Quality Engineer

QUALITY ENGINEER
**Job Title :-**Quality Engineer

**Location :-**Taloja, Navi Mumbai

Industry :- Technical Fabrics / Composites / Manufacturing

**Experience :-**2-8 years

**Qualification :-**Diploma in Mechanical, Textile, Production, Polymer, Chemical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent

Job Summary

We are looking for a proactive Quality Inspector to ensure product quality, process compliance, and customer satisfaction in a manufacturing environment. The role involves shop-floor quality inspections, product and process audits, defect identification, testing, quality documentation, problem-solving, and support to continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine quality inspections and product verification on the shop floor.
• Conduct Product Audits, Process Audits, Layered Process Audits (LPA), and First Piece Inspections (FPI).
• Identify product defects, segregate non-conforming material, and initiate containment actions.
• Monitor critical quality parameters and ensure compliance with specifications and SOPs.
• Perform testing, measurements, and visual inspections to verify product quality.
• Support customer complaint investigations, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CAPA, and 8D activities.
• Maintain quality records, inspection reports, audit reports, and system data entries.
• Analyze quality trends and support continuous improvement projects.
• Work closely with Production, Maintenance, and Operations teams to resolve quality issues.
• Participate in TPM, Quality Pillar, Safety, and Quality Improvement initiatives.

Essential Skills

• Experience in Manufacturing Quality, Quality Control, or Quality Assurance.
• Strong visual defect inspection and defect identification skills.
• Hands-on experience in shop-floor inspections and process monitoring.
• Knowledge of NCR, RCA, CAPA, 5 Why, and basic quality tools.
• Experience in Product Audits, Process Audits, and First Piece Inspection (FPI).
• Good documentation, reporting, and MS Excel skills.
• Understanding of SPC, Control charts, Pareto analysis, Process capability and other basic quality tools
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work in shifts.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in Glass Fabrics, Fiberglass, Composites, Wind Energy, Technical Textiles, Industrial Fabrics, or Reinforcement Materials industries.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, IATF 16949, Quality Management Systems, and Internal Audits.
• Understanding of APQP, FMEA, and 8D.
• Experience with ERP/MIS systems and quality data analysis.
• Exposure to Power BI, Minitab, or other quality analytics tools.
• Experience in SOP creation, revision control, training, and compliance monitoring.