Onsite Quality Specialist - Poultry & Process Improvement

Marel Inc.; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

JBT Marel in Gainesville, GA is seeking a Quality Specialist to join the Poultry Division on an onsite basis with a 4 days in office / 1 day remote schedule. You will drive quality systems, coordinate containment actions, and support continuous improvement with suppliers and internal teams, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and 5S practices to ensure conformance to ISO9001-2015 standards and reliable production.

Reporting to the Manager of Engineering and Quality, you will perform inspections,

Qualifications

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in QA as an auditor, technician, or specialist responsible for maintaining quality standards.
• Manufacturing experience working on the plant floor and with operations teams to correct issues.
• Work with vendors and customers to improve process and quality control.
• Must understand fit, form and function and stack tolerances of manufactured equipment.
• Knowledge and experience of operation measuring tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of Lean methodology, root cause, and/or Six Sigma experience.
• Understand and engage in 5S methodology.
• Knowledge of geometric dimension and tolerancing.
• Ability to read technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Communicating and explaining the quality system both inside and outside the organization (i.e. to suppliers).
• Initiating and organizing the implementation of actions after abnormalities have occurred so that (similar) abnormalities can be prevented.
• Motivating, encouraging, coaching, and influencing new behavioral patterns both within the internal organization and at suppliers.
• Adhere and ensure conformance to all Internal Quality procedures.
• Identifying, handling, and coordinating containment actions after articles have been produced either internally or externally that do not comply with the specifications.
• Drawing up and analyzing investigation and control results and the distribution of reports.
• Formulating measurement plans and 3D measurement programs.
• Suspending production and freezing stock if abnormalities are discovered.
• Verifying faults and abnormalities and determining the level of non‑conformity.
• Carrying out incoming inspections, stock inspections, process inspections, and end product inspections.
• Verify faults and abnormalities and determining the level of non-conformity.
• Carrying out tests and measurements: Carrying out incoming inspections, stock inspections, process inspections, and end-product inspections.
• Ensure calibration equipment standards are maintained.
• Following international quality ISO9001-2015 Standard.
• Production reporting.
• Monitor and carry out Marel standard procedures when supplier discrepancies are identified.
• Provide support as required in the improvement of quality‑related processes.
• Participation in internal and external quality consultation meetings and improvement projects.
• Demonstrate continuous performance of duties according to Marel HSE standards and policies.
• Assist in root cause analysis, process mapping, etc. to make incremental changes to process and procedures.

Skills

Quality system understanding

QA auditor experience

Lean methodology

Root cause analysis

5S methodology

Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Reading technical drawings

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Measuring tools and equipment

Job description

JBT Marel in Gainesville, GA is seeking a Quality Specialist to join the Poultry Division on an onsite basis with a 4 days in office / 1 day remote schedule. You will drive quality systems, coordinate containment actions, and support continuous improvement with suppliers and internal teams, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and 5S practices to ensure conformance to ISO9001-2015 standards and reliable production.

Reporting to the Manager of Engineering and Quality, you will perform inspections,