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Job description
Sr. Quality Engineer — Kingsport, TN
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Estimated compensation: 80K- 99K + DOE
Position Summary
Provide technical leadership and quality support for containerboard manufacturing.
Work closely with Production, Sales, Shipping, Customer Service and Laboratory teams.
Manage quality systems, laboratory operations, testing equipment calibration, customer complaints, trials and continuous improvement.
Support product performance and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Quality & Process
Provide daily quality support to manufacturing operations.
Monitor product quality, trends and process performance.
Analyze quality/process data and identify root causes.
Implement corrective actions.
Lead continuous-improvement initiatives.
Support grade development, product optimization and specification management.
Assist with chemical, product-development, customer and process-improvement trials.
Visit customers when needed to resolve quality complaints.
Laboratory
Maintain the mill quality laboratory.
Manage laboratory inventory, supplies and equipment.
Ensure testing follows mill, TAPPI and customer requirements.
Provide technical guidance and training to laboratory personnel.
Testing & Calibration
Maintain quality-testing equipment.
Coordinate preventative maintenance.
Ensure laboratory/quality equipment is calibrated quarterly or according to applicable standards.
Troubleshoot equipment and coordinate outside service when necessary.
Customer Quality
Investigate customer complaints and quality claims.
Perform root-cause analysis.
Develop corrective-action plans.
Work with Technical, Logistics, Shipping, Production and Sales.
Track complaint trends and recommend long-term improvements.
Customer Trials/Product Development
Coordinate customer trials involving new products, grade changes and process changes.
Analyze trial data and communicate results.
Support product qualification and customer approval.
Develop customer-specific quality solutions with Sales and Operations.
Quality Systems
Maintain quality records, procedures and standards.
Ensure compliance with internal systems and customer requirements.
Participate in audits.
Monitor quality metrics and prepare management reports.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Paper Science, Chemistry, Quality Management or related technical field — equivalent industry experience may be considered.
3+ years of quality, process or manufacturing experience.
Experience with root-cause analysis, statistical data evaluation and process improvement .
Preferred
5+ years in pulp, paper, containerboard or packaging manufacturing.
Knowledge of TAPPI testing methods and paper-testing equipment.
Customer claims, quality systems and product-development experience. xhqgsiq
Laboratory management and calibration experience.
Worksite address
johnson city, TN, 37601, US
Who can apply
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