Quality engineer

The Quality Engineer is the primary on-site Quality representative at the Shelbyville, Tennesseemanufacturing facility, responsible for ensuring process consistency and the delivery of defect-free products. This role provides hands-on quality engineering support to manufacturing operations, leading problem solving, supporting continuous improvement, and safeguarding product integrity prior to shipment. Working closely with Production, Engineering, and the Quality team, the Quality Engineer supports the QA Manager by executing site-level quality activities, resolving customer quality issues, and driving improvements using structured methodologies such as PDCA.

salary: $55,000 - $60,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

Site Quality Engineering Leadership
• Act as the primary on-site Quality authority for the Tennessee manufacturing facility.
• Provide technical leadership to Quality Inspectors, including work prioritization and
guidance.
• Serve as the escalation point for high-impact quality issues affecting safety,
compliance, delivery, or customer satisfaction.
Problem Solving & Risk Management
• Lead root cause analysis and cross-functional corrective and preventive actions.
• Apply the PDCA methodology to resolve quality issues in collaboration with
Manufacturing and global Quality teams.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate process and product quality risks.
Process Quality & Validation
• Maintain, and improve Control Plans, PFMEAs, and inspection strategies.
• Support process validation for new products, equipment, and process changes.
• Ensure process capability and stability meet quality requirements.

The essential functions of this role include:

• working in a smoke free environment
• working in a non-temperature controlled environment
• manual lifting up to 50lbs
• standing for 8 hours at one time
• working up to 8 hrs of overtime per week
• working weekends

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control
• Product Inspection
• Testing
• Monitoring
• Supervising

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 5 years
• Experience level: Manager

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.