Manufacturing Quality Engineer
The Mural Group
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
The Mural Group
Interim leadership, direct hire, consulting
Location: Western Kentucky (onsite)
Type: Permanent · Full time
An established automotive parts manufacturer is hiring a Quality Engineer who will own APQP and PPAP for the plant early in their career. You will work face to face with customers at process sign-offs and audits, something most engineers at this stage wait years for. The hiring team is ready to move quickly.
What you'll do
Run APQP through the manufacturing process and build and submit PPAP packages
Keep the plant's IATF 16949 certification in good standing and take part in audits
Lead 8D corrective actions on internal and customer quality issues
Write and maintain control plans and work instructions
Program and run the CMM for dimensional layouts
Serve as the quality contact for suppliers, and stand in for the Quality Manager with customers when needed
What you bring
Bachelor's in engineering or a related technical field (required)
1 to 3 years of quality engineering in automotive or industrial manufacturing
Hands-on APQP and PPAP work: building packages, getting customer approval, keeping logs
IATF 16949 or TS 16949 experience, including audits
8D and structured problem solving
SPC and GD&T knowledge, and comfort working directly with customers
Nice to have: CMM operation and programming.
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Interim leadership, direct hire, consulting
The Mural Group provides on-demand senior talent and consulting services to mid-market, private equity–backed portfolio companies. It offers three pillars: interim and fractional leadership (such as CFO or Controller), direct hire and executive search for permanent senior roles, and project-based consulting for initiatives like system implementations, financial reporting improvements, and merger integration. It matches experienced professionals to client assignments on a flexible, as-needed basis so clients can address leadership gaps without full-time commitments. With founders and partners from Big Four accounting and executive search, the firm focuses on the private equity ecosystem and aims to support portfolio companies through growth, transformation, and transaction work like due diligence, integration, and carve-outs.
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