Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Quality Engineer
Job Description

The Quality Engineer supports daily quality assurance activities, analyzes production data to drive continuous improvement, and refines methods to enhance overall performance. This position develops effective testing, sampling, and training procedures to ensure compliance with customer and industry standards. The Quality Engineer also conducts audits, prepares reports, and drives corrective and preventative actions to resolve quality issues and prevent recurrence.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all BOS, ISO/TS, and customer-specific requirements.
• Understand plant/customer KPIs and work with the team to meet and exceed them.
• Participate as a Layered Process Auditor if instructed by the manager.
• Ensure continuous improvement in all production quality deliverables.
• Provide support on PPAP package preparation for product submissions and approval by appropriate customer personnel.
• Develop and update Control Plan as required.
• Support the manufacturing engineer in updating the PFMEA as required.
• Develop appropriate inspection plans and containment plans.
• Utilize all customer-specific systems.
• Conduct capability studies and ensure they are performed and documented for special characteristics, meeting customer and internal requirements.
• Support the continuous improvement of the Operation Description Sheets (ODS).
• Identify and utilize appropriate statistical tools, mentoring team members on proper statistical application and techniques.
• Interface with assigned external customers as the single point of contact for issue resolution.
• Complete any customer-specific advanced quality planning requirements.
• Write and submit 8-Ds to the customer in a timely manner.
• Visit the customer as needed.
• Communicate between the customer and the plant.
• Initiate Quality Alerts when concerns arise and follow the alert until it is closed.
• Confirm all customer return material analysis root cause and corrective actions.

• 2+ years of quality engineering experience within the automotive industry.
• Experience with PPAP and APQP requirements.
• Internal auditing experience.
• Customer interaction experience.
• Experience managing suppliers.
• Experience in training others.

• Experience with root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of automotive industry standards.

This position will be working out of the Greenfield, OH plant, which employs about 250 people over three shifts. This role is a first-shift position.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Greenfield, OH.

The pay range for this position is $33.65 - $39.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Greenfield,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 17, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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