Applicants are invited to apply for the Quality Engineer (Product Safety Representative) position in the Quality Assurance Department (Kariega).
Brief description of the position
The Quality Engineer (Product Safety Representative) will ensure that Group Africa adheres to the legal obligation to ensure product safety to avoid risks of loss/damages to persons or property that arise from the use of the Product.
Possible Tasks within this Role
- Assisting in new projects with the establishment of Product Safety. The target is complete implementation of actions/corrective actions to vehicle safety requirements for the prevention of repeat failures with the use of the Product Safety catalogue (lessons learnt).
- Inspecting pre-series units in conjunction with other Q-type responsible PSB’s to expedite safety relevant problem recognition and corrective action implementation.
- Undertaking regular vehicle and line checks to evaluate current production (parts, part assemblies and sub-assemblies), and obtain corrective actions for any potential safety relevant problems detected.
- Representing the interest of the Quality Assurance Department during technical discussions with Service and the Product Safety Committee.
- Ensuring/initiating and/or assisting in the establishment of corrective action to resolve problems, tracking monitoring of the implementation of agreed actions and verification of effectiveness within the Production/Field with the Service Department.
Minimum Requirements
- National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- 3-5 years relevant experience in the automotive industry within Production/Product Engineering/Quality environment.
- Knowledge of vehicle functions (Body, powertrain, chassis, electrical).
- Ability to process and analyse complex data.
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to communicate and present at all levels within the organisation.
- Be a self-starter and able to work independently.
- Be able to make informed decisions in appointing accountability on behalf of Group.
- Added Advantage - Knowledge of Konzern systems.
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