Manufacturing Quality Specialist: Process Improvement & QA

Laitram LLC; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Laitram Machine Shop, L.L.C. in New Orleans, Louisiana, is seeking a Quality Specialist for the Quality Department. The position is dayshift, Monday through Friday, with overtime and weekend work as needed.

The role involves diagnosing and resolving shop floor quality issues, performing inspections, reading engineering drawings, and developing CMM programs, while driving process improvements with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years QA experience in manufacturing or an undergraduate degree in a technical or quantitative field.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical systems and quality standards, testing methods, and basic statistics.
• Proficiency in MS Office to create data driven reports and graphs.
• Strong math, technical, problem solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to lift/move 47 lbs and travel to vendor or customer sites as needed.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, respond and resolve shop floor and quality related issues with urgency and accuracy.
• Communicate with vendors and suppliers regarding nonconformance and quality expectations.
• Collaborate with internal teams, cross functional groups, and production staff to solve problems and promote team collaboration.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, plans, and specifications.
• Create CMM programs and other electronic aided equipment programs.
• Lead and support production teams in addressing quality concerns for production parts.
• Track medium to large scale projects and provide regular updates.

Skills

Problem solving

Project management

Math skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma

Technical/Quantitative degree

Tools

MS Office

CMM

SPC/Six-Sigma

Job description

Laitram Machine Shop, L.L.C. in New Orleans, Louisiana, is seeking a Quality Specialist for the Quality Department. The position is dayshift, Monday through Friday, with overtime and weekend work as needed.

The role involves diagnosing and resolving shop floor quality issues, performing inspections, reading engineering drawings, and developing CMM programs, while driving process improvements with cross-functional teams.