Are you passionate about driving quality, reducing waste, and delivering excellence to customers? Join our team as an Advanced Quality Engineer and make a measurable impact from day one!

We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a team environment and is committed to continuous improvement. In this role, you will play a critical part in upholding our quality standards, supporting new product launches, and ensuring customer satisfaction through robust, defect-free manufacturing processes.

Enjoy excellent pay and incentives at a company where your skills will be recognized and rewarded!

Company Overview:

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for over 125 years. We are a global leader specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of functional hardware, office and healthcare ergonomics and storage-related components for original equipment manufacturers, specialty distributors, hardware chains and major home centers.

What’s In It For You?

• Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more starting Day 1
• Competitive Pay
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401K with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Programs
• Bonus and Merit opportunities

What You Will Get To Do:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, and production, to establish quality standards and requirements during the product development phase
• Conduct thorough design reviews to identify potential quality issues and recommend improvements
• Lead Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) execution and implementation - ensures proper maintenance practices
• Develop comprehensive quality plans and strategies for product launches, outlining key milestones, testing procedures, and risk mitigation strategies
• Stop production to prevent the manufacture of unacceptable goods
• Ensure compliance and assist with adherence to the Quality Management System
• Promote the use of customer preferred techniques for continuous improvement such as Six-Sigma, Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing), and Measurement System Analysis
• Participate in cross-functional teams in the development of new products or changes related to current products
• Coordinate communication between product engineering and the testing laboratory
• Establish quality checkpoints throughout the product launch process to monitor progress and compliance
• Participate in the development of Design and Process FMEA’s (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
• Coordinate testing activities, including reliability testing, performance testing, and validation testing, to verify product quality and compliance
• Oversee the implementation of quality control measures in manufacturing processes to ensure consistency and adherence to specifications
• Undertake special projects
• Analyze quality data and feedback from product launches to identify trends and areas for improvement
• Produce written reports and make presentations on

What Will You Bring:

• 3 years of demonstrated work experience in a manufacturing Quality department, knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

• Bachelors Degree in Quality Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite, experience working with ERP systems, Auto CAD

• Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred