Quality Engineer

Company: ENGINEERINGUK
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 28, 2025

Job Description:

The Kilbourn Quality Engineer role provides leadership to ensure the manufacturing process and finished products comply with all applicable regulatory requirements, customer, and company expectations for the manufacturing of quality and safe products. This key Quality role focuses on optimization, digitization, Kaizens, and innovations related to quality and plant initiatives. Reports through Site Quality Leader to Site Director.Who You Are & What You'll Do

• Develop, lead, and drive optimization and Kaizens related to top plant and quality losses.
• Maintain, develop, and use operational knowledge of various IT support systems used for Quality applications.
• Define Statistical Process Control methods for use in setting targets and limits for operational areas. Manage and train plant in statistical methods for the analysis of production operations.
• Support innovation funnel activities within the supply chain. Work with internal and external customers of the innovation.
• Assess training and development needs for the Quality Technicians related to quality program.
• Manage and ensure compliance with the quality management system through communication, training, and internal/external audits at all levels.
• Lead data collection, analysis, and assignment to standard Quality loss trees in support of operational KPIs reporting.
• Implement and verify site calibration and maintenance program for inspection, measuring and testing equipment. Coordinate performance of lab equipment capability studies.
• Co-lead Quality Pillar activities in UMS and provide additional technical expertise to the plant for troubleshooting quality issues.
• Utilize SAP QM and Unilever specifications including SAP PLM & ECC and support verification of use for quality purposes.
• Support the implementation and verification of procedures to control non-conforming materials and products.
• Participate in structured quality improvement activities related to customer, consumer issues and PQS gaps.
• Support implementation and ongoing verification of category/technology GMP as applicable to the site.
• Support implementing and assessing ongoing compliance to in-take control program for received materials and packaging.
• Track and trend consumer complaint data to ensure focused improvement within gaps.
• Report and communicate results, issues, and improvements to relevant stakeholders.
• Interpret, apply, and enforce all company policies, programs, regulations, and safety/Environmental rules.What You'll Need To Succeed
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 1-3 years' experience in related discipline; management level experience preferred.
• Programming proficiency - Power BI, MS Office tools, SAP/ERP, Sharepoint.
• Statistics experience - SPC knowledge.
• Familiarity with Quality/food safety programs including HACCP, SSOP, Integrated Pest Management, FDA cGMP, TPM/UMS.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations using algebra, fractions, statistical analysis, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions with minimal guidance. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
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