Quality Control Specialist, Watertown
Terex · South Dakota
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $60k–$70k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at Terex (industrial) in South Dakota. Drive, design and manufacture quality improvements utilizing a data-based decision-making approach, rapid problem resolution, collaboration with engineers and internal customers and relentless continuous process/engineering improvements.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SPC, Welding, Tooling
- Base pay
- $60k–$70k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 1045 other live quality postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 43% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $95k–$133k, from 427 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- FMEA 41%
- Supplier quality 39%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Six Sigma 36%
- ✓ SPC 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Welding, Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Terex
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Qualifications
- ✓2+ years of Quality experience in a manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree: Engineering or technical degree
- ✓Ability to influence
- ✓Ability to compile and analyze data
- ✓Understanding SPC, and process capability determination
- ✓Technical expertise to identify root cause through data analysis
- ✓Ability to evaluate, develop and implement improvements quickly
- ✓Excellent problem-solving skills
- ✓Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to teach other team members
- ✓Ability to work independently and within a team
- ✓Ability to coordinate assignments among multiple support groups and provide direction for project team members
- ✓Ability to evaluate product and process change requests to ensure product quality is not compromised
- ✓Ability to work well under compressed time constraints
- ✓Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects at one time
- ✓Understanding of precision measurement instruments
- ✓Hands-on manufacturing/engineering experience in a fabrication/assembly shop environment
- ✓Experience supporting an ISO Quality System
- ✓Ability to eliminate Quality challenges using poke-yokes and Zero QC techniques
- ✓Welding process knowledge
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Job Description
Position Title or Job Classification: Quality Control Specialist
Location: Watertown, SD
Reports to: Quality Manager
What you’ll do
- •Provide support and administration of quality systems in Watertown
- •Direct tasks and objectives of Watertown quality team
- •Lead Nonconformance Review for issue root cause identification as well as corrective and preventive actions
- •Provide strong visibility of nonconformance issues, associated projects, and progress in the form of a dashboard-style format with critical success indicators
- •Drive, design and manufacture quality improvements utilizing a data-based decision-making approach, rapid problem resolution, collaboration with engineers and internal customers and relentless continuous process/engineering improvements
- •Analyze the effectiveness of the quality system and coordinate quality related issues with other departments, suppliers and customers
- •Analyze current quality monitoring methods, systems, and tools and develop and implement new ones to increase effectiveness and efficiency
- •Promotes use of statistical analysis for determination of improvements, and provides analyses to support risk mitigation
- •Implement quality plans for new or revised materials and/or products
- •Support line audits as well as First Article and receiving inspection functions
- •Evaluate work methods, procedures, and policies while also coaching and mentoring functional groups and departments on quality processes
- •Work cooperatively with all members of the Supply Chain and Product Development teams and with third-party manufacturers.
- •Support new product development teams
- •Generate training materials and programs as required, and conduct training sessions to support quality system
- •Ensuring all products are manufactured in compliance with product requirements, safety standards and design specifications, including fixture and tooling analysis
- •Identify areas of systemic weakness and leads initiatives to implement corrective action
- •Supports efforts in conjunction with manufacturing and engineering to develop plans for continual improvement of product and process quality
- •Provides support to groups and departments regarding product quality issues, measurement data, measurement techniques, performance
What you’ll bring
Basic
Why join us
- •We are a global company, and our culture is defined by our Values — Integrity, Respect, Improvement, Servant Leadership, Courage, and Citizenship. Check out this video! The Terex purpose
- •Safety is an absolute way of life. We expect all team members to prioritize safety and commit to Zero Harm.
- •Our top priority is creating an inclusive environment where every team member feels safe, supported, and valued.
- •We make a positive impact by providing innovative solutions, engaging our people, and operating in a sustainable way.
- •We are committed to helping team members reach their full potential.
- •Through innovation and collaboration, our vision remains forward-looking, and we aim to be a catalyst for change, inspiring others to build a better world for generations.
- •We offer competitive salaries, Team Member bonus, healthcare, paid holidays, 401K, life insurance, LinkedIn Learning.
- •For more information on why Terex is a great place to work click on the link! Careers | Terex Corporate
If you are interested in an open position but feel you may not meet all the listed qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
About Terex
Terex Corporation is a global leader in specialized equipment solutions, serving essential sectors such as emergency services, waste and recycling, utilities, and construction. Our diversified portfolio positions us in resilient, high-demand markets with strong long-term growth potential.
We design and manufacture advanced specialty vehicles—including fire, ambulance, and recreational vehicles—alongside waste collection vehicles, materials processing machinery, mobile elevating work platforms, and equipment for the electric utility industry. Through our global dealer, parts and service network and true value-creating digital solutions, we deliver best-in-class lifecycle support, helping customers maximize return on investment.
With a strong manufacturing footprint in the United States and operations across Europe, India, and Asia Pacific, Terex combines global reach with local expertise to capture opportunities worldwide. Our strategy is clear: exceed customer exp