Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

Quality Engineer – Precious Metals Handling, Testing

Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Hartland • Wisconsin • United States

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About the role

  • Support platinum laboratory operations and furnace‑room thermal processing.
  • Strengthen process capability, material traceability, and analytical excellence for high‑value precious‑metal operations.
  • Ensure compliance with standards and customer requirements.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain process controls, inspection strategies, and acceptance criteria for melting, heat treatment, alloying, and precious‑metal recovery operations.
  • Apply SPC and capability analysis to monitor trends, assess stability, and drive improvements.
  • Lead PFMEA, Control Plans, and quality risk assessments to ensure sustained mitigation.
  • Provide analytical oversight for platinum lab operations, including method development, validation, and measurement‑uncertainty evaluation.
  • Partner with Engineering to qualify, validate, and optimize furnace processes; lead investigations into furnace excursions or metallurgical anomalies.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and data‑driven methodologies to reduce variation, scrap, and precious‑metal losses.
  • Lead or support CAPA activities, root‑cause investigations, and audit readiness efforts for lab and furnace operations.

Requirements

  • Associate degree (minimum) in a relevant technical field.
  • Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Prior laboratory or laboratory‑operations experience (highly desired).
  • Working knowledge of SPC, CAPA, PFMEA, Control Plans, and root‑cause analysis.
  • Familiarity with ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.
  • Proficiency with Lean and Six Sigma practices.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
  • ASQ Certified Quality Engineer credential (preferred).
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
process controlsinspection strategiesacceptance criteriameltingheat treatmentalloyingprecious-metal recoverySPCcapability analysismethod development
Soft Skills
strong communication skillsinfluence cross-functional teams
Certifications
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer