Quality Engineer

The Ecolab Dish Machine Equipment Plant in Elk Grove Village, IL is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its industry leading manufacturing team. The successful candidate must “lean in” to challenges, drive continuous improvement, and establish innovative solutions to support ongoing product innovation and cost-reduction initiatives. This role will have the opportunity to own projects across functions and will work with plant leadership, corporate engineering teams, and regulatory bodies to drive results.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with manufacturing team members and field service technicians to solve customer-centric problems as a servant leader.
• Utilize the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology to tactically manage cross-functional teams that execute safety, quality, service, and savings improvements.
• Initiate and implement engineering design and specification changes including major changes associated with new product introduction and implementation.
• Pilot, trial, and build business cases to implement new manufacturing technologies.
• Share expertise in Root Cause Analysis and Corrective/Preventative Action planning.
• Act as a data analyst that extracts actionable insights from quality KPIs.
• Write, revise, review, edit and implement work instructions and quality alerts.
• Enable a strong quality culture that focuses on adherence to standards and regulatory requirements at all times.
• Cultivate positive and professional relationships with fellow Ecolab colleagues around the world for idea sharing and business improvements
• Minimal travel for training opportunities, conferences, audits, facility visits, etc.

What’s In It For You:

• Opportunity for a long-term career path that allows for exposure into many areas of the Ecolab Supply Chain Division.
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and has been recognized as one of the most ethical companies in the world.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, matching 401K, company-paid pension, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement and more!

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.
• 1-2 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment in quality, manufacturing, R&D, or engineering.
• No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Experience.
• ASQ CQE and/or CQA Certification.
• ISO 9001 Auditor Certification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification.
• Familiarity with UL, ETL, and NSF regulatory compliance.
• Experience using Total Productive Maintenance principles in a TPM production environment.

Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.