Quality Engineer

Our client is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to ensure that plastic injection molded components meet all customer, internal, and regulatory requirements. This role supports production, engineering, and suppliers by applying automotive quality tools, driving corrective actions, and maintaining compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality standards. Directly working and communicating with OEMs and Tier 1 customers.

They have been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 40 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates have continued to grow each year. They provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE’s and TPO’s as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain quality system for projects assigned.
• Lead and / or participate in implementation and discipline of SPC.
• Maintain and support compliance with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, and internal procedures.
• Participate in internal, customer, and third-party audits, support corrective action responses.
• Ensure adherence to Control Plans, PFMEA, and Process Flow Diagrams.
• Supporting daily manufacturing operations for plastic injection molding processes.
• Analyze nonconforming material and implement containment actions.
• Monitor SPC data and identify trends affecting product quality.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Maintenance on process improvements.
• Lead and support APQP activities for new and existing programs.
• Prepare and submit PPAP documentation to customers.
• Ensure dimensional layouts, material certifications, and capability studies meet requirements.
• Lead structured problem solving using 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone methodologies.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective / preventive actions.
• Support scrap reduction, defect prevention, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary quality contact for customer concerns and quality issues.
• Manage customer complaints, scorecards, and corrective action responses.
• Support supplier quality activities, including supplier corrective actions and audits.
• Develop and maintain quality documentation, work instructions, and inspection standards.
• Track quality KPIs such as PPM, scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
• Prepare reports and presentations for management and customers.
• Statistical support including DOE for product and process.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision. This employee will be responsible for part inspection with constant lifting of boxes for inspection and labeling.

Working Conditions :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the following are the working conditions :

The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.

Our client offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including :

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.