Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Engineer

BlueScope North America; White Hall (AR); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Short and long term disability

Paid time off

Retirement

Job summary

BlueScope North America in White Hall, AR, seeks a Quality Engineer to lead manufacturing quality systems across BBNA operations. You will apply statistical methods, audits, and root cause analysis to reduce defects and cost.

Join a team focused on process improvement, supplier quality, and customer satisfaction. Requires engineering degree and at least three years in quality engineering; travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum three years of manufacturing, quality engineering, quality systems or industrial experience.
• Experience with quality management systems, auditing, nonconformance control and corrective action processes.
• Working knowledge of statistical process control, process capability analysis, inspection systems and measurement systems.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and manufacturing requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and data analysis skills.
• Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively (approximately 50% of the time).

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and ethical quality-engineering support by complying with BlueScope HSE requirements, assessing and managing risk, and ensuring quality activities are conducted safely and responsibly.
• Develop, maintain and improve BBNA quality management systems by creating, standardizing and supporting implementation of procedures, work instructions, inspection methods, quality standards across manufacturing operations.
• Improve manufacturing process and product capability through statistical analysis, process monitoring, capability assessments and implementation of effective process controls.
• Lead and facilitate root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action activities to eliminate recurring quality issues and improve overall manufacturing performance.
• Improve customer satisfaction by investigating customer complaints, claims and warranty issues, identifying root causes and implementing preventive actions.
• Support internal, customer and third-party audits by conducting assessments, documenting findings and ensuring timely and effective closure of corrective actions.
• Improve supplier quality performance by collaborating with suppliers, Supply Chain and Purchasing to resolve material-related issues and drive corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain enterprise quality metrics, dashboards and reporting systems that provide visibility to quality performance and improvement opportunities.
• Build quality capability across BBNA manufacturing operations through coaching, training, facilitation and sharing of best practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, productivity, consistency and customer value across BBNA operations.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Quality engineering

Auditing

Process capability analysis

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Interpretation of engineering drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

BlueScope North America in White Hall, AR, seeks a Quality Engineer to lead manufacturing quality systems across BBNA operations. You will apply statistical methods, audits, and root cause analysis to reduce defects and cost.

Join a team focused on process improvement, supplier quality, and customer satisfaction. Requires engineering degree and at least three years in quality engineering; travel up to 50%.