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Title: Quality/Test Engineer 4

Location: Mossville , IL- 100% onsite

+OT as needed. Potential for weekend or off shift based on rotation (M-F regular 40 hour work week)

Type: Contract

Pay: range $36-37.75/hour on w2

Length: 12 months- possibility to extend

Screenings: no tech, full panel drug and background once hired

+optional benefits, long term contract with ability to extend

⭐ Must haves:

Education & Experience Required: Years of experience: 5 years plus 3 years of internships
Degree requirement: bachelor’s in relevant field, master’s 3 years plus internships-does accept internships as job experience
Problem solving & root cause analysis
Data-driven decision making
Communication and cross functional collaboration
Attention to detail
Process improvement

(Desired)

Why this Role?

Impactful work: Our Quality Engineers have a direct influence on product reliability, customer satisfaction, and brand reputation carrying on the 100 year tradition Caterpillar Inc has established.
Career growth: Our Pontiac facility is one of several in the state and one of countless in the US and around the world. Performing well here could lead to opportunities both within the plant and around the business as a whole.
Challenging but rewarding environment: Caterpillar Pontiac is in a period of rapid growth and offers a lot of opportunities to challenge existing process and improve for the future.

Typical task breakdown:

Problem solving, corrective actions: lead/support investigations into quality issues (scrap/rework/customer complaints), develop and implement corrective and preventative actions, Use quality tools like 8D, fishbone, and FMEA
Process monitoring/continuous improvement: use data and risk analysis to direct actions, collaborate with small business team (manufacturing engineers, operations) to improve process capability and reduce variation
Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze quality data (e.g., defect rates, process capability, SPC charts), Prepare reports for management and cross-functional teams, Track KPIs such as First Pass Yield, internal and external PPM
Training and Support: train operators on quality standards and inspection techniques, support cross-functional teams with quality-related expertise

Interaction with team :

Attendance to regularly scheduled meetings
Peers and direct management at start of shift
Daily interaction with employees in assigned section (operators, team lead, section manager)
Meeting with cross functional teams to address issues as they arise
Close collaboration with Small Business Team

Team Structure

Quality engineers are peers organized under quality manager
Quality engineers will be assigned to specific cost center and be part of that small business team (SBT). The SBT is a cross-functional team meant to address issues and maintain operations of a cost center or cost centers.

Work environment :

Union factory environment, PPE required: ear, and eye protection, safety toe shoes
Office environment by desk/cubicle: expect conference calls and meetings typical of an office space

Long term contract, Contract work, Internship, Work at office, Shift work,