Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Engineer

Specialized Recruiting Group Champaign; Rantoul (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialized Recruiting Group Champaign seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer for our Rantoul, IL facility to support manufacturing quality systems, supplier quality, and process improvement.

You will partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements.

This role emphasizes root cause analysis, CAPA, SPC, lean manufacturing, data analysis, audits, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry, or related field.
• 3–5 years of manufacturing quality experience.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and CAPA.
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Lean Manufacturing experience.
• Statistical and quality data analysis experience.
• Supplier quality experience.
• Internal auditing experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and systematic problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations into recurring manufacturing quality issues and implement corrective actions.
• Perform root cause analysis using structured problem-solving methods.
• Develop and implement CAPA.
• Analyze production and quality trends to identify improvements.
• Partner with Operations to reduce scrap and improve yield.
• Support new production line startups and manufacturing transfers.
• Monitor and evaluate supplier quality performance.
• Participate in supplier audits as needed.
• Develop and maintain supplier quality scorecards.
• Partner with Purchasing to improve supplier performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Perform process capability studies.
• Recommend improvements increasing quality, safety, productivity.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

CAPA

SPC

Lean Manufacturing

Data Analysis

Supplier Quality

Internal Auditing

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

ERP Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office

ERP Systems

Job description

Specialized Recruiting Group Champaign seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer for our Rantoul, IL facility to support manufacturing quality systems, supplier quality, and process improvement.

You will partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements.

This role emphasizes root cause analysis, CAPA, SPC, lean manufacturing, data analysis, audits, and continuous improvement opportunities.