Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer# Quality Engineer Gorilla Glue Tri County - Sharonville, OH 45241## Description#
** What's in it for you?**# Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 16 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.# Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence.

As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!#
** Summary Description**# The Quality Engineer applies established quality engineering principles and methodologies to identify risks, resolve quality concerns, improve processes, and promote product quality and reliability. This role supports quality programs and initiatives while developing increasing technical expertise within the Quality organization.
** What will your day look like?
*** Collaborate with internal teams, external manufacturers, and suppliers to achieve quality objectives while balancing consumer safety, product performance, business needs, and cost considerations.
* Support quality activities for new product development, product changes, packaging initiatives, process improvements, and ongoing manufacturing operations.
* Participate as the Quality representative on assigned cross-functional project teams, ensuring quality requirements and risks are appropriately identified and addressed.
* Troubleshoot new and existing products and processes, communicate identified quality risks, and resolve quality concerns independently or in collaboration with cross-functional partners.
* Perform statistical analysis to support troubleshooting, product and process qualification, equipment qualification, and continuous improvement activities.
* Develop and implement Quality Control Plans for new product development, packaging initiatives, product changes, and manufacturing processes.
* Define inspection and testing protocols for OTC, cosmetic, and adhesive products using established sampling methodologies, product requirements, and quality standards.
* Identify additional inspection or testing requirements necessary to mitigate specific risks related to consumer safety, product performance, packaging, labeling, and overall product quality.
* Support assigned supplier quality programs, including supplier nonconformance, supplier qualification, supplier change control, supplier notification of change, and supplier performance monitoring.
* Conduct supplier audits and assessments to evaluate compliance with established quality requirements.
* Review supplier corrective-action responses and support follow-up activities to verify appropriate closure.
* Conduct artwork proofing and packaging or labeling reviews to verify accuracy and compliance with established requirements.
* Support nonconformance, customer complaint, supplier issue, and process-failure investigations.
* Apply established root cause analysis and corrective-action methodologies to resolve assigned quality concerns.
* Prioritize assigned projects and responsibilities based on business needs, product risk, and resource availability.
* Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment, timely escalation, and transparency.
* Evaluate and balance consumer safety, product quality, regulatory requirements, cost, efficiency, and product performance when making recommendations.
* Develop and revise clear procedures, work instructions, test methods, specifications, and technical documentation for operators, technicians, engineers, and external partners.
* Specify appropriate tools, gauges, and equipment required for inspection and testing activities.
* Conduct Gage R&R studies and other measurement system evaluations as needed.
* Maintain and update quality tracking systems, supplier scorecards, performance metrics, and related reports.
* Analyze quality data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for improvement.
* Participate in and support continuous improvement initiatives that improve product quality, process performance, operational efficiency, and reliability.
* Support internal, external, supplier, and regulatory audits as requested.
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