# Senior Quality Engineer

**Company**: Valvoline Global Operations
**Location**: Lexington, KY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Valvoline Global Operations, an affiliate of Aramco, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer. This role involves developing, implementing, and managing quality control laboratory processes across Valvoline Global Operations, focusing on establishing and maintaining global standards for laboratory testing, equipment management, documentation, and analytical precision.

The Senior Quality Engineer will drive continuous improvement within laboratory environments, manage global laboratory benchmarking programs, ensure audit readiness, and provide functional governance over production laboratory sites. This role requires collaboration with various departments to align and integrate quality processes, staying current with regulatory requirements and industry standards.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and implementing global laboratory quality processes aligned with industry standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 17025, and IATF.

- Identifying opportunities for process improvements in production laboratories and leading initiatives to enhance quality, efficiency, and productivity.

- Overseeing investigations of fluid quality issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective and preventive actions.

- Ensuring accurate and up-to-date documentation of laboratory quality processes, audit findings, and continuous improvement activities.

- Providing leadership, training, and guidance to regional teams to foster a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

- Developing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) for lab quality and preparing quality reports for senior management.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Chemistry, or a related field. An advanced degree is preferred.

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality management, with a focus on OEM, lab, and plant environments.

- Deep knowledge of quality management systems and standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 17025, and IATF.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.

- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional and cross-regional teams.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Proficiency in quality tools and methodologies such as Six Sigma and Lean.

- Authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred qualifications include experience in a global or multinational organization, certified quality engineer or manager certifications, IATF certification, and experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).

This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, with the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that values innovation, creativity, and excellence.

## Skills

### Required
- quality management
- laboratory testing
- equipment management
- documentation
- analytical precision
- project management
- problem-solving
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- Six Sigma
- Lean
- ISO 9001
- ISO 17025
- IATF

### Nice to have
- global or multinational organization experience
- certified quality engineer or manager
- IATF certification
- Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

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