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Quality Engineer

Quanex
Rice, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 8/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/22/2026
Quanex is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team located in Rice Lake, WI.

We Offer You!

  • Competitive Salary
  • Bonus Potential
  • 401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
  • 15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
  • Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
  • Paid Time Off & Holidays
  • Various Work Schedules
  • Tuition support for degree and continuous education
  • Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment

What’s attractive about the Controls Technician?

  • Fast paced environment
  • Variation of job tasks
  • The company LIVES its values

What Success Looks Like

  • Works with operations, manufacturing, and product engineering, suppliers, and customers to develop quality standards, specifications, and quality metrics that can be economically maintained to ensure product acceptability
  • Act as the primary liaison between customers or suppliers and Quanex on quality-related issues and perform inspection tasks in emergency, temporary absences, or other appropriate circumstances
  • Visit suppliers and customers on a routine or emergency basis to resolve quality issues
  • Develop and maintain supplier quality audit materials and supplier quality metrics, verify supplier quality systems on the production floor, and conduct supplier quality audits
  • Assure accuracy of quality documentation, including hold tags, inspection reports, data collection, supplier inspection reports, and test reports
  • Compiles and prepares technical documentation in a presentable manner appropriate for the target audience, and monitors conformance to standards
  • Lead cross-functional teams in problem-solving sessions to establish definitive root cause and effective corrective actions for both internal and supplier quality issues

Your Credentials

  • Bachelor's degree or Associate’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., quality, engineering, business, information systems, data management).
  • 5 years of experience in a Quality position within a manufacturing environment and/or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A strong mathematical background is required to compile statistical data.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Lean Six Sigma is preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office essential.

The salary range for this position is $54,000 - $79,600

Click the link below to learn more about what we do in our Rice Lake, WI facility.

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About Quanex, A Part Of Something Bigger

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com.

Salary : $54,000 - $79,600

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