Quality Engineer

$85000 - $90000 per year | Richmond, IN | On-site | Permanent

Our client is an established, privately owned plastics manufacturer with a strong presence in the North American manufacturing industry. With eight U.S. manufacturing facilities, the organization has built a reputation for quality, innovation, and long-standing customer relationships.

The company offers the opportunity to join a growing manufacturing organization where employees have visibility across multiple facilities, opportunities for professional development, and the ability to make a meaningful impact on operational excellence and quality initiatives.

• Very stable industry
• Lots of opportunity for career development
• High level of ownership and influence
• Technical variety:
  Work with PPAP, IMDS, ISO standards, supplier quality, product qualification, and root cause analysis.

Job Details

Join an engineering team where your expertise will strengthen product quality, improve manufacturing performance, and help deliver reliable, high-precision solutions. This permanent opportunity offers an experienced quality professional the chance to solve challenging technical problems, collaborate across functions, and drive meaningful improvements from development through production.

You will champion quality standards, support customer requirements, and turn performance data into practical actions that reduce defects and improve process capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality planning and assurance activities across engineering and manufacturing operations.
• Prepare, review, and coordinate Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) submissions to meet customer and internal requirements.
• Maintain and improve quality management systems aligned with AS9100 and applicable regulatory and customer standards.
• Lead root cause analysis of product defects, process deviations, and customer complaints using structured methods such as 8D, 5 Whys, and fishbone analysis.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions, verifying their effectiveness to prevent recurrence.
• Conduct internal audits, support external and customer audits, and ensure timely closure of findings.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, suppliers, and customers to resolve quality issues and strengthen process controls.
• Support risk assessments, process FMEAs, control plans, inspection plans, and validation activities.
• Analyze quality metrics, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality.
• Maintain accurate quality documentation and communicate findings, risks, and improvement opportunities to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of quality engineering experience within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or a related technical environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with PPAP, AS9100, and root cause analysis, or equivalent quality frameworks and structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Strong understanding of quality management systems, auditing practices, nonconformance management, and corrective action processes.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and inspection requirements.
• Experience applying quality tools such as FMEA, SPC, MSA, and capability analysis.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a hands‑on approach to solving technical problems.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross‑functional teams and engage with customers and suppliers.
• Quality engineering or auditing certifications are advantageous.

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