AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road.
AUTOKINITON is recognized by our customers as one of the top suppliers in our industry.
Reasons you will love working here:
- Learning and Development Opportunities
- Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, upward mobility and much more
Responsibilities:
- Support the Company''s mission, vision, values and goals in the performance of daily activities.
- Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measurable to support the departmental goals.
- Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports including mentoring, coaching, counseling and corrective action when situations dictate.
- Ensure product and process compliance to customer and TS 16949 requirements.
- Support corporate in standardization activities.
- Ensure effective containment actions are in place to protect customers when a quality issue is identified.
- Serve as focal point of contact for internal and external customers either directly or through the Customer Liaison.
- Serve as main contact for external customer concerns. Monitor, respond, initiate corrective actions, follow up, close and track customer complaints.
- Guides design, implementation and verification of quality engineering initiatives.
- Create new designs, drawings, project plans, specifications and other documents.
- Maintenance of the Process Sign Off Books, and job books (for manufacturing).
- Work in conjunction with engineering; coordinate the PPAP (Product Part Approval Process) for new programs, program moves, engineering changes and process improvements.
- Travel to customers, vendors and suppliers as necessary. Generate and distribute visitation reports along with any other customer communications.
- Analyze SPC data for process improvement, corrective actions and other activities.
- Initiate, facilitate and participate in cross-functional teams in pursuit of problem solving and mistake proofing quality problems.
- Drive implementation of a progressive quality system to prevent defects and meet or exceed customer expectation.
- Drive implementation of all quality policies and required operating procedures and work instructions.
- Develop and maintain Company performance metric data, prepare charts and summaries for applicable measureables as required.
- Directs colleagues engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.
- Provide training and support for the Quality Technicians and manufacturing colleagues, including gage training.
- Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction goals.
- Provide guidance to the plant for internal rejects and rework procedures.
- Interface as required with the CMM programmers on layout issues and the Weld Assurance Technician on weld issues.
- Support all quality systems, both development and maintenance per TS16949 requirements.
- Generate quality alerts and communicate alerts to the production floor.
- Responsible for reporting all accidents, however minor, and all workplace hazards to the supervisor immediately.
- Responsible for ensuring the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their roles safely and efficiently.
- Assure all safety devices are properly in place and utilized, and to verify individual usage of personal protective equipment by the entire work team.
- Comply and oversee compliance with all internal and OSHA required safety procedures in the performance of daily activities and hold all direct reports accountable for enforcement.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping in work area.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.
- Adherence to all company policies and procedures (ex. Quality Policy Manual, Colleague Handbook, Level II Procedures, etc.)
Qualifications:
- • Knowledge of standard quality practices, ex. FMEA''s, SPC, DOE, etc.
• Large & medium metal stamping and assembly background.
• Knowledge of resistance and MIG welding processes.
• Familiar with GD&T.
• Solid working knowledge of PPAP processes.
• Ability to work in fast pace team environment.
• Proven leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and teach the team effective problem solving methods.
• Familiar with lean manufacturing concepts.
• Good working skills with Microsoft Office software.
Apply today to be a part of a winning team!
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