Quality Engineer

DEPARTMENT: Quality Assurance

REPORTS TO: Quality Manager

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Plant Quality Engineer is responsible for implementing process control programs that will assure production of finished goods that meet or exceed customer-specified requirements. He/she leads continual improvement by utilizing the appropriate quality tools and provides data analysis. This position will be focusing on the injection molding, lining and decoration departments of the plant. They will be focusing mostly on any quality issue that arises during production, handling corrective actions, etc. They will also be involved in product launches and engineering changes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze quality event data and aide in the development of projects directed at improving product and process quality
• Coordinate department quality control activities to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, and minimize cost.
• Facilitate Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) with Engineering in conjunction with advanced quality-planning activities and monitor the status throughout production life
• Develop validation protocols, test method validation/Gage R & R and final reports. Perform data analysis. Assist in deviation investigation and resolution.
• Direct employees engaged in product measurement, inspection, and testing activities to ensure quality control and reliability.
• Develop, implement and maintain Statistical Process Control techniques
• Assure compliance of the documented quality system (ISO9001:2015) and promote consistency throughout the organization
• Monitor and revise quality documentation as required
• Visit customers and suppliers when necessary. Acts as a liaison to internal and external customers
• Review all production methods for compliance to quality standards and for improvement of product and quality standards
• Recommend methods for improving utilization of quality personnel
• Interface with customer to resolve complaints, corrective actions, preventive actions, engineering changes and validation.
• Initiate engineering change package.
• Assist in formulating responses to audit findings
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP) as applicable.
• Conduct multiple projects simultaneously ranging from feasibility phase to post launch quality assessment and throughout production life
• Conduct/assist investigations to determine root causes of defects and process failures and make recommendations for corrective action. Facilitate problem solving meeting.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• 5-7 years of experience in Quality Engineering. Ideally in the Plastic Manufacturing Industry.
• A B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline is preferred.
• ASQ-CQE, CQA certification preferred
• Minimal travel is required. <10% based on needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safety Responsibilities:

1. Supports a culture where employees address unsafe conditions and behaviors, make suggestions for improvements, and actively participates in implementing solutions
2. Identifies safety gaps and self-initiates corrective actions
3. Strictly adheres to plant safety, housekeeping, and 5S efforts
4. Understands, identifies, and corrects safety hazards
5. Drives a culture which empowers employees to understand and embrace what they own
   • Food Safety Responsibilities:
6. Monitors and verifies activities to ensure that finished goods and raw materials are coming in and out of the facility meet consumer safety and quality standards.
7. Complies with all company food safety and quality assurance procedures
8. Reports any product or process failures that could impact food safety of manufactured products to the location’s Food Safety Team Leader and submits an appropriate incident report

About MRP:

MRP Solutions (MRP), a plastic cap manufacturer, is a leading provider of high-quality, injection molded plastic closures, jars and packaging components used every day by millions of consumers around the globe. But we offer more than just plastic caps and lids – we deliver industry-leading packaging solutions tailored to each customer’s unique requirements, providing best-in-class product protection while ensuring consumer confidence.

MRP Solutions combines extensive packaging expertise with a consultative approach to reliably uncover customer needs. By understanding your business goals, we can tailor smarter, safer, and more flexible packaging solutions that reduce cost and increase speed to market, helping your businesses capitalize on opportunity. By constantly innovating, MRP enables our customers to grow, making us a preferred partner.

We are passionate about partnering with distributors and manufacturers who understand that plastic caps and lids are a small but important part of how people experience their brands. Together, we deliver packaging with purpose.

Our Vision:

We deliver industry-leading packaging solutions tailored to each customer’s unique requirements, providing best-in-class product protection while ensuring consumer confidence.

By constantly innovating, MRP enables our customers to grow, making us a preferred partner.

Our Values & Beliefs

• Integrity – We have the courage to act with the highest level of integrity, even when no one is watching. We do what is right 100% of the time.
• Value Creation – The sole reason a company exists is to create real long-term value for society. This starts with ensuring human safety, as value cannot be created without first protecting human life. We seek opportunities for mutual benefit with all of our stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate. In everything we do, our overarching goal is to deliver superior results..
• Accountability - We are accountable to each other and to our stakeholders. We say what we do and do what we say. We embrace a culture of ownership, empowering and equipping employees with the ability to own their outcomes.
• Entrepreneurial - Everyone thinks and acts like owners, employing good economic and critical thinking skills while adopting the risk profile of our shareholders. We are inquisitive, constantly seeking out opportunities to improve, actively searching for and innovating across each and every aspect of our business. We relentlessly strive to understand and profitably anticipate what our customers need and value, because if our customers do not grow, we do not grow.
• Respectful and Friendly – Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. Because everyone's perspective has value, we embrace diversity of thought, background and experiences. We are friendly and lead with a smile. What we do is important, but how we do it is what makes it impactful.
• Change - We actively seek out and embrace change wherever profitable. Because society is constantly identifying and employing new and better ways of accomplishing tasks, we must constantly innovate, reinvent and, ultimately, destroy the old ways of doing business. We actively engage in rigorous debate and embrace challenge to ensure we stay relevant and deliver superior results.
• Fulfillment – Our employees are the foundation of our success. We foster an environment enabling our employees to learn, grow and accept more accountability as they demonstrate capability. We promote more than just individual connection as community at work brings people together through common interest, objectives or experiences.

MRP Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, medical condition, marital or protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. Consistent with the obligations of state and federal law, MRP Solutions will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Any employee who needs a reasonable accommodation should contact Human Resources