{"id":3575558,"url":"https://alion.io/job/plastipak-quality-engineer-2","title":"Quality Engineer","company":{"id":2034479,"name":"Plastipak","domain":"plastipak.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/plastipak-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":21,"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Garland, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":57000,"max_usd":103000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4343},"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Design of Experiments","optional":false},{"name":"FMEA","optional":false},{"name":"Statistical Process Control","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-30","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T23:42:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"As Quality Engineer, you ensure the highest quality products/rigid plastic containers are produced at the Garland site. You work closely with customers, suppliers and internal partners to develop & maintain quality processes, educate associates, resolve issues, and lead continuous improvement activities.\nYou Will\nDefine and implement performance metrics for processes, measure output, monitor performance, quality and compliance to processes and to business goals.\nCollaborate cross-functionally to quality goals are met, such as rework and scrap reduction, as well as on time product delivery to customers.\nAnalyze statistical process control data to understand process variation, initiating corrective actions when necessary. In addition, lead change control protocols and follow-up to validate effective change implementation. \nInvestigate customer issues with product quality and lead the development of root cause analyses, design of experiments (DOE), or 8D programs to produce effective corrective actions.\nVisit customer facilities to conduct health check meetings and maintain positive customer relationships.\nServe as site voice-to-suppliers for all quality issues.\nWork with site leadership to maintain ISO standards and food safety certification, including serving as auditor.\nDirect work of Quality Technicians.\nDevelop and deliver training on quality control to Associates.\nLead and participate in cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives.\nYou Have\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.\nMinimum of one 1 year of experience working in a manufacturing environment.\nDemonstrated working knowledge of process improvement concepts such as DOE, FMEA, 8D, Root Cause Analysis, SPC and other analytical problem solving/continuous improvement tools. \nFamiliarity with Lean Manufacturing, TQM, and Six Sigma principles.\nAbility to lead teams in root cause investigations and continuous improvement activities.\nAs a Plastipak Associate, you receive a benefits package offering the following:\nWellness Programs\nHealth Insurance Coverage, including Medical, Dental & Vision\nEAP, Employee Assistance Program\nLife Insurance\nAccidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance\nDisability Insurance: Short-Term & Long-Term\nAccidental Insurance\nCritical Illness Insurance\nHospital Indemnity Insurance\n401(k) Plan, with Company Matching Contribution & Profit Sharing feature\nPaid Time Off - 80 hours within 1st year & subsequent increases\nPaid Company Holidays\nDependent Care Flexible Spending Account\nCaregiving via Care.com\nPet Insurance\nTuition Assistance Program\nSons and Daughters Scholarship Program\nTravel Assistance\nEmployee Discount Programs\n*Some benefits are subject to eligibility requirements\nPlastipak is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nIn order to process your job application, Plastipak collects and stores the personal information that you submit via this website. Please refer to Plastipak’s Privacy Policy to understand how Plastipak uses and protects the information that you provide.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3014,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Accidental insurance","Dental insurance","Health insurance","Insurance coverage","Life insurance","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Plastics & Polymers","Packaging & Labeling"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-31T20:49:28Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/plastipak-quality-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/plastipak-quality-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T00:35:49Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":812,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2034479},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2034479"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fplastipak-quality-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fplastipak-quality-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fplastipak-quality-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/plastipak-quality-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fplastipak-quality-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3575558}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"plastipak.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3575558},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}