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
