Quality Engineering Manager

Job Description:

Company Description

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 global industrial company centered on a differentiated business model.  The company’s seven business segments leverage the 80/20 business model to generate solid growth, best-in-class margins and favorable returns in markets where innovative, customer-focused solutions are required.  ITW delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries targeting sustainable and profitable organic growth. ITW Sexton is a stand alone business within ITW and is a market leader in the manufacture of high-pressure aerosol cans and is seeking a Quality Manager at the Decatur, AL facility.

Job Description

This position is responsible for building quality into the production process and ensuring the delivery of quality products to our customers in the most safe and efficient manner.  This role will partner closely with plant and department leaders to analyze production trends, propose solutions to improve processes in addition to contributing to the implementation of improvement projects. This role will also lead preventive actions, coordinate effective corrective actions, and implement measures that adhere to all industry and governmental standards. This position will take responsibility for assuring customer satisfaction by ensuring timely responses to our Sexton Business Unit customers.

Essential Functions: 

• Implement and manage statistical based quality controls

• Troubleshoot production processes to support improvement to existing manufacturing tooling, processes, methods, and procedures.

• Lead efforts to reduce and control manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, and customer complaints) by assisting the team on identifying the primary root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions.

• Interface with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Management regarding quality monitoring, corrective action processes, quality improvement actions, and containment actions.

• Provide timely superior response, communication, and closure to customers in relation to quality concerns and issues.

• Provide periodic reports of quality issues, project updates and other valuable KPI’s to the leadership team.

• Lead quality audit processes in addition to Advanced Quality Planning (AQP) efforts.

• Perform project-based work, as assigned, or directed, on improving quality and reducing scrap or defects.

• Update procedures, PFMEA, and control plans as necessary.

• Perform other duties as assigned or directed.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required

• 2 – 5 years of quality engineer experience or equivalent experience required

• Skilled in statistical analysis

• Minitab experience preferred

• Quality Engineer Certification is a plus

• Prior experience in aerosol manufacturing environment highly preferred

• Demonstrated track record of successfully leading improvement projects by providing creative approaches to problem solving

• Experience leading cross-functional project teams and influencing others without authority

• High level of comfort when working in ambiguous situations, with the ability to gather pieces of information and summarize them into meaningful statements and/or instructions

• Ability to perform a variety of complicated tasks in a very flexible environment

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Some travel may be required

Being an employee at ITW comes with lots of benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Paid Holidays

• PTO (Vacation and Sick Pay)

• Attendance Bonus

• Employee Referral Bonus

• Medical (3 Plans), Dental and Vision Insurance

• FSA/HSA

• STD/LTD

• Life Insurance

• 401(k) (Roth/After-tax options available)

• Parental Leave

• Adoption Cost Assistance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Scholarship Program

• 3 for 1 gift match program

• Volunteer Match Program

• $115 credit towards safety shoes

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.