Quality Engineer

Overview:

Our client in the automotive industry is looking to employ a Quality Engineer to monitor the plant’s quality activities and to maintain the product, process, quality and systems to agreed standards through facilitation of improvements and audits.

Minimum Requirements / Experience:

• Grade 12/Matric
• National Diploma Quality Management or Engineering
• Automotive manufacturing experience as a Tier 1 supplier to the OEM
• BOM experience, Trained Auditor ISO 9001;2015; IATF 16949:2016 & VDA 6.3:2016

Competencies: Knowledge and Skills

• MS Office
• Product and Process Knowledge
• CSR’S
• Quality Tools & Systems
• FMEA
• PPAP
• APQP
• Control Plan
• MSA
• SPC
• Special Characteristics
• VDA-MLA
• PPA

Key Performance Areas:

Systems and Process compliance

• Assist in maintaining an integrated Quality system structure within BRMP (SharePoint) management structure
• Perform audits of the systems 1st Party IATF 16949:2016, processes 1st Party VDA 6.3:2016 and products on site to a defined audit schedule
• Continually monitor the adherence to optimum process settings and controls, targeting continual improvement

Risk Management

• Facilitate action teams and improvement program’s to continually improve on identified risks
• Ensure that safety, environmental and quality standards are maintained at all times through random auditing of various standards and requirements at set intervals to set formats

Information Management & Direction Focus

• Ensure data collection and analyses of data trends and focus areas for improvement drives
• Circulate data and management reports to share information on focus areas and needs for improvement
• Control all quality-related documentation in the plant

Management of Quality at Source

• Continually Improve upon the effective use of quality tools available to assist with improvement drives on the shop floor, at source
• Continually Monitor, Measure and Trend the Performances within the plant to highlight and reduce risks and concerns
• Maintain Quality Registers, distribution matrices and relevant boundary samples.
• Conduct MSA studies
• Conduct SPC studies on Process/product with Special Characteristics

Business Management

• Continually measure, monitor and provide improvement plans for improving business systems efficiency and cost reduction programs at the plant
• Maintain strong relationships with both suppliers and customers
• Co-ordinate the creation and implementation of a set of quality-related training modules for various levels of competency in quality tools and techniques for use as continual improvement tools at the plant

People Management:

• Ensure an enabling climate/culture
• Ensure a safe, secure and legal working environment
• Manage individual, team and departmental performance to achieve organisational objectives
• Compile and update Performance Contracts and Individual Development Plans and facilitate individual career path planning
• Determine the training needs of the Department
• Conduct Performance Reviews and manage sub-standard performance
• Coach and counsel people to ensure improved performance levels
• Ensure discipline is maintained in the department (absenteeism, lateness, overtime, misconduct, etc.)
• Resolve grievances and disputes