Quality Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026. Rust-Oleum scores A on the Alion truth index.
Job Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Vernon Hills, IL
Department: Rust-Oleum US Corporate Quality
Reports To: Manager, Corporate Quality
Direct Reports/Manages others: No
Rust-Oleum Corporation is a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry. We offer a wide range of products including decorative fashion paints, durable industrial roof repair coatings and, of course, our famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Quality Engineer is responsible for providing technical support for the corporate quality team. The role will work with our internal quality teams to work on continuous improvement activities as well as supporting new product activities. They will take leadership of our Product Complaint Review (PCR) process, where they will analyze consumer complaint data and identify opportunities for improvement in our products that will drive improved customer and consumer satisfaction. This individual will work closely with our corporate and plant quality teams, as well as manufacturing and R&D.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with plant and corporate quality teams on management of quality projects and new product launches.
- Risk assessments on new product launches.
- Design and implementation of new quality processes
- Statistical assessments of process capabilities and identification of opportunities for improvement.
- Analyze product complaint data, identify opportunities for improvement and work across cross-functional teams to drive improvements. Will include
- In depth analysis of customer complaint data in excel, identification of poorly performing products from the data analysis and engaging the brand and R&D teams to identify possible product improvements.
- Support day-to-day management of quality incidents, processes, etc. through data analysis and utilization of root cause analysis.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 0-3+ years of experience (in a manufacturing setting) or equivalent process industry or consumer products manufacturing experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical and/or Mechanical preferred) or Chemistry
- Proficient in MS office, Statistical analysis (Minitab, etc).
- SAP experience desirable.
- Nice to have: Experience in lean, six sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies
- Possible travel up to 30%
Salary Target Range: $80,000 - 95,000, bonus eligible
From big benefits to small, we take care of our associates! After 30 days of employment, you will be eligible for a benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability and business travel insurance, flexible spending accounts, EAP, stock purchases and vacation/sick days/parental leave. We also offer a 401(k) plan after three months of employment. Associates are vested in the RPM Pension plan after completing five years of service. Rust-Oleum offers 9 paid holidays and two floating holiday per year. You are also eligible to earn three weeks of vacation on an annualized basis.
Rust-Oleum is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.