Plant Quality Engineer

Stellantis NV; Windsor; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

FCA Canada Inc. is seeking a Plant Quality Engineer (PQE) to oversee conformity for systems and components at the XYZ Plant. The PQE reports to the PQE Lead and collaborates with plant and corporate personnel to complete projects in their area of responsibility.

This is an existing vacancy, with a salary range of CAD 75,000 to CAD 95,000 per year. The role requires a strong background in manufacturing quality and cross-functional teamwork on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university.
• Ability to perform data analysis to identify top issues, summarize trends, distinctions, and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Validating product changes and improving outgoing quality to meet customer expectations.
• Responding to manufacturing quality issues and managing all product changes.
• Leading continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant using problem-solving methods.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving action from stakeholders.
• Reviewing warranty/CQI claims and maintaining issue stratification.
• Leading quality improvement activities to meet vehicle quality targets.
• Communicating requirements to all groups to ensure goals are achieved.
• Leading internal and external resources to achieve project timing.
• Leading teams to identify issues/risks in designs, processes, and applications using FMEA and risk tools.

Skills

Data analysis

Public speaking

Problem solving

Coaching

High intensity environment

Shop floor understanding

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

The Plant Quality Engineer (PQE) - Responsible for all aspects of product conformity for their systems / Components at the XYZ Plant.The PQE reports directly to the PQE Lead and will build effective relationships with both salaried andhourly,assembly plant/corporate personnel,in order tocomplete projects within their area of responsibility.

This position is for an existing vacancy.

The salary for this position is $75,000 to $95,000 per year.

FCA Canada Inc. is committed to providing accommodation for people with accessibility needs due to disabilities in all aspects of the hiring process. If you request an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs due to disability

We may use AI to screen applicants.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Validating product changes, providing technicalexpertise, and improving outgoing quality that will meet or exceed our customers’ expectations
• With unquestioned integrity and strength of conviction, the PQE responds to manufacturing quality issues and manages all product changes
• Through the usage of advanced problem-solving methods and SPW kaizenmethodology, the PQE supports all continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant
• PQE must work collaboratively with cross-functional manufacturing teams andfacilitatesconsensus and drive action from the main stakeholders
• Support external quality Key Performance Indicators (KPI) management for achieving targets, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation
• Review warranty/Customer Quality Insight (CQI) claims daily,maintainissue stratification andmaintaintheportionof Warranty Wall responsible for their area
• Lead improvement activities in vehicle quality by addressing nonconformity to product quality targets (SCA, VLO, BSR, and TDF performance driven to assigned targets)
• Support Corporate Quality objectives/deliverables and communicate requirements to all groups involved to ensure goals are achieved
• Collaborate and lead internal and external resourcestoachieve project/program timing
• Lead teams toidentifyissues/risks associated with product designs,processesand applications by utilizing FMEA’s and other risk assessment tools

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience may be considered)
• Well versed in both Microsoft and Google applications
• Ability to perform data analysisto identify top issues, summarize trends, distinctions, and effectiveness of corrective actions and continuous improvement activities
• Effective presentation/public speaking skills (comfortablepresentingto all levels of the organization)
• Experience with problem solving tools
• Able to demonstrate both coaching and teaching
• Self-motivated and directed
• Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects
• A passion for spending time on the shop floor and fully understanding the build process from a 4M1D standpoint (man, method, machine, material, and design)
• Legally eligible to work in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree
• Reactive Green Belt / Black Belt Certification
• Previous experience in resolving complex issues; including root cause, repairs, etc.
• Previous experience in Product Engineering and/ or Vehicle Integration / Development at supplier or Tier 1 Automotive Manufacturer
• Previous Manufacturing and/or Quality experience within a vehicle/Component assembly plant