Looking for a GREAT place to work? Sackett-Waconia a diversified manufacturer of bulk material handling and blending systems. Our designs and engineering experience is unparalleled and have set the industry standard in reliability, performance and efficiency! We are the premier leader in the world fertilizer industry.
The Quality Engineer works with designers, engineers, and manufacturing to provide support of overall product quality.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:
- Work with operations and engineering to ensure a quality product is produced.
- Implementation and ownership of the quality management system.
- Use available information to determine specifications, inspection or testing procedures.
- Record and interpret inspection or test data. Write reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.
- Work with team to determine root cause(s), and address and document corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor data for adverse trends.
- Produce quality and other reports.
- Completes other jobs or duties as directed by supervisor.
- Travel up to 10% to other facility sites as required.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Strong math and geometry skills.
- Understanding of the ‘7 quality tools.’
- Experience with root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- Accurate and detail oriented, producing work in a timely manner without errors.
- Successfully work in a fast-paced environment, independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to learn quickly and a willingness to take on additional workload as needed.
- Strong organization and documentation skills.
- A strong work ethic.
- Possesses qualities such as productivity, dependability, resourcefulness, efficiency, and professionalism.
- Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in technical field
- 5-7 years’ experience in the quality field preferred
- SolidWorks or AutoCAD experience a plus.
EQUIPMENT/JOB LOCATION:
Works primarily from an office at our Waconia, MN or Norwood Young America, MN facilities. Travel to other company operations and job sites as needed. Equipment used includes, but is not limited to, personal computer, printer, plotter, calculator and copy machine.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Walk or stand for extended periods of time in a manufacturing environment.
- Sit for extended periods of time.
- To have hand and arm (or equivalent) dexterity adequate to allow for extensive use of a keyboard for computer related functions.
- To talk and hear with enough proficiency to allow for communicating by phone or in person.
- To have adequate vision to accommodate frequent viewing of computer screens and written/printed information.
- The noise level is usually moderate.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY:
Sackett-Waconia will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, age, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or status with regard to public assistance.