Technical Quality Engineer

Putnam Plastics; Dayville (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Disability & Life保险

Paid Vacation, Sick Time & Holidays

On-site Fitness Center

Shift Differentials

401K with Company Match

Bonuses

Tuition Reimbursement

Private, Family Owned Company

Small company

USA Made

Job summary

Putnam Plastics Corporation in Dayville, CT is seeking a Technical Quality Engineer to apply quality and process engineering principles to investigate, analyze, and optimize manufacturing processes for compliance and product quality. You will actively participate in CAPA, change control, validation activities and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science, 3+ years in a regulated manufacturing environment, and hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years quality experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 13485 or other regulated industries.
• Direct experience with metrology equipment.
• Experience with validation activities (IQ, OQ, PQ, PPAP, etc.).
• Familiarity with Minitab or similar statistical software.
• Proficient in MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Apply quality and process engineering principles to investigate and optimize processes for compliance and product quality.
• Participate in CAPA, change control, and documentation updates.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, R&D Engineering and Manufacturing to reduce process variability and implement improvements.
• Review specifications and apply measurement methods to CTQ attributes.
• Author protocols and reports related to validation activities.
• Support customer feedback handling and nonconformance investigations.

Skills

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

Minitab

Microsoft Office

Job description

Begin your career with us & help bring life-saving medical devices to the market, worldwide

Benefits Include:

• Medical, Dental, Disability & Life Insurance Options – Benefits Start After 30 Days!
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time & Holidays
• On-site Fitness Center, Trainer & Wellness Program – Access for Your Family Too!
• Clean & Temperature Controlled Work Environment
• Shift Differentials
• 401K with Company Match
• Quarterly & Annual Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Private, Family Owned Company
• Smaller Company, Less than 500 Employees
• Proudly Based in the USA
• Located Right Off Highway 395

In order to achieve our mission of “Enabling Polymer Technology to Improve the Quality of Life” Putnam Plastics Corporation is focused on building an innovative workforce comprised of employees who pride themselves on challenging the status quo while providing the best quality product to our customers. We strive to provide our employees with the tools to be successful while working in a creative and fun working environment. We firmly believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth and success and that together, we can accomplish great things.

If you are excited by the opportunity to grow with a company that has a distinguished past and an even brighter future, Putnam Plastics Corporation may be the place for you!

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Position:Technical Quality Engineer

Location: Dayville, CT

Job Id:340

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Putnam Plastics Corporation (PPC) is the industry leading manufacture of life-saving medical devices components for over 40 years. We are looking for people who want to invest in their future, the future of PPC and our PPC community. Please refer to our website at putnamplastics.com/about/career-opportunities for more information. This is a summary only. We are an EEO employer.

Summary: The Technical Quality Engineer uses quality and process engineering principles, tools and practices to investigate, analyze, develop and optimize processes for ensuring continued compliance and product quality. The Technical Quality Engineer focuses on technical product or manufacturing process issues and actively participates in continuous improvement initiatives as assigned and offers and supports ideas for improvement.

• Acts as an advocate to ensure processes are compliant and documented.
• Reviews, evaluates product specifications and applies appropriate measurement methods to critical-to-quality (CTQ) attributes.
• Is hands-on with products, inspection and measurement equipment.
• Drive change control processes and activities.
• Participates in CAPA activities as required.
• Initiates CCOs and revises or creates documentation when needed.
• Authors protocols and reports, develops and takes action related to validation activities such as, but not limited to Risk Management, MSA, FAI, IQ, OQ, PQ, PPAP, Gage R&R, Process Capability (statistical process control), DOE, or other studies necessary to initiate or sustain products.
• Participate and collaborate with Supply chain, R&D Engineering, Operations Engineering and Manufacturing to identify potential areas of process variability, address root causes and implement improvements.
• Evaluates process critical quality parameters and updates specifications and protocols.
• Assists in other quality or engineering activities as requested.
• Customer Feedback and Nonconformance Support:Required Qualifications:
  • Documents and Investigates customer feedback and/or nonconformances.
  • Participate and collaborate with Supply chain, R&D Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to identify potential areas of process variability, address root causes and implement improvements.
  • Tracks and reports performance metrics pertaining to Customer Feedback and nonconformances to identify trends.
  • Corresponds professionally with internal and external customers regarding potential product issues.Required Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science, or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years related to quality experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 13485 or other regulated manufacturing industries.
• Direct experience with metrology equipment.
• Direct experience authoring and participating in validation activities.
• Previous familiarity with Minitab or other Statistical Programs.
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, SharePoint, Teams, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Excellent analytical, technical and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience working both individually and as part of a team to meet both internal and external customer requirements
• Able to perform several tasks concurrently with good time management skills.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working with plastics.
• ASQ CQE/CQA
• Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt)
• Prior experience within electronic Quality Management Systems (eQMS) such as CEBOS, Green Light Guru, Master Control, Qualio, Veeva, or similar applications and systems.

Physical Requirements: (with or without the aid of mechanical) The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 40+ years experience across 36 countries
• Innovative design and research expertise
• In-house ISO certified production facilities