Plant Quality Specialist Job

Primary location: Newark, Ohio 
Relocation offered: No 
Employment status: Full-Time 
Travel: <10% 
Non-compete: No 

The estimated base salary range for this role is $70,000- $80,000 per year.  
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

​What does it mean to work at Tectum, Inc., a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

 By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive:

• A benefits package including: medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, and many more. 
• Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.
• A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results. 

 

 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., has a job opportunity for a Process/Quality Engineer to be located at our plant in Newark, Ohio.  Under the direction of the Quality & Technical Services Manager, the Process/Quality Engineer will be responsible for providing focused technical support and leadership to the operations located in Newark, OH and Columbus, OH.

 

Bring your ideas.  Build your future with us.  Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is a recognized global leader in the design and manufacture of ceiling solutions.   We have won numerous awards from industry associations for our quality products, environmental stewardship, corporate citizenship, safety, and innovation. In addition, our team enjoys a challenging work environment, a competitive compensation plan, and a comprehensive benefits package. 

 

What’s in it for you?

• Be a trusted partner to the business
• Networking and Relationship Building
• Ability to be innovative and strategic
• Manage Safety projects and initiatives
• Dedicated training and development to help you grow in your role and beyond
• Collaboration and an open friendly team environment.

 

What you’ll do

• Support plant safety with active participation in safety audits and risk assessments
• Ensuring compliance of product attributes to technical specifications and requirements
• Lead process optimization, root cause analysis and driving scientific and engineering principles into a rapidly changing industrial manufacturing facility
• Using data to analyze and investigate process difficulties as well as making at-the-line observations to detect and analyze sources of trouble
• Determining and following through on immediate corrective measures where possible
• Planning and conducting factory tests to follow through on any of the preceding activities
• Writing test plans, observing test runs, directing experimental process adjustments during tests, evaluating test results, writing reports, and recommending and initiating subsequent action to be taken
• Serving as project leader, manager and 'doer' of medium to large scope projects including cost reduction, quality improvements, new product development, energy utilization, and process improvement
• Driving practical knowledge of science and technology into all levels of the manufacturing organization for improved plant performance and quality
• Working with production operators, production leaders and other technical support staff in hands-on troubleshooting of technical problems
• Providing technical expertise and leadership in applying process improvement tools such as Lean Manufacturing principles, Six Sigma, design of experiments and statistical process control and use these tools to identify and improve plant performance
• Investigating improvement opportunities and initiating critical manufacturing process improvement projects
• Continually coach production operators in the use of process control techniques
• Create, refine, educate and implement standard work and process adherence throughout the workforce

• Drive to root cause resolution of customer complaints for any product quality issues, implement corrective actions with production teams
• Implement product quality improvements, by completing root cause analysis leveraging scientific and engineering principles
• Creating and maintaining data collection systems
• Continually expand product