Summary Description:
The Gorilla Glue Company is currently looking for a Quality Engineer. The ideal candidate should be familiar with quality engineering work and able to coordinate multiple projects within a high-paced organization across multi-functional teams. This individual will be responsible for continually improving the quality system across all brands by establishing quality control systems and setting product requirement that focuses on making sure that our products (both internal and externally produced) are designed, developed, and made to meet or exceed consumers' expectations and requirements.
What's in it for you?
Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 14 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!
What will your day look like?
- Partner with various internal and external groups to achieve the best quality results possible while maintaining a balanced approach to cost impact on the business.
- Rigorously troubleshoot new and existing processes. Able to effectively communicate quality risks and resolve them individually or with a team.
- Able to statistically analyze data for troubleshooting quality problems or qualifying new equipment/processes.
- Develop control plans for external or internal parties for new product development projects and/or the launch of new packaging forms.
- Develop Quality Control plans that dictate testing protocols for products on receiving inspection and ongoing performance monitoring for OTCs, cosmetics, and adhesive products. Able to follow general testing strategies regarding sample sizes and test types, but also able to think critically and add tests that mitigate specific risks to consumer safety, product performance, or general quality.
- Manage the Supplier Non-Conformance system.
- Effectively make judgment calls on project priorities.
- Superb communication skills with internal and external parties.
- High level of business acuity to discern and balance consumer safety, product quality, costs, efficiency, and general product performance.
- Able to conduct audits of supply chain partners.
- Authors clear procedures for operator, technician, or engineering tasks.
- Specs out tools required for inspections or testing.
- Conducts Gage R&R exercises as needed.
- Review supplier corrective action and critically evaluate for adequacy.
- Inputs data into data tracking systems, such as supplier scorecards, and publishes them as necessary.
- Takes part in or leads continuous improvement projects.
- Any other duties as assigned by the manager.
What you bring to the table:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- Five years of experience in a manufacturing environment in a Quality role
- Green or Black Belt Six Sigma (or Lean) Certification preferred
- ASQ CQE preferred
- Experience in GMP or ISO:9001 quality systems preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated
- Flexibility
- Excellent problem-solving skills