Quality & Continuous Improvement Engineer

Aspire Talent Solutions; Spring Grove (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Talent Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a strong quality leadership background to drive a best-in-class quality culture and continuous improvement across shop floor operations.

You will lead problem solving, process control initiatives, and coordinate quality metrics with internal teams while supporting customer requirements and industry standards such as ISO 9001 and AS9100. This role emphasizes collaboration, training, and data-driven improvement.

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 metals industry and metallurgy knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a best-in-class quality culture and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive company-wide problem solving and process control using teamwork.
• Support and enhance the CAR system by building teams and driving buy-in for improvements.
• Provide engineering support to operations to ensure quality techniques are used in investigations and resolutions of issues.
• Coordinate quality metrics and daily collaboration meetings to sustain performance.

Skills

Quality leadership

Six Sigma

FMEA

APQP

Problem solving

Minitab

ISO/AS9100

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Metallurgy

Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ) preferred

7 years quality leadership experience

Job description

Aspire Talent Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a strong quality leadership background to drive a best-in-class quality culture and continuous improvement across shop floor operations.

You will lead problem solving, process control initiatives, and coordinate quality metrics with internal teams while supporting customer requirements and industry standards such as ISO 9001 and AS9100. This role emphasizes collaboration, training, and data-driven improvement.