Quality Assurance Quality Control Inspector

Overview

Sr. Quality Improvement Lead/Quality Control Inspector III

Location:
Chicago, IL
- Onsite

Duration: 8 Months+

Shift: 1st Shift-7am-3pm

Pay Range $30-$37/.hr on w2

Products: We are the creators of Oreo, Ritz Crackers, Triscuit, Sour Patch and Swedish Fish to name a few.

• Support line-owned problem-solving using IL6S methodologies (RCA, 12-step Kaizen, FI) to eliminate root causes.
• Use DMS routines to track actions, milestones, and effectiveness, ensuring timely closure and sustainable results.
• When quality findings or improvements are identified on one line, evaluate applicability and support extension of learnings across other Crackers and Ingredient Handling lines to prevent recurrence and reduce systemic risk.
• Support deployment, use, and sustainment of Quality Pillar tools, ensuring these tools are actively used to guide execution, escalation, and decision-making on the floor.
• Own the Quality Matrices work process, including defining standards, governing deployment, and ensuring effective use and sustainment across the bakery.
• Own IQS governance for the bakery, including system setup, user onboarding and training, troubleshooting, and ensuring consistent, effective use to support quality performance management.
• Provide advanced quality leadership during complex quality events, including support for risk assessments, investigations, and disposition decision-making in alignment with established standards.
• Support and coach on-shift Quality Leads during escalated quality events to ensure consistent application of standards and sound quality risk assessment.
• Ensure quality learnings and improvements identified on one line are evaluated and extended across other applicable lines and Ingredient Handling to reduce systemic risk.
• Partner with site and line leadership to develop quality culture action plans for assigned areas and monitor progress aProductst established actions through DMS routines.
• Reinforce quality culture through consistent floor presence, coaching, and engagement, ensuring actions translate into observable behavioral and execution improvements on the line.
• Lead, coach, and develop a Quality Improvement Specialist, including setting clear expectations, providing feedback, supporting development, and ensuring alignment to IL6S ways of working and quality standards.
• Act as a consistent, line-embedded quality partner for Crackers Lines 4, 6, 7 and Ingredient Handling, ensuring alignment between daily execution and longer-term quality improvement priorities.

• A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment behavior.
• Experience leading or supporting quality improvement initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to translate quality data and technical information into practical operating standards.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Quality Assurance, Food Science, Biology, Microbiology, Engineering, Operations Management or a related field.

Job specific requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment within Quality, Food Safety, or Process Engineering roles.
• Experience with consumer complaint management, quality losses, and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (IL6S, Lean, Six Sigma) preferred.
• Ability to support operations across shifts as needed.
• No Relocation support available, however for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy.