Quality leader

Responsability

• Collaborate with internal teams, customers, and suppliers in planning, scheduling, coordinating, and directing quality activities to ensure product conformance to customer requirements and specifications.
• Lead the investigation, resolution and prevention of product and process nonconformances.
• Track process capability and collaborate with process engineering to improve results and implement continuous improvement projects focused on cost, scrap, rework, and first pass yield.
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the quality system associated with the manufacturing operation with emphasis on customer specific requirements and IATF-16949 standards.
• Collaborate with planning and design staff concerning process design to ensure efficient production methods and the resolution of manufacturing difficulties.
• Lead and participate in customer, internal, and external audits.
• Provide technical assistance and direction to manufacturing, production, and support staff.
• Assist in quality related training and development of appropriate training materials.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in technical discipline, preferably in mechanical or chemical engineering.
• 3-7 years quality engineering experience with demonstrated ability to assume increasing responsibility, or equivalent level of experience.
• Excellent communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate across different functions and levels of the organization, with customers and suppliers, and across cultures.
• Considerable working knowledge of ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 quality systems and automotive value chain quality requirements including core tools (FMEA, PPAP, APQP, Control Plans, MSA, SPC).
• Considerable working knowledge in problem solving (8-D methodology), including effective corrective action and verifications of actions.
• Proficiency in application of Lean Principles and Six Sigma methodology.
• Effective at defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions.
• Proficient in general business correspondence to internal and external customers.
• Broad understanding of the quality systems and processes applicable to the Value Stream.
• Ability t schedule and lead process audits.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Considerable knowledge of manufacturing processes, related process controls, capability analysis and inspection and test methods.
• Proficiency in advanced product quality planning (APQP) and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate level education in technical or business discipline.
• Quality Engineering in supply to Tier 1 automotive manufactures.
• Specialty chemicals value chain experience.
• In depth experience implementing IATF-16949 quality systems.
• Certified Green/Black Belt Six Sigma
• Course work in core tools FMEA, PPAP, APQP, Control Plans, MSA, SPC