Facilitate APQP, FMEA, and lean tools in new product/process design/startup.
• Organize resources to address real-time in-process quality problems and resolve non-conformances.
• Assist with internal/external audits and layered process audits.

Skills

Strategic orientation

MS Office

Minitab

APQP

FMEA

8D problem solving

Lean tools

Value stream mapping

TPM

Root cause analysis

Statistics

GD&T

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Metallurgy

Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ) preferred

Tools

Minitab

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead initiatives for best-in-class process control and quality culture on the shop floor. The role focuses on integrating customer requirements (Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, AS9001) with manufacturing culture and is a key leader in supporting operations through complex problem solving.

You will drive continuous improvement, support the CAR system, and collaborate across functions to implement APQP, FMEA, 6S and lean tools,