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Quality Engineer

Location : KEARNEY, NE, United States

Job Family : Quality

Job Type : Regular

Posted : Oct 22, 2025

Job ID : 60477

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Marketing Statement:

Baldwin Filters, a brand of Parker Engine Mobile Aftermarket Division (EMAM), is a global provider of heavy-duty filtration products for engine powered equipment. Our mission is to protect our customers’ engines and mobile equipment, from first to last use, through innovative filtration solutions and outstanding customer service. Baldwin offers superb product quality, an extensive distribution network and the industry’s broadest product line. This comprehensive portfolio of filtration products and technologies offers customers a single streamlined source for all their engine and mobile filtration needs.

Our Filters are Found in All Industries Worldwide:

On-Highway (Heavy Duty)

On-Highway (Medium & Light Duty)

Construction

Agricultural

Oil & Gas

Mining & Power Generation

Marine

Join Our Team:

Our global success is based on a simple equation: an empowered workforce operating in a supportive environment fosters innovative ideas and solutions. Join the Parker team and realize your future in making a positive impact on the world.

Position Summary

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing the quality operations in the assigned Value Stream. Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality standards for products and processes. Provides statistical information for quality improvement by gathering data on trends and root cause analysis. Responsible to guide technical evaluation, analysis, and related data acquisition processes to ensure plant quality objectives are achieved.

___ Has Direct Reports _X_ Does Not Have Direct Reports

Reports to Plant Quality Manager with a dotted line to Division Quality Manager. Interfaces with Product Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality Departments.

Essential Functions

-Assesses quality performance (or cost-of-quality) using statistical and analytical methods. Devises and implements various methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision, reliability and accuracy of products, processes and production equipment.

-Develops and establishes quality systems and procedures, inspection plans, quality performance trends, statistical plans, cost estimates and technical quality plans for proposals. Ensures that project and/or process control documentation is compliant with requirements and/or contract.

-Assesses the cost of, and determines the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications by performing statistical analyses.

-Provides input on quality to product development teams.

-Identifies quality performance, trends and corrective action by coordinating with customers and suppliers. Ensures compliance to specified quality requirements by performing in-house and supplier audits and surveys. Develops and initiates programs to improve supplier performance.

-Prepares reports by collecting, interpreting, analyzing and summarizing data and making recommendations. Analyzes proposed changes in methods and materials. Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions. On quality control activities.

-Participates in failure analysis and corrective action investigations.

-Refines and enhances products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing/production principles and techniques to critical areas of production.

-Represents company by interfacing with customers, assisting with internal and external audits. May act as main contact in audit. Develops and coordinates corrective action procedures and plans.

-Communicates and educates Value Stream Team on matters requiring specialized knowledge of quality functions, i.e., Production Approval Process (PPAP), Advanced Product Quality Process (APQP), and document control.

-Makes quality related customer and vendor visits and contacts as required.

-Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications, establishing industry networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, maintaining American Society for Quality certification, and/or participating in other professional associations.

Qualifications

-Bachelors degree (BS) in Engineering or a related discipline.

-Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through two or more years of related experience.

-American Society for Quality certification desired.

-Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality inspection and quality engineering/assurance techniques, procedures,

instruments, equipment, theories, principles and concepts and general business operations.

-Ability to effectively assess and implement continuous improvement techniques to quality and manufacturing functions.

-Ability to use standard business applications software and/or specialized data analysis tools.

-Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.

-Ability to effectively communicate and present information to team members, team leaders and top management.

-Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

-Ability to effectively demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal-setting, performance feedback and self-development

activities.

-Six Sigma and Lean tools experience is desired.

-Experience in maintaining and improving QS9000/ISO900 and TSI6949 Systems is desired.

Benefits and Retirement Plans:

Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:

Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.

401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay

Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay

Career development and tuition reimbursement

Additional benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.

Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.

Paid Time Off and 13 Company-Paid Holidays.

Participation in Annual Incentive Plan

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (https://www.eeoc.gov/employees-job-applicants)