Quality Engineer - Automotive Plastics & Lean Improvement

Gemini Group, Inc.; Bad Axe (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thumb Plastics, Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer in Bad Axe, MI to support the quality department with problem tracking, submissions, and database management. You'll act as the main contact for internal and external customers on quality issues.

The role emphasizes supervising production on shifts, ensuring adherence to procedures, and driving continuous improvement in quality and safety. Strong collaboration with the quality manager is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or minimum four years of manufacturing experience in the automotive industry.
• Excellent customer relations, communication, and team building skills
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications
• CMM Experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee all production personnel on assigned shift.
• Inform and instruct all production personnel of their individual duties.
• Discipline production personnel on assigned shift.
• Maintain a timely and continuous production flow to ensure production schedules are implemented and deadlines are met.
• Responsible for completing all new and existing employee evaluations and identifying training needs.
• Ensure that all operating, quality and safety procedures are followed.
• Complete all necessary paperwork, including absence reports, injury reports and all shift paperwork.
• Assist in line set-up, when necessary and ensure the machine is set-up per the master set-up sheets.
• Present relevant topics to shift employees as needed.
• Maintain daily production reports and review efficiency and scrap reports and track continuous improvements of the shift.
• Conduct frequent safety inspections of all work areas and operations in order to eliminate unsafe conditions.
• Ensure manufacturing conditions are typical of production for pilot runs.
• Material lot control, and traceability, non-conforming product procedures, measurement and checking gauges in order to effectively perform the functions of the job.
• General housekeeping.
• Follow all IATF-16949 / ISO 14001 policies and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

Skills

Customer relations

Communication

Team building

MS Office

CMM

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4 years manufacturing

Tools

CMM Equipment

Job description

Thumb Plastics, Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer in Bad Axe, MI to support the quality department with problem tracking, submissions, and database management. You'll act as the main contact for internal and external customers on quality issues.

The role emphasizes supervising production on shifts, ensuring adherence to procedures, and driving continuous improvement in quality and safety. Strong collaboration with the quality manager is required.