Quality Engineer

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

You will establish, maintain, and enhance the quality assurance system with a focus on reducing nonconformities and external defects, continuous improvement, reducing waste associated with scrap and warranty, reducing lead time for customer complaint resolution, and improving overall customer satisfaction.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Complete tasks associated with customer PPAP requirements.

• Improve inspection controls to achieve favorable defect rate trends.

• Implement corrective actions for customer complaints/issues.

• Maintain ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System.

• Monitor and report quality metric trends and champion actions to continually improve.

• Look after document control process/database for standard work and work instructions.

• Create work instructions for key critical quality processes (i.e. nonconformance management, Product testing).

• Assist with handling internal and outsourced gage calibration.

• Conduct statistical data analysis on key process variables to control and stabilize.

• Standardize and continually improve functional testing process and manage data retention.

• Digitize and control key critical measures (i.e. audits, hourly inspection, material Rockwell, coating thickness).

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical degree required.

• Ideally 2+ years of relevant quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.

• Ability to use AutoCAD and SolidWorks (preferred but not required).

• Strong problem solving abilities.

• Ability to perform productive brainstorming sessions applying Lean concepts with multi-departmental teams.

• General understanding of inspection instruments (calipers, micrometers, and thread gages).

• Understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (ASME Y14.5).

• Basic understanding of statistical process control.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.