Lead Quality Engineer

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security 

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Position Summary

The Lead Quality Engineer will guide a team of quality technicians and inspectors in one of our largest and most strategic manufacturing facilities.  You will be involved throughout the entire global integrated supply chain to help ensure our products adhere to the highest quality standards.   You can expect to work on multiple, often varied tasks throughout the workday, including new product development, supplier validation and corrective action, change management, manufacturing support and continual improvement projects.  This position will report to the Plant Quality Manager.

What You Will Do

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to direct reports; be a resource to all members of the team
• Function as ‘Player-Coach” in workload ownership, task completion for quality process deliverables
• Coordinate with the other QE’s full ownership and execution of supplier PPAP, deviation and corrective action activities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, engineering, and commodity to address design revisions, manufacturing changes and quality issues
• May own or support new product launch projects within larger matrixed team
• Drive continual improvement of product inspection and calibration processes through monitoring and measurement of tools, methods and personnel productivity and performance
• Support safety, quality and productivity events requiring cross functional participation to drive continual improvement and deliver targeted business performance metrics

What you need to succeed:  

• 10-15 years of experience in a quality engineering or quality assurance role; the bulk of this time must have been on-site, and within manufacturing facilities
• 5-10 years of experience leading people
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, supply chain management, or similar
• Proficiency within the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel
• Immersion within a dynamic MRP system such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics AX or similar
• High skill sets and working knowledge of GD&T, blueprint reading, gage set-up, mechanical inspection, or CMM programming

Additional preferences in a candidate:

• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• A professional, positive, proactive approach to people and work
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and driven by passion for continual improvement of self and others
• Immersion in an ISO9001 based system; or similar

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:  

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others.  With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development.  As we grow, we want you to grow with us. 
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance.  Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work! 

What You’ll Get from Us: 

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”  
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period 
• Tuition Reimbursement  
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work 
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself” 
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through Clifton Strengths assessment & coaching

Apply Today! 

Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow’s world a safer place!

Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.

We Celebrate Who We Are! 

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do.   We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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