Quality Engineer

Title: Quality Engineer - Packaging & Containers Manufacturing

Location: Metro Houston, Texas

Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 base salary commensurate with experience, education along with QC/QMS/ISO knowledge, and relevant industry exposure. Company offers competitive pay along with a comprehensive and affordable benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching.

Leading global manufacturer and supplier of traditional along with sustainable flexible packaging for the pre-packaged foods and consumer products markets in North America.

Responsibilities & Essential Duties

• Lead problem solving and root cause identification efforts for nonconforming products and customer complaints.
• Work with other departments, such as Production, R&D, Planning and Procurement to develop and implement corrective action plans.
• Verify effectiveness of corrective actions through various methods, such as audits and data collection and analysis.
• Review and improve as needed the current QC test methods and procedures.
• Work with R&D to develop quality standards and testing protocols for customer/product trials and qualifications.
• Will review quality analysis with relevant production and plant managers.
• Visit customers and suppliers if necessary for quality incident investigations. May travel up to 20%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in packaging manufacturing specifically in a Quality Engineering role.
• Proficient in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Understanding of process capability and validation.
• Auditing experience preferred.
• Knowledge of a Quality Management System and global standards, such as GFSI and ISO 9001.
• Self-motivated and able to multi-task and change priorities as issues arise.
• Excellent computer skills, particularly in the use of spreadsheets, databases, and statistical applications such as Minitab.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, including the ability to facilitate teams and work successfully in a team environment.