Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Engineer

Genie Matthews and Associates

Spring Grove (IL)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Genie Matthews and Associates is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead a quality-centric transformation on the shop floor, aligning customer requirements (Nuclear, Military, Aerospace) with our manufacturing culture in Illinois. The role emphasizes problem solving, process control, and sustainable improvements across all manufacturing departments.

You will collaborate with quality, engineering and operations to drive continuous improvement, support corrective actions, and lead high-visibility

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Metallurgy or equivalent.
Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ) preferred.
Minimum of 7 years quality leadership experience with hands-on shop floor continuous improvement demonstrated success.
Six Sigma Black Belt with multiple projects completed.
Qualified Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2008 or AS9100. Experience in the metals industry preferred.
Metals/metallurgy knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

Assist the 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 at all levels.
Lead the quality culture with hands-on engagement across all levels and stages of implementation and execution.
Champion quality initiatives based on measurable data and lead high visibility problem solving events.
Build relationships with Employee Owners to attain Best-in-Class performance.
Ensure engagement with sales and production leaders.
Provide technical support resources including facilitation, statistical analysis, and 6-sigma tools.
Assist QA team 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 operations to apply quality techniques during investigations.
Participate in FMEA and control plans for key processes and customer projects.
Participate in APQP activities to determine measurement systems for new products.
Collaborate with Sales, Process Engineering, and SMEs to determine critical part features and tolerances.
Analyze data using standard quantitative methods to facilitate process improvements.
Work with bias for action to provide timely responses to customers.
Initiate and support continuous improvement and lean initiatives on the shop floor.
Maintain quality employee job results by coaching and evaluating direct reports or interns.
Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.
Some overnight travel as necessary.