Quality Engineer

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through our products and solutions, essentials for everyday life.

You may not know Essity, but we are a global leading hygiene and health company, with corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. We are a corporate leader when it comes to sustainability and have strong values – our Essity Beliefs & Behaviors – which drive our amazing culture. Our products improve the lives of people who use them, as we break barriers to well-being.

Who We Are

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

At Essity: This Is What We Do

About the Role

Essity North America is currently seeking a Quality Engineer for our corporate office in Charlotte, NC.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

• Act as Role Model for Safety and Quality;
• Assure that all customer and internal requirements, industry standards, legal and regulatory requirements met in the manufacturing processes;
• Utilize problem solving and lean manufacturing techniques in the support of continuous improvement;
• Coordinate and manage actions for customer complaints;
• Using methodologies as 8D report, CAPA, Ishikawa, 5WHY's, Brainstorming, A3, DOE, SPC, DMAIC, lead cross-function problem solving teams for product issues, defining corrective/preventive actions and proof of effectiveness;
• Perform complex inspections and set quality standards for both in-process and finished products and materials;
• Monitor / control internal scrap and rework activities. Provide actions to improve product / process;
• Coordinate with quality technicians the measurements and validation documentation and ensure proper submission and validation;
• Monitor manufacturing processes and assess product quality to determine adequacy, capability and ability to comply with company’s specifications;
• Develop and maintain documents and procedures related to quality standards, risk analysis, lessons learned from product complaints, product audits, field returns and complaints;
• Perform layered process confirmations on manufacturing processes, to ensure the compliance with internal and external requirements;
• Monitor costs and KPIs associated to product non-quality, propose and lead improvement plans to achieve Company’s goals. Develop critical analysis and dashboards to present results;
• Document quality issues and performance measures for management review;
• Guide manufacturing personnel in the proper application of quality systems and tools. Train and oversee the quality team in their use of control forms, procedures, and correcting quality problems;
• Perform activities in coordination with other departments, effectively respond and communicate in a timely manner;
• Ensure the proper validations for new products, processes and for changes (Product and/or Process);
• Work with other departments (focus on sales, engineering, service, logistics, production) on the continuous improvement of products, processes / services and support to build a quality excellence culture aiming to delight the customers;
• Perform internal and supplier audits.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other related field strongly preferred;
• Three (3) or more years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment required;
• Medical products experience helpful but not required;
• Spanish fluency helpful but not required;
• Power BI experience helpful but not required;
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office Suite required.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards.

Additional Information

Among other requirements, our policy (COVID-19 Vaccination Policy: Mandatory) requires all office and sales employees to be fully vaccinated. You must submit evidence of full vaccination prior to the day on which you are scheduled to start your employment with Essity. “Fully vaccinated” means two weeks have passed since an employee’s final COVID-19 vaccination injection.

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.