Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Location: Houston, Texas (onsite)

Type: Full-time, direct hire

About the Role

Our client is an established energy equipment company that manufactures, overhauls, and repairs complex power systems for utility and industrial customers. They are hiring a Quality Engineer to protect product and process quality across their production and repair operations.

You will be the quality point person between engineering, the shop floor, and supplier quality. You will dig into defects, find the true root cause, and make sure the fix holds. If you enjoy solving problems with data and want a hands-on role where your work shows up in the product, this is a strong fit.

What You Will Do

• Serve as the go-to quality contact for manufacturing engineering, production teams, and supplier quality.
• Work with production to analyze in-process defects, escapes, and process gaps, and offer real-time quality guidance on the floor.
• Partner with supplier quality engineers when vendor issues surface internally, driving containment, root cause verification, and follow-up on corrective actions.
• Manage nonconformance reports from open to close.
• Lead or facilitate root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions using structured problem-solving methods, then confirm the fixes are effective.
• Track yield, defect trends, and process capability, and act on negative trends before they grow.
• Drive continuous improvement projects aimed at fewer defects, more stable processes, and better efficiency.
• Keep the site compliant with ISO 9001 and internal quality management system requirements.
• Review and approve work instructions and process plans, including those for repair and overhaul work.
• Make sure approved process baselines stay controlled, and evaluate proposed changes through formal change control.

What You Bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 3+ years in a quality engineering role in a manufacturing, repair, or overhaul environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management systems.
• Hands-on experience with NCR management, RCA/CAPA, and continuous improvement tools.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret yield, defect, and process capability data.
• Ability to work across engineering, operations, and supplier teams.
• Fluency in English, including strong speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Nice to have

• Experience in turbine or rotating equipment manufacturing, power generation, or another regulated manufacturing setting.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Experience with formal change management and controlled process systems.

What We Offer

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Opportunity to grow with an expanding organization

Who Should Apply

Quality engineers, process quality engineers, supplier-facing quality professionals, and manufacturing engineers with a quality focus from manufacturing, repair, or MRO backgrounds who enjoy structured problem solving and working directly with production teams.