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Manufacturing Quality Engineer

TAD PGS, Inc.

Garden City, NYContract$30–35/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$30–35/hr
Location
Garden City, NY
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

TAD PGS is hiring a Manufacturing Quality Engineer for a contract position near Garden City, New York. The engineer will provide practical day-to-day support in a production environment, troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues, and work with Operations, Quality, and Engineering. Candidates may have a stronger background in manufacturing or quality engineering; experience in both is beneficial but not required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mechanical AptitudeTechnical Problem-SolvingEngineering Drawing InterpretationTechnical Documentation InterpretationManufacturing Issue AnalysisRoot-Cause AnalysisCorrective ActionsLean ManufacturingContinuous ImprovementCommunicationCollaborationPriority ManagementIndependent Work

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related Technical Discipline or Equivalent ExperienceManufacturing Engineering ExperienceQuality Engineering ExperienceProcess Engineering ExperienceUS Person or Government Authorization

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

We have an outstanding Contract position for aManufacturing Quality Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Garden City, NYsurrounding area.

Pay Rate: $ 30.00 -35.00

This position is ideal for an experienced technical professional who can step into a production environment, quickly understand current priorities, and provide practical day-to-day engineering support with limited supervision. The individual will work closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and production personnel to troubleshoot issues, support manufacturing processes, and help keep ongoing projects and improvement activities moving forward.

Candidates may have a stronger background in either Manufacturing Engineering or Quality Engineering. Experience in both areas is beneficial but not required.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Provide day-to-day Manufacturing Engineering and/or Quality Engineering support to production operations.

  • Assist operators and production personnel with troubleshooting manufacturing, process, and quality issues.

  • Investigate production problems and help identify practical solutions that minimize disruption to manufacturing .

  • Support the development, revision, and improvement of manufacturing processes, procedures, and work instructions.

  • Review and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, process documentation, and inspection requirements.

  • Participate in root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and problem-solving activities related to manufacturing and quality concerns.

  • Assist with continuous-improvement activities involving processes, tooling, equipment, workflow, and production support.

  • Support the implementation and follow-up of corrective or process-improvement actions.

  • Work directly with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and manufacturing personnel to resolve technical issues and maintain project momentum.

  • Provide hands-on engineering support on the manufacturing floor as production needs arise.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant manufacturing experience.

  • Previous experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Process Engineering, or a closely related manufacturing role.

  • Strong mechanical aptitude and technical problem-solving skills.

  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, work instructions, and other technical documentation.

  • Comfortable working directly with operators, manufacturing processes, tooling, and equipment on the production floor.

  • Ability to analyze manufacturing or quality issues and develop practical solutions.

  • Experience with root-cause analysis, corrective actions, Lean Manufacturing, or continuous-improvement methodologies preferred.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Quality, Operations, and production teams.

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently with limited supervision.

This position requires access to technologies and hardware subject to US national security-based export control requirements. All applicants must be US Persons (8 USC 1324b(a)(3)), or otherwise authorized by the U.S. Government. No company sponsorship will be offered.

Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

  • The California Fair Chance Act

  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

How this job compares

Set against the 5,633 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$30–35/hr
  • US median$40–48/hr352 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $32.50/hr, is 26% below the US median midpoint ($44/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 222 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in New York and 5,633 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (4,437 postings).
Education
3,154 of the 5,633 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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