Quality Engineer

Position Description

At a Glance

Legrand  has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join the Lighting Division Focal Point Team in  Chicago, IL. Looking for a Quality Engineer with high aptitude and energy to implement and execute quality system best practices in the manufacturing, supplier, and new product development (NPD) processes. This position will help drive improvement to products and processes by working with engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and field service. The person who holds this position must have abilities and experience with quality management systems, lean methodology, problem solving, technical documents, metrology, and auditing. This position reports to the Quality Engineering Lead.

What Will You Do?

• Maintain and improve quality control systems and procedures for lighting products and components.
• Review and update controlled documents with internal departments.
• Monitor operations, supplier, and customer metrics. Take containment and corrective actions based on nonconformance events and trends in metrics.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions related to internal, supplier, and customer nonconformances.
• Support internal quality management audits as well as corporate social responsibility audits.
• Monitor supplier capability and compliance by conducting in-person and virtual audits.
• Review first article and PPAP data from suppliers and work with engineering to determine compliance or corrective action.
• Participate in cross-functional teams on process optimization and cost reduction kaizens.

Qualifications

Required Skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program.
• 3-5 years of experience and achievement working for a manufacturing organization as a quality engineer. Similar roles and work experience will be considered.
• Computer proficiency - Knowledge with MS Suite products.
• Working knowledge and experience with quality system and process standards; including ISO9001.
• Familiarity with 7QC tools and quality methodologies (e.g. Ishikawa, Pareto, FMEA, PPAP, SPC).
• Blueprint and specification reading. Use of measurement tools and inspection methods.
• Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000 starting base plus bonus.
• Summary of Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Disability, Parental Leave, 401K w/ company matc.

Competencies:

• Ingenuity and aptitude - ability to apply old knowledge to new problems and to obtain new knowledge and apply it.
• Proven track record of leading through influence. Able to build strong team relations with peers and work collaboratively with people across all levels and departments. Has the personality to run meetings and appropriately motivate others to action and collaboration.
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, with all levels of work force including production workers, engineers and upper-level management.
• Customer-focused with a high sense of urgency.
• Highly self-motivated to succeed and drive improvement with the ability to work independently plus in a team environment and see all work through to completion.
• Detail-oriented, with a desire to “roll up your sleeves” to help the team get the job done.

Company Info

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Lighting Sector

Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle, Finelite, Focal Point, and OCL which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall which focuses on lighting for demanding environments. We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities. With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.

Equal Opportunity Employer