Quality Engineer

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5.2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Quality Engineer 
Appleton, WI
 

 

Interested to learn about Voith? Check out our video "Voith careers" on YouTube.

 

Reasons you’ll love working here: 

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance 
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package 
• 401K with generous company match 
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide 
• Tuition reimbursement 

 

Summary:

The Voith Group is a globally active technology group with its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive markets. Founded in 1867, Voith is today one of Europe's largest family-owned companies with around 22,000 employees, sales of €5.5 billion and locations in over 60 countries around the world.

 

The primary role of the Quality Engineer II is to provide technical support for the fabrics manufacturing operation located in Appleton. WI.  In addition, this position will be the primary resource for internal process and quality management.

 

Responsibilities:

• Provide daily quality and technical assistance, investigation and decision making to the manufacturing operation.
• Works closely with Design & Applications team on internal quality decisions.
• Manage supplier certificate of analysis and performance communication, documentation, and corrective action (SCAR log).
• Lead operational excellence (OPEX) projects on process optimization, cost reduction and material changes.
• Support the implementation and consolidation of packaging specifications required by customers.
• Required to attend the daily manufacturing meeting where follow-up actions are identified to maintain flow through the plant and meet customer orders.
• Actively participate in behavioral based safety programs and employee engagement.
• Support the archiving and evaluation of manufacturing data systems.
• Member of the Integrated Management System (IMS) team.
• Manage scrap non-conformance investigation forms (SNIF’s) log.
• This position is part of a 24-hour quality text line to provide infrequent, but necessary, guidance to the press fabric operation supervisors after hours and on weekends.

 

Requirements:

• Ability to apply engineering and scientific principles to resolve problems and make improvements.
• Capable of working in a flexible, often shifting manufacturing environment.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers, management team and production personnel.
• Business knowledge of cost/benefit analysis, project management and planning.
• Comfortable working in manufacturing environment and around equipment.
• Ability to facilitate and drive the resolution of complex problems using data.
• Willingness to travel locally, nationally or globally when needed.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time with various timelines.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to write and orally present technical information.
• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.
• Intermediate-level knowledge of Microsoft software packages.
• Exposure to Six Sigma training and Minitab preferred.