Quality Improvement Engineer

Seaway Plastics; Town of Florida, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Seaway Plastics seeks a Quality Improvement Engineer to drive continuous improvement, reduce defects, and elevate product quality across operations. The role collaborates with production, engineering, and quality teams to analyze processes, implement corrective actions, and lead initiatives for operational excellence.

The candidate will support QMS maintenance, internal audits, and APQP activities, ensuring compliance with ISO standards across multiple sites, while mentoring QA staff and

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in a manufacturing environment or equivalent QA role.
• ASQ CQE certification is preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the QMS at multiple facilities in compliance with ISO standards.
• Assist with internal audits and NADCAP/ISO compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement strategies focusing on process improvements and QMS.
• Facilitate Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) techniques to achieve product quality goals.
• Interface with Program Managers, Engineering and Operations to ensure successful technology transfer to production.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Statistical analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

B.S. in Engineering or technical discipline

Job description

Join our innovative plastics manufacturing team as a Quality Improvement Engineer, where you'll play a key role in driving continuous improvement, reducing defects, and enhancing product quality across our operations. This hands-on position partners closely with production, engineering, and quality teams to analyze processes, implement corrective actions, and lead initiatives that improve efficiency, customer satisfaction, and overall manufacturing performance. If you're passionate about problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and creating lasting operational improvements, we'd love to hear from you.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• PPAP/ validation
• FAIR
• Continuous Improvement
• Advance Product Quality Planning
• Customer Complaints/ CAPA’s
• Internal QMS Audits/ Customer Audits

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Sr. Quality Engineer with maintenance and continuous improvement of the QMS at Port Richey, Brooksville, and Florida Finishing facilities, to ensure appropriate QMS is updated to comply with newly released ISO standards.
• Assist with internal audits at Port Richey, Brooksville, and Florida Finishing facilities in compliance with ISO standards or NADCAP standard at Florida Finishing.
• Assist with driving continuous improvement strategies with focus on process improvements and the QMS.
• Facilitate Advanced Product Quality Planning techniques to accomplish organizational product quality levels, utilizing company metrics and visual aids to heighten employee awareness downstream.
• Interface with Program Managers, Engineering and Operations within team environment to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data.
• Mentor and Support the Quality Technician, First Article Inspectors and Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the QMS.
• Oversee Quality Department interface with customer assigned to designated Program Managers related to all customer requirements; such as, PPAP’s, Validations (IQ, OQ, PQ), complaints, SCAR’s, CAR’s, and product quality requirements.
• Support and Mentor team members performing product inspection activities, FAI’s, PPAP’s, Validation’s, In-Process, and final inspections.
• Review Customer Engineering part drawing for new products and drawing revisions, ensuring translation of all customer requirements into QMS.

LMA RESPONSIBILITIES:

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QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS:

• Demonstrates Seaway Plastics Core Values
  • We are customer focused
  • We execute
  • We win together
  • We are respectful
• 4yr degree in Engineering or Technical discipline; or combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in a Manufacturing Environment or Equivalent role in Quality function.
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) is preferred.
• Self-starter with the ability to motivate others.
• Leader and mentor who is able to make decisions when required.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Experienced in good manufacturing practices and quality initiatives and programs.
• In-depth experience with QMS systems including ISO 13485/ AS9100.
• Ability to develop and maintain a team oriented work environment.
• Strong working knowledge of injection molding processes.
• Demonstrated experience at implementing continuous improvement, lean or other process improvement techniques.
• Strategic thinker with experience in statistical analysis and identifying trends through data.
• Travel to other worksites or customer locations: 20% (Must have a personal vehicle with valid driver license)
• Limited physical effort, able to carry at least 30lbs
• Duties are usually performed seated. Must be able to sit and type for long periods; bending, reaching, pushing, pulling