Production Quality Engineer

PRODUCTION QUALITY ENGINEER

Sep 8, 2025

Canal Winchester, OH

Pay Rate : $75,000.00

Job Title: Production Quality Engineer

Location: Canal Winchester, OH

Job Summary

Responsible for ensuring production quality within the assigned mass production unit/area by leading quality system improvements, resolving customer concerns, and driving continuous improvement in alignment with company and customer standards.

Education

- Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering field or equivalent experience

Physical/Ergonomic Requirements

- Able to work sitting or standing for extended periods of time

- Company cell phone provided; must be reasonably available during off hours, vacation, and business travel

Essential Functions

- Collaborate with Production, Design, and Mass Production Engineers to improve quality systems and resolve customer complaints

- Conduct daily quality audits (Gemba walks) and ensure standards compliance

- Lead investigations for customer and internal quality issues; develop and implement countermeasures using root cause analysis methods (5Y, Fishbone, Mind Mapping, etc.)

- Manage and improve quality documentation (PFMEA, Control Plans, PQS, PPAP, etc.)

- Supervise and train quality technicians and auditors, including performance reviews, career development, and disciplinary actions as needed

- Support and lead PFMEA and Bully Testing processes, including training staff and implementing lessons learned

- Analyze production data to identify trends, ensure containment, and control sorting costs

- Lead Kaizen improvements, develop capital requests, and optimize processes to reduce risk, improve OEE, and deliver ROI

- Provide training to peers and cross-functional teams on quality systems and best practices

- Enhance customer/internal document management and champion system-wide improvements

- Support customer audits and drive resolution of customer quality issues

Skills & Experience

- 3-5+ years of quality engineering experience, with strong background in injection molding (required)

- Proven leadership ability with experience supervising or training quality staff

- Strong communication skills (verbal and written English) and ability to collaborate across teams

- Skilled in blueprint reading, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, etc.)

- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams