Job Title:
Quality Engineer
Company: Career Transitions
Location: Bluffton, IN
Created: 2026-03-10
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Quality EngineerDirect HireRockford, INMeet your Talent Advisor Desmond Nugent Hands-on, high-impact Quality Engineer to drive product and process excellence within a complex manufacturing environment. This is not a maintenance quality role - this is a problem-solving, KPI-driving, cross-functional leadership opportunity for someone who thrives in reducing field failures, lowering non-quality costs, and leading corrective action initiatives that stick. If you enjoy digging into root cause, influencing production and engineering teams, and seeing measurable results from your work - this role delivers that platform. What you will be doing as a Quality Engineer: Drive reduction of Field Failures & Cost of Poor Quality Lead structured investigations using 8D, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies Develop and implement inspection and quality control plans Audit critical manufacturing processes and implement improvement initiatives Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to solve systemic issues Analyze returned product failures and lead containment + long-term resolution plans Provide guidance and technical coaching to quality technicians Support pilot runs and sample validation initiatives Visit customer sites (as needed) to evaluate product performance and ensure application success What you need as a Quality Engineer: Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience. Background in manufacturing quality engineering Strong working knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma tools Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher) preferred Experience leading structured quality investigations (8D required) ERP experience Strong analytical mindset with the ability to influence without authority Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment Send resume to Desmond Nugent Career Transitions: Find Your Dream Job or Hire the Best Talent Career Transitions, a Morale Group Company, is a leading recruiting agency that specializes in helping employers find their next critical hire and job seekers find their dream job. Our team of experienced recruiters are dedicated to finding you the perfect match for your open position or helping you find the right job for your skills and interests. We offer a variety of services, including: Recruitment: We match talent with open jobs. Contract staffing: We place technical and exempt professionals in temporary or contract assignments that can become full-time positions. Outplacement: We provide terminated or laid off employees with tools to be competitive in the job market. Career management: We help you develop your career and reach your goals to be the next leader. Career Transitions is committed to providing you with a high-quality talent acquisition experience. Our diverse candidate database and extensive recruiting experience reflects our commitment to match qualified candidates to employers' open positions. We work diligently to ensure that you receive efficient and effective services. We specialize in connecting employers with qualified technical and exempt professionals in many fields, ranging from accounting and finance to engineering and technology, and human resources to sales and marketing. We are support equal opportunity employers who provide support for veterans and people with disabilities. Choose Career Transitions contingency, retained, or contract talent acquisition services to find your next hire or dream job. Visit our website today to learn more about how we can help you. #cth$jb #quality