Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Engineer

Talent Solutions Partners; Spring Grove (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Solutions Partners is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead a collaborative initiative to develop best-in-class process control and quality culture, integrating customer requirements across Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, and AS9001 standards.

The role supports shop floor operations through complex problem solving and data-driven continuous improvement, including involvement in corrective actions, FMEA, APQP, and lean initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Metallurgy; ASQ CQE preferred.
• 7 years of quality leadership with hands-on shop-floor continuous improvement demonstrated success.
• Six Sigma Black Belt with multiple projects completed; Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2008 or AS9100.

Responsibilities

• Assist Director of Quality and Corporate Quality Assurance Manager to develop and implement a best-in-class quality culture.
• Drive company-wide continuous improvement activities with emphasis on problem solving and process control.
• Support and enhance the CAR System by building teams and buy-in for improvements.
• Articulate the importance of process control to all Employee Owners.
• Lead quality culture through hands-on engagement at all levels and stages of implementation.
• Champion quality improvement initiatives using measurable data and lead high-visibility problem solving events.
• Build relationships with Employee Owners to achieve Best-in-Class performance.
• Engage with sales and production leaders to ensure alignment.
• Provide technical support resources for quality initiatives including facilitation and 6-sigma tools.
• Assist Corporate Quality Assurance with internal/external supplier audits and layered process audits.
• Develop and maintain company-wide quality metrics including Daily Collaboration Meetings.
• Organize resources to address real-time in-process quality problems.
• Provide engineering support to ensure QA techniques are applied during investigations.
• Participate in FMEA and control plans for key processes and customer projects
• Participate in APQP activities for new products/processes.
• Collaborates to determine critical part features and tolerances for cost-effective production.
• Assist in acquiring/analyzing data using standard quantitative methods to facilitate improvements.
• Remain bias for action to ensure timely responses to customers.
• Support continuous improvement and lean initiatives on the shop floor.
• Coach and develop direct reports or interns as assigned.
• Participate in special projects and travel as needed.

Skills

Strategic orientation

Excellent listening

Detail oriented

Independent and team work

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Metallurgy

ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Tools

APQP

FMEA

8D problem solving

6S

Lean tools

Value stream mapping (VSM)

TPM

Statistics

GD&T

Minitab

MS Office

Job description

Talent Solutions Partners is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead a collaborative initiative to develop best-in-class process control and quality culture, integrating customer requirements across Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, and AS9001 standards.

The role supports shop floor operations through complex problem solving and data-driven continuous improvement, including involvement in corrective actions, FMEA, APQP, and lean initiatives.