Quality Engineer

Lou-Rich; Albert Lea (MN); On-site; USD 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lou-Rich, a Minnesota-based manufacturer, is seeking a Quality Program Specialist to develop systems and documentation ensuring products meet contractual and program quality requirements. The role focuses on review and improvement of design, manufacturing, and test processes to sustain quality adherence.

You will drive quality philosophies, support prototypes, and coordinate critical quality activities like FAI, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, and SPC to satisfy customer expectations and internal standards.

Qualifications

• Requires experience developing and maintaining program quality systems and documentation.
• Experience coordinating PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, and SPC activities.
• Ability to review design, manufacturing, and test docs for quality conformance.

Responsibilities

• Review design, manufacturing, and test documentation to ensure program quality requirements are met.
• Analyze program quality performance and drive corrective actions.
• Develop program-specific quality and test philosophies to meet requirements.
• Review customer documentation to identify and fulfill requirements.
• Interface with customers on quality concerns to ensure responsiveness.
• Establish and maintain the program quality system plan and related docs.
• Support prototype development to ensure alignment with quality systems.
• Dispost discrepant material to maintain product quality and program adherence.
• Perform program-specific tasks (FAI, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, SPC, etc.).
• Develop and maintain a reporting system for program quality for internal and customer visibility.

Skills

Quality management

First Article Inspection

PPAP

APQP

PFMEA

SPC

Customer interface

Job description

Innovance, Inc.Innovance is the holding company for a family of five, 100% employee-owned, Minnesota-based manufacturing companies (Lou-Rich, ALMCO, Panels Plus, Mass Finishing, Jorgensen). Our mission is to lead, nurture, and grow a team of industrial manufacturing companies committed to making our OEM customers’ products better.

Innovance, Inc.Innovance is the holding company for a family of five, 100% employee-owned, Minnesota-based manufacturing companies (Lou-Rich, ALMCO, Panels Plus, Mass Finishing, Jorgensen). Our mission is to lead, nurture, and grow a team of industrial manufacturing companies committed to making our OEM customers’ products better.

About Lou-Rich

Lou-Rich is a fully integrated contract manufacturer specializing in complex projects. We provide precision machining, metal fabrication, assembly, and sourcing solutions to a variety of industries, including some of North America’s largest OEMs. Companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to small, fast-growing operations trust Lou-Rich with their most vital and complex manufacturing projects.

Position Description

Develop systems and documentation for specific programs that ensure that products and services provided meet all contractual and program quality requirements.

Essential Functions

• Participates in the review of design, manufacturing, and test documentation to ensure that applicable program or contract quality requirements are met.
• Reviews the program quality performance to provide analysis and obtains corrective actions where necessary.
• Participates in the generation of program-specific quality and test philosophies to ensure compliance with company and customer requirements.
• Participates in the review of customer or contractual documentation (including proposals) to identify and ensure fulfillment of requirements.
• Provides interface and support to customer quality concerns to facilitate responsiveness to customers.
• Establishes and maintains the program quality system plan and documentation to ensure compliance with program requirements.
• Provides technical and advisory support to the prototype area to ensure the development of products in a manner that produces a quality system and documentation which will provide adherence to customer requirements.
• Dispositions discrepant material in a manner that ensures product quality and adherence to program requirements.
• Performs program-specific tasks as required (e.g., customer-required First Article Inspection, PPAP, APQP, PFMEA, SPC, Qualification Test Failure Analysis, etc.) to ensure compliance to individual program requirements.
• Devises, establishes, and maintains a reporting system for program quality to provide visibility internally and for the customer.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Compensation details: 63000-75000 Yearly Salary