Quality Engineer

Founded in 1933, Danfoss has grown to be a leader in all industries served with ninety-five production sites in more than twenty countries. With more than 40,000 employees worldwide, Danfoss is focused on quality, reliability, innovation, sustainability, and energy efficiency. Danfoss is experiencing significant growth and is looking to expand in our Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility with the addition of a Quality Engineer. The Quality Engineer will be part of an operations team that works closely with eighty employees to achieve key performance indicators for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

• Utilize data driven approach and tools (e.g.: Power BI) to help focus manufacturing team on critical to quality topics to achieve internal and external quality goals.
• Interact regularly with customers on improvement initiatives, quality concerns and audits to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Lead organization in meeting all requirements of ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and IATFLOA standards, leading successful audits and maintaining certifications.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives on the production floor to achieve quality key performance indicators.
• Manage all aspects of the quality management system to ensure compliance and to certify customer, supplier and Danfoss requirements are met.
• Conduct product, manufacturing process and quality management system audits to verify adherence to standards and to establish improvements to our quality programs.
• Develop and implement quality initiatives to support strategic plans and company targets.
• Measure and report out on quality initiatives and results to corporate liaisons.
• Actively participate on new product development teams to ensure new products are implemented without negative quality impacts to production.
• Develop and maintain documents and procedures related to quality standards, product audits, field returns and repairs, complaints, scrap, and rework, and retain documented information as evidence.

• Bachelor's Degree in business administration, quality, operations, engineering, or a similar field.
• 5 years of experience working in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Lean and Six Sigma experience and/or certifications.
• Knowledge of and experience in all facets of a quality management system.
• Experience leading ISO and/or IATF certification audits.
• Strong people skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a team.
• Global mindset and excellent communication skills to efficiently communicate across all levels in the organization.
• Excellent time management and project management skills and the ability to organize and plan effectively in developing effective systems and processes.
• Strong persuasive skills and the ability to respectfully challenge the status quo.

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways - driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees.

Following our founder's mindset "action speaks louder than words", we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030.

Danfoss is an EO employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.