Engineer, Quality

We are hiring a Quality Engineer to join our Quality Assurance team!

DISCOVER

Do you enjoy solving problems and driving process improvements? As a manufacturing-focused Quality Engineer, you will leverage technology to level-up our quality processes and help us become a world-class supplier.

By designing, installing, and evaluating process sampling systems, procedures, and quality standards, you’ll play a key role in assuring the quality of our industry-leading Endless Pools®, Hot Spring® Spas, Caldera® Spas, Freeflow Spas®, and Fantasy Spas® products.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

Are you mechanically-inclined? In this position, you will define and qualify measurement systems using the latest technology available.

Our measurement systems help to identify, detect, and prevent defects in the manufacturing processes.

• Are you a problem-solving expert? You’ll have the opportunity to lead a variety of problem-solving projects. Using formal problem-solving methods such as 8D and DMAIC, you’ll impact our organization and drive manufacturing excellence to ensure our customers’ needs are met.
• Are you good with statistics? You will use data and experimentation (capability studies, hypothesis testing, and ANOVA) to make decisions with high confidence.

Your insights will inform the development of robust process controls that assure customer satisfaction.

Do you have a continuous improvement mindset? You will pursue the quality vision by making incremental, sustained process improvements over time, using Lean, Six-Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints.

We’ll look to you to follow a corrective and preventive action process to track, fix, and prevent the recurrence of quality problems.

Can you analyze risk? You will play an important role in process design by translating the voice of the customer and identifying product and process characteristics that are critical to quality.

The use of pFMEA and a risk matrix are key to the success of our quality strategy.

• Do you enjoy working cross-functionally? You will lead a great team dedicated to Making the Best Better! Communication, collaboration, and mutual respect are the foundation of our teams.
• Can you train and motivate others? We’ll look to you to conduct training on quality concepts and tools, lead 8D problem solving teams, and facilitate Kaizen events.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelor's degree from a four-year university or college strongly preferred. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Quality Engineering or related role (e.

g., Process Engineering). Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365; Power BI experience preferred.
• Experience using statistical software (e.g., Minitab) desired. Must be able to prepare reports, worksheets, charts, schedules, procedures, and other data as necessary.
• Cloud-based ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle) a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with and present information to a group of co-workers, supervisors, managers, or higher-level executives.
• Ability to work well both independently with minimal supervision and within a team environment.
• Six Sigma, Lean, ASQ CQE certification preferred.
• Bilingual (English / Spanish) a plus.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Watkins Wellness, we believe everyone should Feel good. Live well.’ We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers, and community.

Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more.

We are proud of the people we are and the products we make products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hiring Range : $79,500.00-130,000.

Company : Watkins Manufacturing

Shift 1 (United States of America)Full time