Quality Engineer

About the role

Gardner Denver – Industrial Technology and Services, LLC, a division of Ingersoll Rand, seeks a Quality Engineer to support the transformation of metal castings and raw materials into high-performing products used around the world. The role involves direct impact on product performance, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence at our Sedalia operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and document process improvements to ensure quality and reliability.
• Respond to quality issues, lead root cause analysis, identify risks, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Document all departmental procedures supporting and maintaining ISO certification.
• Support plant internal corrective actions.
• Respond and investigate quality related issues found on the production floor, or at the customer's location.
• Communicate with suppliers on non-conforming material and issue/supervise supplier corrective actions as necessary.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant quality experience required in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of relevant quality experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years experience with MS Office Suite, to include intermediate Excel skills.
• 1+ year of experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, or similar platforms.

Core Competencies

• Quality Systems & Compliance: Develop, maintain, and support quality procedures, documentation, and plant-level quality systems in alignment with ISO certification, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• Structured Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis: Ability to respond to quality issues as they occur, investigate non-conformances, apply root cause analysis tools, and drive corrective and preventive actions that improve product reliability and reduce defects.
• Process Improvement & Manufacturing Support: Experience identifying production concerns, developing and documenting process improvements, and partnering with manufacturing teams to strengthen quality, reliability, and operational performance.
• Cross-Functional & Supplier Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, customer service, warranty, purchasing, and suppliers to resolve quality concerns, manage supplier corrective actions, and ensure customer quality requirements are met.
• Documentation, Data & Systems Proficiency: Strong ability to create, maintain, and manage quality-related documentation, including process controls, inspection logs, visual work instructions, ECNs, and corrective action records, while utilizing MS Office, Excel, and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, or similar platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or some college with relevant quality engineering experience.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement initiatives.
• ASQ certification (e.g., CQT, CQE, CQM, or CRE).
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

What We Offer

• Base onsite in Sedalia, MO.
• Travel anticipated is less than 10%.