Materials Quality Engineer – Finished Goods Warehouses

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA/QC for finished goods—including receipt, storage, handling, and shipment readiness—ensuring all operations comply with internal SOPs, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate quality guidance and training for warehouse personnel promoting an SQDC culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the operation.
• Lead rigorous root cause investigations for warehouse quality escapes such as damage, wrong part, incomplete material, or shipping discrepancies, driving sustainable Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to prevent recurrence.
• Analyze quality trends and performance metrics to identify systemic risks, reporting findings to leadership to drive data-based improvement initiatives.
• Support and guide warehouse personnel on quality requirements, material handling standards, parts quarantine with traceability process, and escalation procedures.
• Partner with 3PL providers and GE Vernova Warehouse operations team to mitigate risks such as product damage, wrong parts, contamination, mislabeling, and shipping errors.
• Review, create, and optimize standard work, procedures, and work instructions to ensure they reflect best practices and mitigate quality risks.
• Serve as one of the primary points of contact for annual internal/external audits and customer inspections, ensuring the warehouse consistently meets all quality assessment criteria.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure proper material status and packaging control from goods receipt through shipment to customer.
• Support the site lean roadmap for warehousing, ensuring alignment and synergy between internal materials planning and operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3+ years of experience in quality assurance, warehouse quality, manufacturing quality, or supply chain operations.
• Strong knowledge of quality systems, Lean principles, corrective action processes, and nonconformance management.
• Experience working in finished goods warehouse or distribution environments with manual processes.
• Proficiency with Oracle and SAP ERP systems and quality documentation processes.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading audits and managing CAPA systems.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 or other applicable quality management standards.
• Experience in regulated or high-compliance environments.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience.
• Experience supervising or coaching quality with 3rd party suppliers or 3PL warehouse personnel.