Quality & Manufacturing Engineer I — Process Excellence

Parker; Euphemia (OH); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Quality and Manufacturing Engineer to drive performance in a hybrid role that blends quality, continuous improvement, and manufacturing process execution across the organization.

You will lead or support root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions, process validations, work instruction development, tooling improvements, and data-driven improvement initiatives, partnering with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations to reduce waste, improve quality, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience using structured problem-solving and continuous improvement methods.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, quality systems, engineering documentation, and production support.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, standards, and technical requirements.
• Strong analytical, communication, and project execution skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads and supports root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action activities using structured problem-solving methods such as 8D, 5 Why, fishbone analysis, fault tree analysis, and DMAIC.
• Investigates internal and external nonconformances, customer complaints, scrap, rework, and process escapes; defines effective containment, corrective, and preventive actions.
• Supports implementation and maintenance of quality management system requirements in alignment with applicable standards, customer requirements, and Parker Hannifin procedures.
• Partners with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations teams to improve process capability, reduce variation, and prevent recurrence of quality issues.
• Applies statistical methods and quality tools, including SPC, capability analysis, measurement system analysis, Pareto analysis, trend analysis, and risk-based decision making.
• Leads or participates in continuous improvement projects focused on reducing waste, improving quality, increasing throughput, and enhancing operational performance.
• Promotes a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the manufacturing organization.
• Develops, improves, and sustains manufacturing processes to support safe, efficient, repeatable, and cost-effective production.
• Creates and maintains manufacturing work instructions, routings, process documentation, standard work, setup sheets, and visual aids.
• Supports production floor activities by troubleshooting process issues, equipment concerns, tooling problems, assembly challenges, and workflow constraints.
• Evaluates and improves production methods, layouts, fixtures, tooling, equipment, and material flow to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Supports new product introduction, process changes, production transfers, and manufacturing readiness activities.
• Assists with equipment selection, installation, qualification, validation, and ongoing process optimization.
• Collaborates with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering to resolve equipment reliability issues and improve uptime.
• Identifies and implements lean manufacturing improvements such as 5S, standard work, visual management, mistake-proofing, cellular flow, changeover reduction, and waste elimination.
• Ensures manufacturing processes comply with applicable safety, environmental, quality, and operational requirements.
• Provides technical support and training to production personnel on new or revised processes, procedures, tooling, and equipment.

Skills

Structured problem-solving

Continuous improvement

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Job description

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Quality and Manufacturing Engineer to drive performance in a hybrid role that blends quality, continuous improvement, and manufacturing process execution across the organization.

You will lead or support root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions, process validations, work instruction development, tooling improvements, and data-driven improvement initiatives, partnering with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations to reduce waste, improve quality, and