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Quality Control Inspector III

Sunrise Systems Inc

Chicago, IL

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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Title: Sr. Quality Improvement Lead
Job ID: 26-00489
Location: Chicago, IL 60629
Duration: 07-08 Months On W2 Contract

Education / Certifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Quality Assurance, Food Science, Biology, Microbiology,
Engineering, Operations Management or a related field.


Job specific requirements:
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment within Quality,
Food Safety, or Process Engineering roles.
• Experience with consumer complaint management, quality losses, and root cause
analysis.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies (IL6S, Lean, Six Sigma)
preferred.
• Ability to support operations across shifts as needed.


Work schedule:
• M-F 1st shift
No Relocation support available, however for candidates voluntarily moving internationally
some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy "

Job Description:
  • As part of the Quality Team, the Senior Quality Improvement Lead is a line-embedded quality leadership role responsible for driving quality loss prevention, reduction, and eradication across assigned Cracker lines and Ingredient Handling. This role provides senior-level, line-focused quality leadership, balancing strong day-to-day execution with sustained quality improvement and system governance.
  • The role partners closely with assigned Line-Centric organizations to identify, prioritize, and
    eliminate systemic and recurring quality losses by applying IL6S ways of working and
    deploying Quality Pillar tools, including process maps, quality matrices, defined work
    processes, and structured problem-solving. A core focus of the role is to reinforce line
    ownership of quality while owning the work process for Quality Matrices, ensuring risks,
    controls, and preventive actions are clearly defined, embedded into standard work, and
    sustained on the floor.
  • This position also provides advanced quality leadership during
    complex quality events, ensures quality learnings are translated into standard work, and
    drives horizontal application of improvements across applicable lines and areas.
    In addition, the Senior Quality Improvement Lead has people leadership responsibility,
    including the coaching, development, and performance management of a Quality
    Improvement Specialist.
How you will contribute
• Partner with Section Leads and Line-Centric Organization to identify and prioritize
recurring quality losses (e.g., holds, deviations, rework, instability) across Cookies and
Repack in partnership with line teams.
• Support line-owned problem-solving using IL6S methodologies (RCA, 12-step Kaizen, FI) to
eliminate root causes.
• Use DMS routines to track actions, milestones, and effectiveness, ensuring timely closure
and sustainable results.
• When quality findings or improvements are identified on one line, evaluate applicability
and support extension of learnings across other Crackers and Ingredient Handling lines to
prevent recurrence and reduce systemic risk.
• Support deployment, use, and sustainment of Quality Pillar tools, ensuring these tools are
actively used to guide execution, escalation, and decision-making on the floor.
• Own the Quality Matrices work process, including defining standards, governing
deployment, and ensuring effective use and sustainment across the bakery.
• Own IQS governance for the bakery, including system setup, user onboarding and training,
troubleshooting, and ensuring consistent, effective use to support quality performance
management.
• Provide advanced quality leadership during complex quality events, including support for
risk assessments, investigations, and disposition decision-making in alignment with
established standards.
• Support and coach on-shift Quality Leads during escalated quality events to ensure
consistent application of standards and sound quality risk assessment.
• Ensure quality learnings and improvements identified on one line are evaluated and
extended across other applicable lines and Ingredient Handling to reduce systemic risk.
• Partner with site and line leadership to develop quality culture action plans for assigned
areas and monitor progress against established actions through DMS routines.
• Reinforce quality culture through consistent floor presence, coaching, and engagement,
ensuring actions translate into observable behavioral and execution improvements on the
line.
• Lead, coach, and develop a Quality Improvement Specialist, including setting clear
expectations, providing feedback, supporting development, and ensuring alignment to
IL6S ways of working and quality standards.
• Act as a consistent, line-embedded quality partner for Crackers Lines 4, 6, 7 and Ingredient
Handling, ensuring alignment between daily execution and longer-term quality
improvement priorities


What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and
knowledge:
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment behavior.
  • Experience leading or supporting quality improvement initiatives in a manufacturing
    environment.
  • Ability to translate quality data and technical information into practical operating
    standards.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills.

About the Company

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Sunrise Systems Inc

Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.

We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.

Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:

  • Business, management, and technical fields
  • Information technology consulting and software solutions.
  • Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
  • Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies

Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:

  • Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
  • Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
  • Data processing and data migration
  • Application re-engineering and platform migration
  • Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1990
WEBSITE
http://www.sunrisesys.com/