Quality Engineer — Cadillac Area | Process Improvement & QA

The Pivot Group Careers; United States; On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group Careers in Cadillac, MI is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our manufacturing network focused on quality excellence. The role involves driving corrective actions, updating control plans, and performing process audits to ensure product quality from first article through production.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in quality engineering in manufacturing, familiarity with ISO 9001/IATF 16949, and strong skills in FMEA, MSA, and root-cause analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or related technical field.
• Three or more years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing plant.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 quality systems.
• Working knowledge of core quality tools such as FMEA, control plans, and MSA.
• Experience with root cause methods such as 8D, 5 Why, and fishbone analysis.

Responsibilities

• Investigate customer complaints and internal nonconformances to find root causes.
• Lead corrective and preventive action activities and track them to closure.
• Maintain and update control plans, FMEA documents, and inspection standards.
• Perform process audits on the production floor and document findings.
• Review first article and PPAP submissions before production launch.
• Analyze defect and scrap data and report trends to plant leadership.
• Support gage repeatability and reproducibility studies and calibration schedules.
• Train production staff on quality procedures and inspection methods.

Skills

Minitab

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Six Sigma

Quality assurance

Continuous improvement

Process improvement

Inspection

Education

Bachelor degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Minitab

Job description

The Pivot Group Careers in Cadillac, MI is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our manufacturing network focused on quality excellence. The role involves driving corrective actions, updating control plans, and performing process audits to ensure product quality from first article through production.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in quality engineering in manufacturing, familiarity with ISO 9001/IATF 16949, and strong skills in FMEA, MSA, and root-cause analysis.