Quality Engineer

About the role

We invite you to join our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth. Our values include Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care, and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere.

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Must follow Ahlstrom's manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures, and policies to meet and maintain safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements
• Actively promote and participate in safety efforts
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement and process optimization projects
• Lead and participate in problem-solving activities
• Assist manufacturing with troubleshooting quality issues
• Act as a technical resource to support Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing, Product Development, and Quality
• Monitor and analyze internal quality data for product optimization
• Monitor, improve, and optimize coating line web inspection systems
• Ensure compliance for ISO 9001 certification
• Lead the development of new lab test procedures
• Directly/Indirectly supervise resources assigned to technical day-to-day and project-based work
• Promote the quality management system by providing a basic understanding of requirements, specifications, test protocols, etc.
• Support customer claim investigation
• Lead and participate in internal audits for ISO 9001 management system
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science discipline
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
• 1-3 years of experience in applicable technical, process, quality, manufacturing, or product development role
• Internship experience will be considered
• Prior experience in the paper industry is desirable but not required
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Prior experience in data preparation, analysis, and presentation required
• Basic understanding of statistics preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft programs with the ability to learn other software
• Ability to identify, prioritize, and drive multiple initiatives on an on-going basis
• Ability to work on projects independently with limited supervision
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Some weekend and holiday work, as necessary