PPC Flex · 9 hours ago
QA Engineer
Rome, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $120K/yr
3+ years expPPC Flex is a company focused on quality assurance in manufacturing, and they are seeking a QA Engineer to lead the quality assurance department at their Rome plant. The role involves overseeing quality management systems, ensuring food safety certification, and managing customer audits, while driving improvements in quality testing procedures.
ManufacturingPackaging Services
Responsibilities
Lead all aspects of the Quality Assurance department at the manufacturing facility
Designated SQF practitioner with responsibility and authority to oversee the development, implementation, review and maintenance of the QMS, including food safety fundamentals and the food safety plan, to take appropriate action to ensure the integrity of the QMS, communicate to relevant personnel all information essential to ensure the effective implementation and maintenance and ongoing improvement of the SQF system
Promotes, devises, establishes and/or improves where needed, the company’s quality procedures, standards and specifications
Manages key metrics to evaluate the performance of the Quality Department such as Cost of Quality (COQ), internal rejections, quality testing turnaround time, etc
Manages the Corrective Action Response (CAR) process, trending CAR data to initiate process improvements
Interacts with our customers to ensure we are solving customer complaints in a timely manner
Leads customer quality audits and performs root cause analysis for non-conformances generated from audits
Respond to customer requests related to products and manufacturing environment in a timely manner (i.e. customer inquiries, product questionnaires, specifications, plant quality information, special requirements)
Enter Customer Returns, Internal Rejections, rework and other quality data into ERP system as required
Is responsible for all Quality Associate aspects in terms of safety, annual reviews, staffing, hiring and potential terminations
Trains, guides and assists Quality Associates in the successful execution of their roles. Coordinates training of new Quality Associates by assigning a qualified trainer, and monitoring the timely completion and documentation of the training program
Assists in the development of personnel, operator training certification and quality testing procedures
Act as a backup for direct reports, when required, for critical activities required to serve the customers of PPC
Ensures that all responsibilities and functions performed are in accordance with quality standards in place and that they meet the customer’s requirements. Participate in quality programs and be aware of changes and standards within the systems
Generates improvement ideas and embraces improvement projects to better the business
Is responsible for the department budget, annual budgeting process within quality department and the actual budget spend on a monthly basis
Perform other duties which may be assigned as part of the essential functions of the position
Be Safe! Encourage all employees to engage in safe working behaviors
Qualification
Required
Self-starter, highly motivated, follows directions well and can work with little or no supervision
Possess good math skills, able to read a tape measure and micrometer accurately
Four-year college degree, preferably in a Quality related field, Engineering or Chemistry. Computer literate with good organizational skills
3+ years' experience in manufacturing, preferably in the flexible packaging and/or food manufacturing industry
Detail-orientation required for auditing completion of required paperwork and information system's inputs with a high degree of accuracy
Good verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Previous experience with SQF highly preferred
Company
PPC Flex
Based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, PPC Flexible Packaging is a leading provider of cleanroom and consumer packaging for the healthcare, snack, organic, “better-for-you,”produce and horticulture markets.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-10-01Acquired
2021-09-30Private Equity
Leadership Team
kevin keneally
President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
George Rose
Executive Vice President and General Manager
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