Quality Process Engineer

Advanced Drainage Systems; New Miami (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in stormwater management seeks a Quality Process Engineer responsible for ensuring compliance and improvement in quality standards. This role will involve collaboration across teams, utilizing statistical tools and leading quality initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in manufacturing and quality engineering, coupled with leadership skills for project management and team training.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Strong sense of urgency with passion for production floor.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop quality standards using analytical tools.
• Manage audit programs and corrective action.
• Lead problem-solving initiatives to improve reliability.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in process engineering, business, or quality engineering

Tools

Quality Management Systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves. For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers.

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at www.adspipe.com.

Summary:

The Quality Process Engineer is responsible for three facets of quality.

1. The Quality Management System working with cross-functional teams to develop systems and processes to ensure compliance to system standards.

2. The Quality Engineering function including the development and improvement of quality standards utilizing various analytical tools to ensure process design and control.

3. The Quality Control function – including the daily management of quality control activities to ensure manufacturing adheres to quality standards and no quality issues impact the customer.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position are segmented into (4) categories:

Quality Engineering

+ Developing processes, utilizing tools such as Process Control Plans and PFMEA to ensure quality is built into every production process.

+ Evaluate process control using various analytical/statistical tools such as process capability studies, histograms, and other quality related tools.

+ Work with Material Science and Corporate Engineering to establish process parameters, process variances, and steps needed to stabilize and improve processes.

Quality Assurance

+ Work with the various teams (Safety, CI and Manufacturing) to develop and deploy processes that help standardize manufacturing practices.

+ Drive best practices and continuous improvement through standardized processes.

+ Share lessons learned and best practices amongst the plants.

+ Responsible for ensuring operating procedures and practices comply with third party certification requirements.

+ Develop and manage audit program for corrective and prevention action.

Quality Control

+ Lead or facilitate problem solving initiatives including root cause analysis and corrective action utilizing tools such as A3, 5 Why, Fishbone diagrams, etc. to improve process and equipment reliability.

+ Support QC team with the test procedures and execution of inspection activities

+ Lead and facilitate kaizen workshops with cross-functional teams for various continuous improvement projects to improve performance to key performance indicators.

+ Develop and maintain various documentation including standard work, quality alerts, one-point lessons, etc. to support production and quality operations.

+ Provide technical support to the plant operations team regarding quality related issues.

+ Manage final inspection activities for compliance to standards prior to shipping.

+ Manage the internal audit program to ensure practices adhere to processes and system is compliant to industry standards.

+ Responsible for managing the corrective and prevention action program.

+ Manage calibration, inspection, and test equipment calibration program and ensure records are maintained for compliance.

General

+ Manage Plant Quality Assurance Specialists in the geographical region of responsibility.

+ Provide formal updates and reviews to Leadership on key projects (identified by Quality Process Engineer) and improvement activities that are being implemented.

+ Participate with plant management team on daily management reviews.

+ Coach and train plant operations team and quality team to new and revised operating processes.

This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

+ Ability to work independent managing multiple projects at the same time with varying complexity.

+ Strong sense of urgency with a passion for working on the production manufacturing floor for a significant amount of the workday.

+ Experience with Quality Management Systems (ISO9001, etc.)

+ Experience using various quality/process engineering tools such as control plans and PFMEA

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

+ Solid analytical & systematic problem-solving skills with a working knowledge of statistical tools such as process capability, statistical process control, histograms, pareto, etc.

+ Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles

+ Ability to work and communicate with multiple levels of the organization.

+ Demonstrate strong project management and organizational skills.

+ Ability to drive continuous improvement methodology.

+ Experience working in a manufacturing environment.

+ Ability to read and interpret drawings, prints, specifications, etc.

Educational / Training Requirements:

+ Bachelor’s degree in process engineering, business, or quality engineering

+ Prefer certification with American Society for Quality (Certified Quality Auditor, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

+ Five or more years of manufacturing experience at different levels

+ Proven track record of driving continuous improvement with manufacturing teams

+ Bilingual in Spanish and English

Other Requirements:

+ 25% travel would be typical for this role.

+ Ability to travel as needed to support plant requirements.

+ Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

+ Ability to stand and work within the various climate conditions based on plant locations (Florida, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, etc.) for long periods of time.

ADS supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Requisition ID: 2023-15651

External Company Name: Advanced Drainage Systems

External Company URL: http://www.ads-pipe.com/en/

Street: 2650 Hamilton-Eaton Road