Quality Engineer: SPC, Root-Cause & Process Improvement

SIG Group; Northlake (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & Life Insurance

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Vacation & PSL

Paid Holidays

Performance Bonus

And much more!

Job summary

SIG is seeking a Quality Engineer in Northlake, Illinois to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality assurance systems and processes to ensure product compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

You will lead root cause analyses, manage SPC/SQC, PFMEA and QPCP control plans, and partner with operations to reduce defects, improve yield, and embed quality into manufacturing.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering (Chemical, Food Production, Mechanical) or 3–5 years of vocational training.
• Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• MS Office (Intermediate).
• Basic knowledge of quality and problem-solving tools.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and food safety standards (BRC, SQF, FDA) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership in the implementation and maintenance of SES Quality Pillar requirements.
• Identify trends in quality data with operations to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase yield.
• Lead root cause analysis of internal and external non-quality occurrences, guiding quality tool usage for analysis and problem solving.
• Spend time on the manufacturing floor to observe processes, collect data, and perform RCA to eliminate quality issues.
• Study manufacturing processes and product specs to propose and implement quality-improvement ideas.
• Develop and maintain Control Plans and PFMEA per SES guidance.
• Manage changes to global manufacturing and process specs with traceable reviews of QC plans, SOCs, CQPCs and CQPPs.
• Support qualification of new products, equipment, and raw materials regarding validation of quality systems.
• Ensure local changes are managed effectively and efficiently.
• Collaborate with operations to define and document SOC/ process parameters tied to products/equipment.
• Develop, implement, and manage SPC and SQC in daily production management.
• Define and drive improvement projects to tackle defects by quality-related loss deployments.
• Develop, implement, and manage Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
• Build partnerships and work collaboratively to meet shared objectives.

Skills

Six Sigma Black Belt

Fluent English

Quality tools knowledge

Problem solving

ISO 9001 familiarity

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent vocational training

Tools

MS Office

Job description

SIG is seeking a Quality Engineer in Northlake, Illinois to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality assurance systems and processes to ensure product compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

You will lead root cause analyses, manage SPC/SQC, PFMEA and QPCP control plans, and partner with operations to reduce defects, improve yield, and embed quality into manufacturing.