Description
As a Quality Engineer at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative people around the world and make an impact by supporting the Quality Management System, leading root cause investigations, and applying quality engineering and statistical methods.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Quality Management System and maintaining ISO certification readiness across multiple manufacturing value streams.
- Leading root cause investigations, corrective actions, and preventive actions to improve product quality, process capability, and customer satisfaction.
- Applying quality engineering and statistical methods, including SPC, Process Capability, Gage R&R, DOE, FMEA, and data analysis techniques to identify and eliminate sources of variation.
- Conducting and leading process audits, system audits, product qualifications, and process validation activities.
- Partnering with manufacturing, engineering, operations, sourcing, laboratory, and technical organizations to develop, improve, and sustain quality systems and manufacturing processes.
- Supporting supplier quality improvement activities, supplier corrective actions, and supplier performance initiatives.
- Leading continuous improvement and Lean Six Sigma projects focused on reducing cost of poor quality, improving process performance, and delivering business results.
- Supporting customer complaint investigations and implementing sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Providing quality engineering leadership for new products, process changes, capital projects, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Acting as a quality resource and consultant to manufacturing teams through application of quality tools, statistical methods, and problem-solving methodologies.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Statistics, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a manufacturing quality engineering role.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional problem-solving and continuous improvement activities.
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems and audit processes.
- Experience applying quality tools including SPC, Process Capability Analysis, Gage R&R, FMEA, Control Plans, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
- Experience leading corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and data-driven decision making.
- Experience supporting supplier quality and supplier corrective action processes.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or equivalent certification preferred.
- Strong project leadership, communication, and technical problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting process qualifications, product validations, and manufacturing process improvements.
Benefits:
- Competitive pay and benefits, including Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits.