Sr. Process Engineer – Quality

Location: Charleston, SC

Join a North American industry leader in specialized manufacturing, poised to lead the global market. Take your career to the next level with a company that values innovation, excellence, and growth! We intend to lead safety, the market, quality, and service by developing our people, improving our processes, delivering value to the marketplace to improve our financial performance and secure our future safely.

Currently, we have an immediate and exciting need for a Sr. Process Engineer-Quality at our facility located in Charleston (Goose Creek), SC. We are looking for a team-oriented professional with an exemplary track record of success in order for us to lead safety, the market, quality, and service through developing our people, improving our processes, and delivering value to the marketplace.

Essential Functions, Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure that both internal and external customer requirements are consistently met by effectively driving and optimizing the plant’s Quality Management System.
• Propose, sponsor, and lead initiatives aimed at enhancing product performance and increasing yields, utilizing tools such as CAPA, 5 Whys, ECRs, JDIs, and RIEs to drive continuous improvement.
• Support projects focused on cost reduction, yield improvement, and cycle time reduction by leveraging tools such as DMAIC, SPC, Design of Experiments, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Uses quality Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools to effectively analyze process concerns and performance gaps.
• Provide clear visibility and guidance on the plant’s KPIs, ensuring that objectives for first-pass quality and productivity are well-defined and that the responsible teams have the resources needed to drive improvements.
• Collaborate with customers to cultivate strong relationships and build trust, driving collaborative improvement projects at the plant.
• Participates in strategic planning, goal-deployment, business analysis, and organizational design activities through the site Business Team.
• Provide leadership and direction to the Quality Lab Technicians in areas such as safety, quality, cost, efficiency, and productivity.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical, Chemical, Metallurgical or Materials Engineering). Engineering Degree preferred.
• Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing Certifications preferred but not required.
• At least 3 years of experience in technical problem solving or customer communication in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to independently prepare and deliver presentations and training materials.
• Ability to interface with the organization, customers, and suppliers acting as a coach and trainer.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams with focus on strategic planning/execution for new processes as well as driving continual improvement in safety, quality, and productivity
• Strong organizational and project management leadership abilities can coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience in creating or revising process documents such as Control Plans, FMEA's, JSA’s and Standard Work job instructions
• Demonstrated commitment to zero incident safety culture, teammate engagement, active teamwork, continuous improvement while practicing corporate Target Behaviors