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
- Recognised Qualification in Quality Management in the core tools of Quality
- Formal Training in auditing techniques (e.g., ISO internal auditor, Process Auditor)
- Formal Training in Quality Management Principals (e.g., ISO 9001:2000, TS 16949)
- Minimum 2 Years’ experience working in a Quality Department within a TS 16949 listed company
Competencies / Skills:
- Demonstrate an understanding of ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 Standards.
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality principles used in the workplace
- Interpersonal Skills
- Managing People
- Operational Problem Solving & Decision Making
- Problem Solving & analysis
- Project Management
- Quality Leadership
- Quality Orientation
- Respect
- Safety Awareness
- Safety Leadership
- Strategic Planning, Organizing & Control
- Systems Thinking
- Teamwork
- Work Standards
Key Performance Areas:
Systems and Process Compliance
- Assist in maintaining an integrated Quality system structure
- Perform audits of the systems, processes and products on site to a defined audit schedule
- Continually monitor the adherence to optimum process settings and controls, targeting continual improvement
- Knowledge and ability to develop and administer management systems
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.
- Development and operation of Quality control systems
- Application and analysis of testing and inspection procedure
- Ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices
- Familiarity with Quality cost concept and techniques
- Understand and familiarity with product quality
- Knowledge and familiarity with the industry
