Quality Engineer

Henkel; Brandon (SD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401k matching

Bonus / incentive

Student loan reimbursement

Job summary

Henkel in Brandon, SD is seeking a quality professional to own documentation, lead investigations, and partner across Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain to improve product quality and manufacturing performance.

You will analyze data, monitor KPIs, and drive continuous improvements while ensuring compliance with SHEQ requirements and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical Engineering preferred) or related technical field.
• Strong experience with document control, quality records management, and ERP/SAP systems.
• Proven ability to analyze quality data, identify trends and drive data-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain quality documentation, procedures, specifications, and records to ensure compliance and data integrity.
• Lead customer complaint investigations and root cause analysis with Engineering and Production teams.
• Partner with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and technical teams to resolve quality concerns and improve manufacturing performance.
• Analyze quality data to identify trends and monitor KPIs to drive data-based decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure SHEQ compliance.

Skills

Document control

Quality data analysis

RCA / corrective actions

ERP/SAP

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit - where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What You´ll Do

• Own and maintain quality documentation, procedures, specifications, and records to ensure compliance, traceability, and data integrity within quality management systems.
• Lead customer complaint investigations and internal quality issues by partnering with Engineering and Production teams to perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Partner with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and technical teams to resolve quality concerns, improve manufacturing performance, and support operational excellence.
• Analyze quality and process data to identify trends, monitor key performance metrics, and drive data-based decisions that improve product quality and consistency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through process optimization, regulatory compliance activities, and special projects while ensuring adherence to SHEQ requirements.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical Engineering preferred), or a related technical discipline.
• Strong experience with document control, quality records management, and maintaining accurate data within ERP, SAP, or quality management systems.
• Proven ability to analyze quality data, identify trends, maintain data integrity, and use data to drive sound business and quality decisions.
• Working knowledge of Quality Core Tools, incident investigation, root cause analysis (RCA), corrective actions, and customer complaint resolution.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, DMAIC, Lean Manufacturing, or similar problem-solving frameworks.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work cross‑functionally with Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to resolve issues and improve processes.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day one.
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $70,000.00 and $95,000.00. This range represents the good-faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.