Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Leader

Hire Consulting Services; Spring Grove (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Consulting Services is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a proven track record in leading quality initiatives and continuous improvement on the shop floor. This role emphasizes problem solving, process control, and data-driven decision making to advance our quality culture across departments.

The ideal candidate will have a BS in Engineering or Metallurgy, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and hands-on experience with AS9100/ISO 9001.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree 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 quality systems such as ISO 9001:2008 or AS9100. Experience in the metals industry and/or metallurgy knowledge preferred.

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 a strong emphasis on problem solving and process control. The role must use collaboration and team to advance quality and continuous improvement efforts.
• Support and enhance the company Corrective Action Request (CAR) System by building teams and establishing buy-in for improvement activities.
• Articulate the detail and importance of process control to all Employee Owners at all levels.
• Be the visible leader in driving the quality culture; direct hands-on engagement at all levels and stages of the implementation and execution. This action includes coordinating quality cultural expectations into organization development and training efforts.
• Champion company-wide quality improvement initiatives (based on measurable data when appropriate data is available) as well as actively lead high visibility quality problem solving events.
• Build meaningful relationships with company Employee Owners to attain Best-in-Class performance.
• Ensure a high level of engagement with sales leaders and production leaders.
• Ensure appropriate technical support resources are available and utilized to support quality improvement initiatives including facilitation, statistical analysis, and 6-sigma tools.
• Assist the Corporate Quality Assurance Team with internal, external Supplier Quality Audits, and layered process audits.
• Provide leadership activities in developing and maintaining company-wide quality metrics including Daily Collaboration Meetings.
• Organize appropriate resources to address real time in-process quality problems that need resolution.
• Provide engineering support to operations to ensure the consistent application of quality techniques are applied during the investigation and resolution of non-conformances or process issues.
• Participate in the development of FMEA and control plans for key processes and customer projects
• Participate in APQP activities to determine appropriate use of existing and new measurement systems and tools during new product or process design and startup.
• Collaborates with Sales, Process Engineering, and subject matter experts to determine critical part features and review manufacturability of design. Make recommendations to modify customer part specifications and tolerances as necessary to support cost effective production.
• Assist the organization with our ability to acquire and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative statistical methods across the spectrum of business environments to facilitate process improvements.
• Works with bias for action in support of customers. Ensures complete and timely responses are provided to internal and external customers.
• Initiates and actively supports continuous improvement activities and lean initiatives on the shop floor.
• Maintains quality employee job results by coaching, counseling, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results for direct reports or interns as assigned.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Some overnight travel as necessary.

Skills

Quality leadership

Six Sigma Black Belt

APQP

FMEA

Statistical analysis

6S/Lean

Root cause analysis

Minitab

ISO 9001/AS9100

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering or Metallurgy

Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ)

Tools

MS Office

Minitab

Job description

Hire Consulting Services is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a proven track record in leading quality initiatives and continuous improvement on the shop floor. This role emphasizes problem solving, process control, and data-driven decision making to advance our quality culture across departments.

The ideal candidate will have a BS in Engineering or Metallurgy, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and hands-on experience with AS9100/ISO 9001.