Quality Engineering S

Reporting to the quality assurance manager, the quality engineer is responsible for ensuring that the quality of the parts produced in the plant will meet all customer expectations. The quality engineer will quickly and effectively take action when non‑conformances are found. The quality engineer will proactively identify and drive continuous improvement projects to increase product quality, overall manufacturing efficiency and productivity while reducing cost and waste. The position will be a resource for the plant, assisting in solving quality and technical issues; ensuring that the plant and its quality systems evolve and continuously improve through close association with plant management. This position will lead continuous improvement activities in the plant related to quality and food safety requirements. The quality engineer will maintain the integrity of the certified quality system requirements with lean, cost‑effective strategies that meet the organization’s needs. The quality engineer role will participate in strengthening the customer relationship. This position is also responsible for food safety and quality procedures to ensure that the company’s objectives for food safety and quality meet or exceed customer’s and regulatory agency’s requirements.

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Department: Quality

Supervisor: Manager, Quality Assurance

Manage the Quality of Manufactured Products

Ensure that product quality and procedures are in place and are being properly executed to minimize defects and protect customers.

Ensure that required quality audits take place and corrective actions for non‑compliances are completed.

Coordinate investigations of non‑conformances, follow‑up on investigations, maintain RCCA log, and complete verification activities with Quality Manager.

Ensure timely and effective follow‑up on customer product quality issues, including:

Drive the process for answering customer PQIs on time with the plant, using timely follow‑up, communication, and production knowledge to ensure answers provided to customers are correct, logical, and have corrective actions completed to prevent reoccurrence.

Respond to customers within 10 days of receipt of PQIs, with clear, well‑written responses, tailored to an audience that does not have intimate knowledge of the plant or Polytainers operations.

Conduct thorough investigations and root cause analysis of plant issues and internal problems within quality, using the Polytainers problem‑solving model, to effectively correct deficiencies and prevent reoccurrence.

Maintain the most recent understandings of the quality system requirements and, therefore, ensure that documented practices meet the true interpretation of the quality management system standards.

Assist the Plant in Achieving Quality Performance Targets

Participate in determining plant quality assurance objectives and be accountable for ensuring projects assigned are properly planned out, executed, and documented as per planned deadlines.

Establish corrective actions when performance is off target.

Based on the above analysis, engage with plant management to drive forward on corrective actions for major issues.

Customer Relationship Management

Ensure compliance and timely completion and submission of customer regulatory documents.

Co‑ordinate responses to customer request for food safety, allergen, HACCP, and quality questionnaires.

Track and report on customer complaints and formal NCR’s and associated corrective action plans.

Communicate directly with the customer, including visiting the customer’s plant, as required.

Engage in customer visits to gain full understanding of customer root cause concerns and to strengthen the customer relationship.

Customer Complaint Management

Track and report on customer complaints (PQIs) status at daily production meetings, formal NCRs, and associated corrective action plans.

Prepare final reports to customer and submit to the issuing PQI coordinator for closure.

Lead Plant Continuous Improvement Objectives

Participate in determining plant objectives in establishing the performance metrics for the objectives and providing leadership in ensuring projects are supported with technical and troubleshooting assistance.

Assist the plant in working with quality directly to achieve desired continuous improvement goals while ensuring plant quality standards are maintained.

Ensure assigned activities are properly planned out, executed, and documented as per planned deadlines. Facilitate implementation of changes.

Provide feedback and follow up throughout the project life cycle to drive improvement.

Plant Technical Support

Thoroughly understand injection molding, thermoforming and IML technologies as well as dry offset plastic printing and shrink sleeving technologies.

Be knowledgeable of quality standards and understand process / product interactions.

Act as a resource to quality team members, operations, and maintenance by taking ownership and leading resolution of escalated day‑to‑day problems using accepted problem‑solving methodology.

Report on performance and corrective actions at appropriate forums, such as the daily production meeting.

Work with engineers, maintenance, and plant team members to ensure proper execution of all test requirements (including sign off) for new equipment/products/processes for molding and printing.

Report on quality issues from customers at daily plant meeting.

Communicate quality issues to appropriate plant management in a timely fashion to initiate corrective actions.

Report on plant quality issues and any other issues of significance with the quality assurance team at the daily quality meeting.

Ensure the Quality Assurance Manager is kept abreast of issues being dealt with and items beyond the scope of your duties to control / correct.

Effectively communicate and reinforce company’s commitment to quality improvement efforts.

The incumbent has responsibilities relating to food safety and food quality. Their designated back‑up for these issues is as per FSQ-GEN-0045 Designated Backups for Food Safety and Quality Issues.

Post graduate degree or diploma, preferably in engineering, or equivalent.

Minimum Experience/Field: Minimum 5 years of technical support experience in a fast paced, high volume lean manufacturing environment. Knowledge of lean manufacturing tools and applications.

Knowledge of 6 sigma tools and applications (Green Belt or equivalent).

Computer Skills: Good PC skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Fluent in English with good verbal and written communication skills.

Effective planning and organizational skills.

Project management skills.

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