Quality Engineer
Pretium Packaging | Manchester, Pennsylvania
Job Type: Full-time | Work Setting: On-site
Shift: Day shift, Monday-Friday (7:00 AM-4:00 PM or 8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
Pay Range: $90,000-$120,000 annually
Reports To: Plant Quality Manager
What You'll Do
• Lead structured problem-solving investigations using A3, 5 Why, fishbone analysis, data stratification, and hypothesis
testing; verify root causes and corrective action effectiveness.
• Investigate customer complaints, nonconformances, recurring defects, and process failures; implement corrective and
preventive actions (CAPA).
• Develop, maintain, and improve Process Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (PFMEAs), risk assessments, control
plans, inspection standards, and work instructions.
• Design and apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) strategies, including control charts, reaction plans, and process
capability/performance measures (Cp, Cpk, Pp, and Ppk).
• Plan and perform Measurement System Analysis (MSA), including Gauge R&R, bias, linearity, stability, resolution, and
attribute agreement studies as applicable.
• Support material, tooling, mold, machine, equipment, and process validation through Installation Qualification (IQ),
Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ), including protocols, acceptance criteria, testing,
deviation resolution, and documentation.
• Analyze manufacturing and quality data to identify variation and opportunities to reduce scrap, rework, complaints, and
cost of poor quality.
• Conduct internal quality and process audits, address findings, and sustain improvements through standard work,
training, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Operations, Process Engineering, Maintenance, Tooling, Corporate Quality, suppliers, and plant-floor
teams to improve process performance.
• Use Microsoft Excel and quality systems for analysis, reporting, documentation, and continuous improvement; follow
plant safety and GMP expectations.
What You'll Bring
• Bachelor's degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Plastics, or a related engineering discipline
preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in quality engineering, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or
technical quality in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with root-cause analysis, CAPA, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, process capability analysis, and
measurement systems analysis.
• Experience performing Gauge R&R studies and interpreting capability and performance metrics (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
• Working knowledge of IQ/OQ/PQ validation, risk-based sampling, test methods, acceptance criteria, and technical
documentation.
• Strong analytical, communication, cross-functional collaboration, and problem-solving skills; proficiency in Microsoft
Excel.
• Comfort spending significant time on the production floor, working with operators and leadership.
• Plastics, rigid packaging, food-contact packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, or regulated manufacturing experience
preferred.
• ISO 9001, Lean/Six Sigma, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Green Belt/Black Belt, and IQMS familiarity are
pluses.
Make a measurable impact by solving manufacturing problems at the source, strengthening process reliability, and
partnering across teams to deliver high-quality packaging.
Apply today and bring engineering discipline to quality at Pretium Packaging
