Senior Manufacturing Quality & Process Improvement Engineer

CareerNerds, LLC; Spring Grove (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerNerds, LLC is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead initiatives for best-in-class process control, quality culture, and sustainable improvements on the shop floor. The role emphasizes integrating customer requirements (Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, AS9001) with manufacturing culture and driving hands-on problem solving to elevate performance.

The position requires strong leadership, experience in quality systems, and collaboration across functions to deliver measurable quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Metallurgy or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years quality leadership experience with hands-on shop floor continuous improvement.
• Six Sigma Black Belt with multiple projects; Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2008 or AS9100.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality culture initiatives and drive company-wide continuous improvement with emphasis on problem solving and process control.
• Support CAR system and develop teams for improvement activities.
• Provide engineering support to operations and ensure application of quality techniques in investigations and resolutions of non-conformances.
• Develop FMEA and control plans for key processes and customer projects; participate in APQP activities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Process Engineering, and SMEs to determine critical part features and tolerances for cost-effective production.
• Organize resources to address real-time in-process quality problems and collect data for improvements.

Skills

Strategic orientation

Office suite & Minitab

APQP & FMEA

8D problem solving

6S & lean tools

Value stream mapping

TPM

Root cause analysis

Statistics

GD&T

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Metallurgy

Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ)

Tools

Minitab

Job description

CareerNerds, LLC is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead initiatives for best-in-class process control, quality culture, and sustainable improvements on the shop floor. The role emphasizes integrating customer requirements (Nuclear, Military, Aerospace, NADCAP, AS9001) with manufacturing culture and driving hands-on problem solving to elevate performance.

The position requires strong leadership, experience in quality systems, and collaboration across functions to deliver measurable quality