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Georgia-Pacific's Hattiesburg, MS Facility is seeking qualified individuals to consider for their Quality Engineer opportunity.Primary responsibilities of this role include executing daily quality testing and inspections, monitoring and analyzing quality metrics, investigating quality issues, and collaborating with operations to ensure compliance with the Quality Control Plan and consistently meet or exceed customer expectations.

This position plays a key role in maintaining and continuously improving the site’s Safe Quality Foods (SQF) System, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Product Stewardship programs while supporting a culture of operational excellence.

This role reports to the Facility Quality Manager, with frequent collaboration with the operations group.

What You Will Do

• Support Product Safety and Quality certification programs.
• Monitor and analyze quality performance and inform Facility Quality Manager of improvement opportunities.
• Perform physical testing, visual inspections, and compliance verification activities.
• Support the planning, development, execution, and evaluation of product development trials.
• Investigate product quality deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with operations to investigate quality incidents through Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) and ensure corrective and preventative actions are effectively implemented.
• Provide operations with reports on key quality performance indicators.
• Assist Manufacturing Engineers in the identification and measurement of key process variables to improve quality and sustain our run-to-target metrics.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher OR equivalent Quality experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience working within a product system that applies quality programs.
• Experience working within an operation that utilizes standard inspection and physical testing methods.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with HACCP or SQF certifications and proven track record for related program management and implementation.
• Experience with Statistical process control (SPC), Root Cause Analysis methodologies and CAPA.