Quality Engineer

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

The successful candidate will coordinate resources to best support Manufacturing Operations across the plant, lead quality, and cost improvement projects; work with all facets of the value stream from vendor to end customer to drive quality improvements; support new product launch.

• Coach and Develop Quality Technicians, Monitors, Analysts, and Group Leads
• Lead Problem Solving for Quality issues in your assigned area including containment, root cause, and corrective / preventive actions. (CAPA / 8D methodologies)
• Accountable for assigned Quality improvement projects. (WAR teams / Data driven priorities)
• Lead improvement projects leveraging PDCA and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Lead and support daily communications with Operations Huddle Board meetings.
• Timely communications to all appropriate functions
• Implement permanent corrective actions to eliminate process and product failures.
• Understand and translate Voice of Customer, Voice of Process, and Voice of Business into actionable items to improve manufacturing performance.
• Identify gaps between current processes and standardized work, Process FMEA’s and Control Plans and take actions to correct.
• Support cross-functional teams to resolve quality problems with customers, purchasing, supplier quality, design engineering, product management, process engineering, and manufacturing operations.
• Participate in incident investigations and resolutions.
• Immediately address any potential safety or ergonomic issues with a “safety first” attitude
• Actively participate in the Safety programs.

• 4-year degree from an accredited university, prefer Quality or Engineering degree
• At least 5 years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment; supervisory experience preferred.
• Proven successful track record identifying, controlling, and preventing product and process non-conformances.
• Ability to lead and influence others that are not under direct supervision.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Root Cause Analysis, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, and Control Plan experience
• Lean Manufacturing experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication Skills
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Strong ability to be or become a Change Agent, helping our teams meet future requirements.
• Confidently and professionally provide coaching to Quality Associates, holding self and team members accountable for achieving aggressive goals and while adhering to the TT PAR guidelines.

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $60,000 USD - $87,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location.

In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales…