Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Royal Engineered Composites; Minden (NE); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) plan

Comprehensive benefits (medical/dental

Vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Royal Engineered Composites is seeking a Quality Engineer to lead audits and drive quality in new manufacturing programs in Nebraska. You will capture quality requirements, write and revise quality documents, and train teams on proper procedures while coordinating with auditors on site.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, vendor/supplier approval, and leading implementation plans across quality activities with potential travel for audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; internal/external auditing experience typically needed.
• 1 year of internal or external auditing experience.
• Quality requirements (GD&T) knowledge beneficial.
• Must be able to use common office software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external audits and prep for customer audits.
• Onboard new manufacturing programs by capturing quality requirements for facility, equipment and product.
• Identify test methods and train personnel on procedures and reporting.
• Review and approve engineering planning to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Travel by vehicle and airplane for auditing.

Skills

Auditing

Quality processes

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

A Quality Engineer is responsible for duties that include many elements involving materials and processes (M&P) along with auditing responsibilities, both internal and in preparation and leading of external industry and customer audits. Leading new project onboarding through capturing the quality requirements for facility, equipment and product. Other aspects of the job would require planner, contract, disposition, specification, and process review/implementation. Leadership of quality processes and activities.

• Process requirement identification.
• Effectively represent Quality in the onboarding of new manufacturing programs
• Creating and maintaining report template design required by the customer specifications.
• Identification of test methods and training of internal personnel on proper procedures and reporting.
• Knowledgeable and understanding of customer specifications and requirements.
• Responsible for internal audit activities including shop floor verification audits and internal work instruction audits.
• Participate in external customer and industry related audit activities.
• Write or revise various quality documents.
• Direct involvement with auditors on site.
• Auditing and approving vendors/suppliers.
• Research Quality Requirements for upcoming jobs.
• Support continuous improvement efforts with Manufacturing Engineering and Production.
• Lead and manage implementation plans on behalf of Quality including overseeing training, and specialty skill implementation.
• Review and approve Engineering planning to ensure Quality requirements are being met.
• Travel by vehicle and airplane for auditing.

Work Qualifications

• Formal education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Experience: Internal or External auditing - minimum 1 year. Quality Product Review - minimum 1 year. Quality Requirements (GD&T) - minimum 1 year.
• Computer Skills: Must be able to use common office software systems.
• Certificates and Licenses: None required.

This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements. An individual must therefore be a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Compensation

The compensation package includes salary base pay, and an array of benefits, including participation in Royal’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The target range for this role is $75-90k. Compensation for this role will be heavily dependent upon relevant experience, education, and skills, and experience and skillsets have the potential to push this range higher.

Royal Engineered Composites is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to employees who meet eligibility requirements designed to support and enrich employee life outside of work.

• In addition to medical, dental and vision insurance, Royal offers supplemental insurance coverage, a comprehensive employee assistance program, and life and disability insurance.
• Retirement support is provided through a 401(k) plan plus employee ownership through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Royal is also proud to invest in the ongoing development of our workforce by supporting in-house trainings, leadership classes, professional resources, and tuition reimbursement.

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