Travel-Heavy Lean Quality Engineer: Root Cause & CAPA

FXI; Baldwyn (MS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

FXI is seeking a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to strengthen quality across its manufacturing network. You will lead investigations, drive CAPA, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams to implement practical, sustainable solutions.

The role is based at a FXI facility with 50-70% travel to support multiple plant locations, requiring hands-on problem solving and a Lean-focused approach to reducing variation and preventing recurrence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing quality, process engineering, or operations experience.
• Proven success leading root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
• Ability to travel 50-70% to support multiple plant locations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Root Cause Investigations across manufacturing, process, product, and customer quality issues.
• Drive Corrective and Preventive Actions through rapid containment, root cause identification, implementation, validation, and sustainability of solutions.
• Facilitate Structured Problem-Solving using Red X, 3-Legged 5-Why, and Is/Is Not Analysis.
• Identify and Reduce Process Variation by applying Lean principles and practical experimentation.
• Analyze Trends and Systemic Issues across facilities to identify recurring problems and risks.
• Lead Read Across initiatives to standardize lessons learned and deploy best practices.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/quality

Tools

Shainin Red X

Job description

FXI is seeking a Root Cause & Corrective Action Engineer to strengthen quality across its manufacturing network. You will lead investigations, drive CAPA, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams to implement practical, sustainable solutions.

The role is based at a FXI facility with 50-70% travel to support multiple plant locations, requiring hands-on problem solving and a Lean-focused approach to reducing variation and preventing recurrence.