Quality Engineer

Adhesive Technologies Quality United States, Brandon, SD, SD Full Time Regular
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About this position

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. 

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. 

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. 

What you´ll do

  • Manage material specifications and customer requirements for assigned products and processes. 
  • Support management of change, MOC, including processing customer requirements review.
  • Support PPAP process for assigned products. Support the set-up and maintenance of quality master data.
  • Facilitate problem solving teams to resolve customer complaints and internal nonconformances.
  • Support the development of product special characteristics identification and capability analysis in the production environment.
  • Drive actions related to production quality concerns including determining root cause and corrective actions related to audit findings, process deviations, out of trend analysis and out of specification analysis.
  • Use process and data driven analysis to improve quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Operate and maintain information in the assigned technical and quality databases, successfully achieving the objectives for the assignment.
  • Lead others, including delegation of activities, to successfully complete projects and investigations.

What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor’s Degree required (Engineering or Chemistry preferred).
  • 2+ years of Quality experience in a manufacturing environment, aerospace , automotive, electronics or closely related industry. 
  • Understanding of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 preferred. 
  • Strong problem solver using 8D, A3 and root cause problem solving methodology.
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficient in use of SAP, with knowledge of the Quality Module. 
  • Must be self-motivated, detail oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Must possess strong communication skills and the ability to lead and coordinate efforts between various functional groups to address customer requirements and requests, and to complete projects related to the achievement of established quality improvement objectives.
  • Willing to spend time on the manufacturing floor gaining knowledge as well as developing solutions with input from operators.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and work on multiple projects.
  • Solid communication and interpersonal skills. 
  • Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals.
  • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies and members of the business community.
  • Ability to write technical and customer specific reports that conform to prescribed style and format.
  • Ability to effectively present information to top management as well as operations personnel. 
  • Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
  • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
  • Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract variables.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program 
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement 
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships 
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $65,500 - $80,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 25087145

Job Locations: United States, SD, Brandon, SD

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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How is work at Henkel

About Henkel

Building on a strong legacy of almost 150 years, we are leading the way to reimagine and improve life every day. Today and for generations to come. Through our innovative and sustainable brands and technologies, across our teams around the world.
Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.

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FAQ

Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.

Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.

Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.

Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
Here you will get further information on our training programs.

Our recruiting team will help you with all requests regarding your application. Contact the team here.