Quality Engineer
Danone
At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams.
We have an opening for a Quality Engineer based in Mount Crawford, VA!
The Quality Engineer will support the implementation of the Danone North America Quality Assurance standards through technical guidance, analysis, and leadership to continuously improve quality performance. The Quality Engineer is accountable for capability assessment and improvement in the areas of food safety controls, product specification performance, as well as cleaning and sanitation validation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance, analysis, and leadership driving improvements in packaging processes/systems, and food manufacturing processes.
- Lead quality notification program within raw materials and packaging including communication and coordination with vendors.
- Assess process capability across key product platforms.
- Compile and analyze KPIs indicative of production line health (quality performance, preventive maintenance, etc.) and drive improvement actions.
- Support the analysis of customer and consumer feedback to identify improvement opportunities. Drive improvement by implementing corrective actions.
- Troubleshoot non-conformances (raw materials, packaging, etc.) and drive root cause analysis. Assign corrective action, collaborate with supply-quality, suppliers and other functions, and follow-up on completion.
- Lead change management processes related to new products, packaging, equipment, production processes, etc.
- Support plant GFSI and FSMA initiatives.
- Support the development of quality and packaging SOPs.
- Provide training and mentoring to operations teams on food safety and quality related topics to develop a strong quality culture.
Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options.
