Quality Tech Engineer

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under internationally recognized brand names such as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, Elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Travel Required:

up to 10% of time.

Job Number #173189 – Hodges, South Carolina, United States.

No Relocation Assistance Offered.

The Quality Tech Engineer serves as the critical bridge between R&D innovation and manufacturing execution. Embedded at the site level, this role acts as the primary on the floor execution lead for the Technology Transfer process, ensuring new formulas and products are successfully scaled from the lab to commercial manufacturing. Distinct from routine daily plant quality operations, this role is laser focused on supporting New Product Innovation.

The Quality Engineer will help execute plant trials, mitigate scale up risks, drive post launch investigations, and provide ongoing technical expertise to the local plant operations team.

• Manage and execute all tactical stages of the electronic Technology Transfer process at the site level, leveraging strategic support and guidance from the Sr. Tech Quality Managers and Quality Tech Director.
• Act as the primary onsite resource bridging Corporate Quality and R&D. Relay critical information between manufacturing capabilities and R&D innovation needs, leading technical discussions with site engineers and operators.
• Partner with site teams prior to trials to ensure operational readiness, verify new raw material and packaging availability, and support technical risk assessments for new product innovation.
• Serve as the physical execution lead for plant trials and EMOs, monitoring Critical Process Parameters directly on the floor and executing formal EMO reports.
• Leverage deep technical knowledge of formulations and scaleup processes to provide ongoing support to the Plant Quality and Operations teams. Act as the subject matter expert for troubleshooting complex issues on both new innovations and existing commercialized products.
• Lead the post launch reviews, support broader On Shelf Quality (OSQ) initiatives, and partner with the Plant Quality Team to investigate and resolve complex, formula driven quality deviations across the site's entire portfolio.
• Facilitate ongoing synchronization meetings connecting R&D, Division Quality, and Site Operations to ensure seamless communication and remove roadblocks during commercialization.
• Actively adopt and apply emerging AI and digital tools to support continuous improvement, optimize plant trials, and enhance the overall efficiency of product commercialization.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), Chemistry, or a closely related technical/scientific field.
• 5+ years of full time working experience in Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, or Process Engineering within the consumer goods (FMCG), pharmaceutical, or food/beverage industries.
• Proven, hands on experience participating in or leading plant trials, new product scale ups, or technology transfers from a laboratory environment to a…