Quality Engineer

About the Role

The Quality Engineer supports the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality assurance systems and processes to ensure product compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. This role plays a vital part in minimizing defects, improving manufacturing efficiency, and ensuring customer satisfaction by embedding quality into every stage of the packaging production process.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership in the implementation and maintenance of the SES Quality Pillar requirements.
• Identify trends in quality data and collaborate with operations to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase yield.
• Support the execution of root cause analysis of complex and systematic internal and external non-quality occurrences, acting as a focal point in the guidance and use of quality tools for analysis and problem solving.
• Spend time on the manufacturing floor to observe manufacturing processes, collect data, and perform Root Cause Analysis to eliminate both internal and external quality issues.
• Observe, investigate, and study manufacturing processes and product specifications to suggest and implement new ideas for improving quality and reducing manufacturing scraps.
• Assist the development and maintenance of Control Plans and PFMEA, following SES Quality Pillar guidance.
• Manage changes of global valid manufacturing and process specifications, including a traceable review/update of the Quality Product Control Plans (QPCP), Standard Operating Conditions (SOC), Critical Quality Product Characteristic (CQPC), and Critical Quality Process Parameters (CQPP).
• Support the qualification process of new products, equipment, and raw materials regarding validation of quality systems (specifications, product/process controls).
• Ensure that local changes (e.g., process changes, countermeasures/learnings from improvement activities or teams) are managed effectively and efficiently.
• Work closely with the operations team to ensure that the required Standard Operating Conditions (SOC) / process parameters linked to the product/equipment are defined and documented.
• Develop, implement, and manage Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC), ensuring the effective usage of these tools in daily production management.
• Define and implement improvement teams/projects to address defects based on quality-related loss deployments.
• Develop, implement, and manage the Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
• Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

Requirements

• University degree in Engineering (Chemical, Food Production, Mechanical) or 3-5 years of vocational training.
• Six Sigma - Black Belt preferred.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Intermediate MS Office skills.
• Basic knowledge of quality and problem-solving tools.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and food safety standards (BRC, SQF, FDA) desirable.

Benefits

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents.
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement.
• Vacation & Paid Sick Leave (PSL).
• Paid Holidays.
• Performance Bonus.
• Additional benefits available.

Pay

$90k-$100k. Actual compensation will be determined based on a combination of factors, including relevant leadership experience, qualifications, education, skills, internal equity, and overall business considerations.

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.