Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Scarborough, Maine Permanent USD80,000 - USD100,000 per year View Job Description
We are seeking a Manufacturing Quality Engineer to serve as the primary customer-facing quality contact while driving corrective actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and manufacturing quality performance. This individual will investigate customer complaints, lead root cause analysis efforts, and work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, quality, and production teams to ensure issues are resolved effectively and permanently.
  • Direct customer exposure and ownership of critical quality initiatives
  • Clear path to future leadership

About Our Client

Our client is a long-established manufacturer with a flagship operation of approximately 280 employees and a strong reputation for operational excellence, precision manufacturing, and continuous improvement. The organization is experiencing both growth and succession-driven hiring, creating outstanding long-term advancement opportunities within the engineering and leadership teams.

Job Description

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customer quality complaints and drive issues through closure
  • Lead root cause investigations, corrective actions, and problem-solving activities across manufacturing operations
  • Analyze quality data, identify trends, and develop improvement initiatives to enhance product performance
  • Support APQP, PPAP, and other quality planning activities with product development and manufacturing teams
  • Conduct audits, interface with customers and suppliers, and support internal and external quality systems
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, and statistical analysis tools



MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Manufacturing Quality Engineer should have:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related
  • 2+ years of Quality Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience
  • Strong root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working directly with customers on quality-related issues and corrective actions
  • Understanding of quality systems, audits, and continuous improvement methodologies
  • Experience with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, AIAG Core Tools, Lean, or Six Sigma preferred

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary range: $80,000 - $100,000 per year.
  • Exceptional long-term growth potential due to planned leadership retirements
  • Highly visible role interacting directly with customers and senior leadership
  • Opportunity to influence quality, manufacturing, and operational performance
  • Exposure to precision manufacturing, tooling, process improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Stable company with a large flagship facility and strong investment in engineering tale



Interested? Apply today.

Contact
Cian Troy
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7105489

Job summary

Sector
Engineering & Manufacturing
Sub Sector
Quality, Technical
Industry
Industrial / Manufacturing
Where
Scarborough
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Cian Troy
Job Reference
JN-092026-7105489
 

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