Amsted Rail has an immediate opening for a Quality Analyst at its operation in Granite City, Illinois.

Amsted Rail is the world’s leading provider of fully integrated bogie systems for the heavy haul freight market, with facilities spanning 40 locations across 10 countries and 6 continents. Through their state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, Amsted Rail is redefining industry standards for innovation and technology, providing customers worldwide with unmatched performance and reliability for the long haul.

The Quality Analyst will research, implement and apply new technology and applications at the Granite City Plant. This unique opportunity requires an innovative, self-starting individual to apply their creativity and vision to our product evaluation process. In addition, the employee will assist with technical issues relating to quality of products, metrology, non-destructive testing, and manage throughput of products. Applicants must be able to maintain a strong vision for the future and think creatively.

• Research innovative inspection methods, new opportunities, and inventive quality control applications for Amsted Rail quality operations.
• Coordinate and design implementation of new inspection methods into initial testing phases and design applicable production uses.
• Create new and innovative documentation procedures for new in-house technologies.
• Create new routines and perform new inspection operations for model-based inspection, utilizing solid models.
• Conduct product evaluations for quality management with non-destructive methods.
• Lead the creation of new process specifications and operating procedures for newly designed inspection methods.
• Interpret requirements from engineering drawings, reference standards and specifications.
• Help maintain quality departmental documentation, supporting both product evaluations and nonconformance reporting.
• Participate in company internal audits, certification audits, and support customer audits as required for quality management system goals.

Requirements:

• 4-year engineering degree with experience in engineering drawing and/or metrology systems (or equivalent CAD experience) preferred.
• Mechanical, Material Science or Engineering Management degree preferred
• Manufacturing experience with non-destructive testing preferred.
• Robotic programming experience a plus.

• Basic blueprint reading skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Strong communication, energy, interaction skills, and creative thinking.
• Proficiency in verbal and written technical communications.
• Ability to work from written or verbal instructions.

Working for Amsted Rail:

We are a privately held, 100% employee-owned company! As an Amsted Rail employee, you are an owner. Our commitment to employee’s professional satisfaction includes creating space and opportunities to be creative and an integral part of our innovation journey and business success; for employee’s personal fulfillment, we invest in everyone’s growth and development while ensuring a work environment that values them as an individual, with their unique set of strengths and beliefs.

Amsted Rail is an industry leader that can offer more than a chance to succeed. Through our competitive wages, outstanding benefits, and internal development and advancement opportunities, you will have the chance to create a career of which you can be proud, whether inside Amsted Rail or within one of our other five businesses within Amsted Industries.

Benefits include being an employee-owner participating in our ESOP program and benefiting from an additional full range of benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401(k).

Amsted Rail’s commitment to Affirmative Action:

Amsted Rail is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To review our EEO Policies or to request assistance please go to www.amstedrail.com/careers/ and select EEO Compliance/Statements. To learn more about us, please visit us online at www.amstedrail.com.

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