Quality Engineer
Plastipak · Plastipak - Plant City, FL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Plastipak (packaging) in Plastipak - Plant City, FL.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, 5S, Root cause, SPC, FDA / GMP
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $100k–$166k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 42 quality engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Florida plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 41 other live quality postings in Florida.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$166k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 79%
- ✓ Lean 45%
- AS9100 45%
- ✓ SPC 43%
- Six Sigma 43%
- Supplier quality 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
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This plant: Plastipak in Plastipak - Plant City
2 other open roles at this site · 3 people we found in quality roles at Plastipak.
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Production Technician · Production · Technician
Quality Engineer at Plastipak in other locations
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Full description from PlastipakAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
are met in a safe, accurate, and timely manner to ensure reduction of produced defective product and defect-free product shipments. They will direct and coordinate activities related to customer complaints, SPC, and Continuous Improvement.
requirements
are documented, specifications are met and process control is sustained
- ✓Lead site Continuous Improvement Team
- ✓Manage Global Change Control Team to ensure any process, machine or material changes are properly documented, verified and validated throughout the conversion process
- ✓Use problem solving tools such as fish bone diagrams, 5-Why analysis, etc. to ensure true root cause is identified and corrected
- ✓Responsible for managing site
qualifications
and specified projects, communicating results throughout the organization
- ✓Establish and maintain good relationships with customers by visiting customer plants for qualification of new materials, quality concerns, and periodic meetings
- ✓Initiate corrective actions per company
requirements
and works with operations teams to validate effective measures are implemented to prevent future re-occurrence of similar issues
- ✓Develop work instructions for relevant job tasks associated with products, processes, and testing
requirements
- ✓Compile and write training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities
- ✓Responsible for reporting food safety issues to personnel with authority to initiate action
requirements
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The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction by establishing procedures, monitoring process input and output capabilities, and leading continuous improvement activities. They will verify preform; bottle and label
We Offer
- •Opportunity. Our business is growing and we prioritize promotion from within!
- •Premium pay & benefits
You Will
- •Analyze and interpret SPC data to understand process input and output variation as it relates to process capability. Responsible for initiating action when processes are out of control or out of spec
- •Conduct studies using statistical and analytical tools, such as DOEs and Gauge R&Rs, to ensure measurement accuracy, and process & machine capability
- •Devise sampling procedures to confirm Critical To Function (CTF)
You Have
- •Associates or Bachelor’s degree in related field
- •1-3 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred
- •Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- •Understanding of basic manufacturing principles; i.e. GMP, Lean, 5S, 6-Sigma etc.
- •Strong understanding of basic SPC analysis
- •Capable of interpreting SPC charts (i.e histograms, Pareto charts, X-MR, X-Bar/R charts, etc.)
- •Multi-task and handle multiple problems without routine management supervision
- •Ability to lead cross functional teams in root cause investigations and Continuous Improvement activities
- •Willing to travel when given short notice should there be any customer quality problems
- •Self-motivated
- •Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
- •Frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- •Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance
- •Must regularly lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds
- •Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
As a Plastipak Associate, you receive a benefits package offering the following:
- •Wellness Programs
- •Health Insurance Coverage, including Medical, Dental & Vision
- •EAP, Employee Assistance Program
- •Life Insurance
- •Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- •Disability Insurance: Short-Term & Long-Term
- •Accidental Insurance
- •Critical Illness Insurance
- •Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- •401(k) Plan, with Company Matching Contribution & Profit Sharing feature
- •Paid Time Off - 80 hours within 1st year & subsequent increases
- •Paid Company Holidays
- •Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- •Caregiving via Care.com
- •Pet Insurance
- •Tuition Assistance Program
- •Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program
- •Travel Assistance
- •Employee Discount Programs
- •Some benefits are subject to eligibility