Senior Quality Engineer

Nalco Water is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer at our Bedford Park, IL manufacturing plant.

This position is focused on quality problem resolution at manufacturing plants with a focus on plant capabilities in Chemical processing and packaging. The primary objective is continuous improvement in quality, process control, material efficiency, and startup of new product production.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Support site TPM initiative program and improvement process. Help to develop and implement action plans to solve problems; work with other departments and site employees to achieve and maintain ISO 9001 and RC 14000 certification. Member of the PQ Pillar.
2. Determine Quality improvement roadmap, scope projects and initiatives to eliminate losses. Lead and support implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
3. Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) approach to control critical quality attributes in target processes.
4. Support Lab testing method transfer from Research stage to QA Lab adaptation phase with a focus on ISO compliance. Troubleshoot testing methods to identify biases and develop harmonization plans.
5. Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) on key manufacturing processes, able to articulate quality improvement plans to technical and non-technical teams.
6. Lead customer complaints and nonconformance investigation. Assign RCA, corrective actions, and preventative actions to cross-functional team members.
7. Data mining in-process and finished batch to identify early signs of process deviation. Support Engineering, Maintenance, and Production to eliminate losses to maintain control limits.
8. Maintain current KPI and develop new measurements to reflect areas of opportunities and to track improvements execution plans.
9. Support plant functions during external and internal audits including ISO 9001, NSF, Halal, Kosher, and customer audits.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or Food Science.
2. Related experience with a strong Chemistry component, and five to seven years of relevant experience.
3. Immigration sponsorship is not offered with this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Certified Quality Engineer or equivalent certification.

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