Quality Engineer

Guardian Industries
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Iowa, DeWitt
May 07, 2025
Your Job Join Our Dynamic Team in DeWitt, IA as a Quality Engineer! Are you passionate about innovation and collaboration? Do you thrive in environments where continuous improvement is at the forefront? If so, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us. We are seeking quality engineers who are enthusiastic about driving value through collaboration. If you are someone who excels in working with diverse teams to tackle challenges and enhance both product and process, this role is perfect for you. Your ability to learn quickly and maintain professionalism and positivity in all situations will be your keys to success. Our Team Join a team that thrives on collaboration and the pursuit of excellence. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every opinion matters, and innovation is encouraged. If you're ready to be part of a team that respects diverse perspectives and leverages them for success, we would love to have you on board. What You Will Do Develop a thorough understanding of glass manufacturing (float) and fabrication (coating, tempering, offline cutting) fundamentals, including potential failure modes. Coordinate with the Quality Manager and DeWitt team members to investigate and resolve plant and customer quality concerns through structured problem-solving, including containment, remediation, root cause analysis, and corrective action. Support the DeWitt team in meeting KPI goals by working as "One Team" to reduce sources of variation in the manufacturing and logistics processes. Regularly review the impact of audits and trend results to continue increasing process value. Identify and support opportunities for process improvements and work to understand how we can simplify, supporting the achievement of positive results and overall compliance. Manage and improve the plant's document control system. Drive a strong customer focus with emphasis on professional, timely, and detailed responses to customer issues. Travel for customer visits, up to 10% within the US (primarily local customer visits). Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Data Analytics, Science field or Math field Experience with statistical analysis Microsoft Office experience to include Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint Experience working with standard quality tools and multiple root cause analysis (RCA) techniques What Will Put You Ahead Experience working as a process engineer or quality-related role in a manufacturing setting. Database and Power BI experience Experience in influential leadership, advancing projects and/or project management At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world's most iconic projects. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu). #LI-ANGIEH