Quality Engineer

Lee Hecht Harrison
  • Chicago Heights, IL
  • $70,000–$80,000 Per Year
30+ days ago

Job Description

Quality Engineer

A leading manufacturing organization is seeking a Quality Engineer to drive quality improvements, support customer requirements, and ensure compliance with ISO standards across plant operations. This role is highly cross-functional, partnering with manufacturing, engineering, and customers to solve problems, improve processes, and elevate product quality.

What You'll Do:

  • Serve as the key liaison between customers and internal teams on quality requirements and issues

  • Investigate customer complaints, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions

  • Analyze and present data (SPC) to drive continuous improvement initiatives

  • Partner with engineering on new product launches and validation processes

  • Monitor production through audits to ensure adherence to quality standards

  • Travel to customer/supplier sites as needed to resolve quality concerns

What We're Looking For:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering

  • 2+ years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment

  • Strong knowledge of ISO standards and quality systems

  • Experience with SPC, TQM, DOE, and continuous improvement (Kaizen)

  • Proven problem-solving skills in a production setting

Salary Range: $70,000-$80,000

Benefits:

  • Health, dental, and vision, life, short/long term disability insurance

  • 401(k) offering

  • Paid time off and holidays (80 hours PTO)

  • Paid sick leave where applicable by state law.

LHH is a leader in permanent recruitment-and in the placement of top talent. Our areas of specialty include office administration, customer service, human resources, engineering, and supply chain and logistics. Please feel to check us out and apply for other opportunities if this role isn't a perfect match.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Pay Details: $70,000.00 to $80,000.00 per year

Search managed by: Matthew Kryca

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

  • The California Fair Chance Act
  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Numbers & Facts

LocationChicago Heights, IL
Salary$70,000–$80,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Administrative Skillsunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Corrective Actionunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Disability Insuranceunmatched
  • Human Resources Customer Serviceunmatched
  • ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
  • Logisticsunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Product Testingunmatched
  • Product/Service Launchunmatched
  • Production Controlunmatched
  • Quality Engineeringunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Technical Supportunmatched
  • Total Quality Management (TQM)unmatched
  • United States Department of Energy (DOE)unmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

Be found by employers

5,500+ employers search our resume database daily. Add yours to get found by recruiters looking for candidates like you.

Level up your application

Professional resume templates

Browse dozens of recruiter approved resume templates, layouts and formats. Choose your favorite and make it your own in minutes.

Free resume templates

Free resume builder

Improve your existing resume or start from scratch and create a standout, ATS-friendly resume. Add job-specific content, download and apply.

Free resume builder