Quality Engineer

Location: Carol Stream, Illinois, United States

reqId: QUALI013247

Category: Other

The Quality Engineer is responsible for strengthening product quality, reducing scrap/returns, and driving continuous improvement across the plant. The role maintains and improves the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, leads auditing and calibration programs, supports inspection teams, and develops key quality documentation such as PPAPs, Control Plans, PFMEAs, and Work Instructions. It requires strong collaboration with internal customers, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure processes, standards, and product certifications remain accurate and up to date..

The Quality Engineer is responsible for strengthening product quality, reducing scrap/returns, and driving continuous improvement across the plant. The role maintains and improves the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, leads auditing and calibration programs, supports inspection teams, and develops key quality documentation such as PPAPs, Control Plans, PFMEAs, and Work Instructions. It requires strong collaboration with internal customers, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure processes, standards, and product certifications remain accurate and up to date.

Key Responsibilities

Quality System & Compliance

• Maintain and improve the ISO 9001 Quality System.
• Organize and execute internal quality audits.
• Manage calibration programs for plant equipment.
• Maintain product certifications for assigned specialty products.

Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving

• Partner with internal customers to drive data‑based improvement initiatives.
• Review internal/external non‑conformances (including RGA’s).
• Lead or support Corrective Actions (8D).
• Conduct capability studies (CpK, PpK) to evaluate process performance.

Documentation & Process Control

• Develop PPAPs, Control Plans, Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs.
• Create and update Work Instructions, Procedures, and Profiles.
• Review and maintain prints, material specifications, and standards.

Training & Team Development

• Train inspectors, operators, supervisors, and plant quality personnel.
• Support inspection team skill development and approved inspection methods.

Cross‑Functional Support

• Assist engineering with technical notes and communication to the shop floor.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering to ensure process alignment.

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 4+ years of Quality Engineering experience in an ISO/TS‑certified environment.

Skills & Competencies

• A safety focused mindset and the ability to influence a work safe culture

• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, TQM, Kaizen, DOE, FMEA preferred.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and facilitation abilities.

• Ability to lead teams through project based work and work effectively across all levels.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Project.

• Less than 5% travel.

The Company

Heico has a history of success. Since its founding over 40 years ago The Heico Companies has grown from a single business to over 78 separate companies through a strategic acquisition policy, and by reinvesting its earnings into internal growth and new prospects. Historically talented at restoring distressed companies, Heico strategically targets acquisitions that will complement its ever-growing portfolio of companies in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services.

These four core operations are organized into groups: Applied Solutions Group, Construction Solutions Group, Industrial Technologies Group, and Metal Processing Group. Once acquired, new Heico companies are assigned to a group and run on a stand-alone basis, allowing for great independence as well as the opportunity to share knowledge about markets, production processes, and management practices across other Heico groups and companies.

Heico continues to seek out new opportunities and maintain its standard of success. The Heico Companies has remained a privately held company since its creation and maintains a majority ownership in each of its operations, which generates more than $3.3 billion dollars in revenues. Many of our businesses are certified Woman-owned Business Enterprises (WBE).

More information about the overall organization can be found at www.heicocompanies.com.