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Quality Engineer

Vontas
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 4 days
Location

Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, US

Salary

$67,000 - $74,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The company is seeking to hire a full-time Quality Engineer to backfill a critical role in Production after the promotion of Jared Tee.
  • The position requires a candidate with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality Management Systems, including ISO 9001 compliance and root cause analysis.
  • The salary range for this role is between $67,000 and $74,000, with a top compensation request of $72,000 plus a 20% bonus factor.
  • Key responsibilities include overseeing the Quality Management System, coordinating ISO audits, and ensuring product quality standards are met.
  • This role aims to maintain operational focus and compliance, ultimately enhancing production quality and customer confidence.

Job Summary:

Manager Name: Jared Tee
Date: 06/03/2026
Business Case: Hiring 1 full-time employee as backfill for the Quality Engineer role in Production.

Problem Statement:
Critical quality functions, including ISO 9001 compliance, audit coordination, corrective action management, and production quality support—would lack clear ownership and consistency after the promotion of Jared Tee. This gap increases operational and compliance risk and undermines the organization’s ability to maintain audit readiness, product quality, and customer confidence.

Proposed Solution:
Recruit a full-time Quality Engineer as a backfill to:
• Maintain clear ownership of the Quality Management System, ISO 9001 compliance, audit coordination, and corrective action processes.
• Ensure quality responsibilities remain focused and consistent within Operations, mitigating compliance risk and supporting stable production and audit readiness.

Benefits:
• Sustained ISO compliance
• Clear role separation and operational focus
• Improved production quality and issue resolution

Cost-Benefit Analysis:
The healthy range for this role is $67-74k USD, as we are looking for a candidate with 5 years of Quality experience including oversight of the Quality Management System, coordinating ISO 9001 compliance audits, and Root Cause Analysis.

I’m requesting our top compensation to be $72k USD for this role with a bonus factor of 0.20 which is equitable across the department and this individual contributor role.

Conclusion:
Backfilling the Quality Engineer role preserves consistent ownership of the Quality Management System. A dedicated resource enables timely resolution of quality issues and reduces risk associated with fragmented accountability. This allows Operations leadership to remain focused on execution while quality oversight remains objective and clearly assigned.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities:
• Oversees the maintenance and improvement of the Quality Management System.
• Coordinates and manages external ISO 9001 audits and certifications.
• Investigates and diagnoses internal and external problem root causes and leads the corrective action process.
• Develops, implements, and manages processes to ensure that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability prior to delivery.
• Identifies and sets appropriate quality standards and parameters for products.
• Communicates quality standards and parameters to the production operations team and other appropriate staff.
• Provides quality & manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing performance records and data, answering questions and responding to requests.
• Assists and performs quality functions as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.


Required Skills/Abilities:
• Experience with root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally to all levels of Vontas and customers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and database experience.
• Organized with attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


Education and Experience:
• Three years of experience with Quality Management Systems.
• ISO 9001 experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field is preferred.


Physical Requirements:
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer/laptop.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (including domestic and international), sometimes for extended periods, which may involve sitting during transit and walking at various locations.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time.
• Must be able to handle high utilization of hand and wrist dexterity.


Disclaimers:
• All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to which will be required in this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliance with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an ā€œat-willā€ basis.
• Vontas remains and actively participates as an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer.

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings Available:

0

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. *Professional recruiting agents or consultants need not call.




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