New Grad Quality Engineer - 1472

SP Associates; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SP Associates seeks a quality professional to manage and coordinate plant quality control systems, ensuring standards, KPIs, quality, and safety goals are met. Lead Six Sigma, Lean projects and provide technical guidance to support commercial development and business continuity.

Responsibilities include corrective and preventive actions, supplier scorecards, internal audits, product launches, ISO processes (MSA, APQP, SPC, PPAP, FMEA), and cross-functional leadership to drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferred) or related technical field.
• Experience documenting procedures.
• Experience with Quality Engineering methods and Lean manufacturing.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Green Belt Lean Six Sigma certification desired.
• Ability to operate testing equipment and lab testing.
• Strong communication and teamwork, able to work independently.
• Ability to work in hot/cold manufacturing environment and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Nonwovens experience is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Manage Corrective and Preventive Actions, responses, effectiveness, and audits.
• Manage Scorecard Reports of delivered performance and Cost of Quality tracking.
• Assure all operational procedures including audits, records, and document control.
• Manage Product Launch and program management for new product development.
• Oversee ISO implementation including MSA, APQP, SPC, PPAP, FMEA.
• Provide technical leadership to sustain continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure safety, training, two-way communication, health, welfare, housekeeping, and job performance.
• Recommend project improvements to the quality system.
• Coordinate with Personnel to maintain qualified staff.
• Calibration and mistake-proofing controls; process control databases and records.
• Customer Technical Service—report and discuss customer quality requirements and improvements.
• Provide timely reports on Quality Based operations of the plant.
• Coordinate material samples, testing, and data analysis; maintain labs.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Leadership

Documentation

Audit

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

MSA

PPAP

APQP

FMEA

Job description

Manage and coordinate with designated personnel to ensure that the plant quality control systems are fully implemented to the dedicated standard. Provide leadership and technical guidance in these areas to ensure that key performance indicators, quality standards, and safety goals are met as needed. Develop Supplier Scorecard systems, corrective action tracking, and internal audits. Provide technical support to the customer base as needed for commercial development and business continuity. Provide leadership on Six Sigma, Lean, and other continual improvement method projects.

Position Functions

• Manage Corrective and Preventive Actions, - response, effectiveness, audits, etc.
• Manage Scorecard Reports of Delivered performance to selected customers. Maintain Cost of Quality Tracking
• Manage Assurance of all operational procedures; assurance includes audits, records,document control, quality measurement, performance measurement, and other specifics.
• Manage Product Launch, and program management for new product development.
• Overall ISO implementation and assurance – including MSA, APQP, SPC, PPAP,FMEA
• Provide technical leadership to ensure that the on-going process of continuous qualityimprovement is maintained.
• Ensure the application of an effective program in the area of safety, training, two-waycommunication, employee health and welfare, housekeeping, and proper jobperformance.
• Recommendations to the management team on requirements for projects concerningimprovements in the quality system, or its products & processes.
• Coordinate with the Personnel Department to ensure that qualified employees aremaintained for efficient department operation.
• Calibration and mistake-proofing controls. Process Control – Database, Records, and Improvement.
• Customer Technical Service – report and discuss customer relations quality requirementsand indicate improvement areas.
• Provide and interpret for management, accurate and timely reports on Quality Basedoperations of the plant
• Coordinate material samples, testing, and data analysis – maintain all laboratoryfunctions and equipment

Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferred), a related technical field, or equivalent.
• Experience with developing/documenting procedures.
• Experience utilizing Quality Engineering methods and Lean Manufacturing techniques
• Quality orientation, high attention to detail and superior organizational skills
• Green Belt Lean Six Sigma certification desired
• Nonwovens experience is a plus, but not required.
• Ability to operate testing equipment and performing lab testing.
• Intermediate computer and math skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to work on a team as well as independently.
• Ability to work in a hot/cold manufacturing environment, which can include standingand/or sitting for the duration of the task.
• Ability to transport or move up to 50lbs. of material.
• Ability to understand and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations tosupervisors and/or other employees.
• Ability to work schedule as determined by production needs.