Join a dynamic and innovative team for the leading North American supplier of Ford F-Series frames!
Autokiniton provides value-driven, sustainable automotive components and assembly solutions for our customers. We offer a rewarding compensation and benefits package along with an opportunity to grow within a stable environment that’s building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road.
Reasons you will love working here:
· Competitive Wages
· Medical, Dental, Vision and 401(k) benefits
· 14 Paid Holidays
· Vacation time on day one
· Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, opportunities for promotions, paid apprenticeships and much more
- 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 measurables to support the departmental goals.
- Responsible for advanced quality engineering activities that ensure product conformance to customer, regulatory, and internal requirements, with a strong focus on dimensional control, measurement system capability, and process robustness.
- Interpret and apply **GD &T, **develop and approve dimensional inspection strategies aligned to product risk and special characteristics.
- Define datums, measurement methods, and tolerance interpretation.
- Support Engineering and Manufacturing in design for manufacturability (DFM) and dimensional risk reduction.
- Evaluate dimensional trends and lead corrective actions for out-of-tolerance conditions.
- Review and approve CMM, GOM and Datamyte inspection reports / records for accuracy and compliance.
- Train and mentor Quality Technicians and Junior QEs on proper CMM usage and interpretation.
- Serve as technical authority for dimensional disputes with customers or suppliers.
- Plan and execute Variable and Attribute GR&R studies per AIAG MSA guidelines.
- Assess gage capability for both manual and automated measurement systems.
- Identify and implement measurement system improvements (fixture design, method changes, training).
- Approve gages and measurement methods for use in control plans and PPAP.
- Maintain MSA documentation to support IATF 16949 audits.
- Ensure product and process compliance to customer and TS 16949 requirements.
- Support corporate in standardization activities.
- 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.
- Performs research, design and development for quality processes and controls.
- Provides support and guidance for 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 and safety policies and required operating procedures and work instructions.
- Develop and maintain Company performance metric data, prepare charts and summaries for applicable measurables as required.
- Directs colleagues engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.
- Ensure effective containment actions are in place to protect customers when a quality issue is identified
- Support plant activities towards achieving customer awards and Quality registration (ex. TS 16949, ISO 14001, ~~Pentastar~~ , etc.)
- 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 plant.
- 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.)
Required Skills
· Provides leadership to the plant quality colleagues.
· Ability to identify, select, train and coach quality talent.
· Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate values.
Required Experience
· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent industrial design experience. A.S.Q.C. certified quality engineer preferred.
· Minimum three (3) years experience in quality engineering or supplier development.
· Knowledge of standard quality practices, ex. FMEA’s, SPC, DOE,GRR, Calibration etc.
· Large & medium metal stamping and assembly background.
· Knowledge of resistance and MIG welding processes.
· Familiar Knowledge with GD&T.
· Solid working knowledge of PPAP processes.
· Ability to work in fast pace team environment.
· Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.
· Root cause problem solving ability.
· Familiar with lean manufacturing concepts.
· Good working skills with Microsoft Office software
· Computer literate with customer required software (i.e.: Powerway, Covisint, IMDS) and SPC software literate.
· Ability to read and write in English and perform mathematical calculations.