Engineer Advanced Quality

Adient plc; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient is seeking a Quality Engineer in Liverpool to lead APQP/PPAP activities and manage quality deliverables across prototype to production phases. The role requires a strong background in automotive quality systems, including IATF16949, APQP, PPAP, MSA and FMEA, with hands-on experience in control plans and measurement validation.

The successful candidate will collaborate with JIT and other departments to ensure IMDS compliance and timely customer communication.

Qualifications

• BSc or BEng degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 4 years in the automotive industry with at least 2 years in Quality.
• Knowledge of AIAG Quality Manuals (APQP, PPAP, MSA, FMEA)

Responsibilities

• Ensure control plans meet prototype, pre-production and production requirements.
• Complete APQP/PPAP activities and obtain PPAP approvals.
• Validate gauging and data, ensure IMDS compliance across BOM items.
• Lead SDT communications and ensure all quality deliverables are shared with the team and customer.
• Coordinate with JIT Plant QA during New Model builds and provide status updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Fluent English

Education

BSc / BEng degree

IATF16949 training

Job description

Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit www.adient.com.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring Control Plans are prepared to meet Prototype, Pre-Production and Production requirements
• Completion of Appearance Manual to relevant Customer Standards
• Ensuring all gauging is validated and verified for production usage
• Ensuring all relevant Measurement and Capability data is conducted and data evaluated
• Ensuring IMDS compliance across all BOM items
• Conducting all Supplier APQP activities necessary in order to achieve Supplier PSW Approval
• Ensure Suppliers are conducting necessary DVP&R activities as part of PPAP
• Ensuring “Grain Go” and “Colour Harmony / AAR” events are held with the customer / supplier for approval of relevant components
• Obtaining Supplier PPAP Approval
• Working with all necessary Adient Departments in order to generate the contents of the Customer PPAP
• Conducting all necessary communication with Customer in order to obtain Customer PSW Approval
• To be part of the Simultaneous Development Team (SDT) and be responsible for communication of all Quality deliverables to this SDT
• Ensure all Customer documentation requirements for each Build Phase is developed and actioned – liaising with JIT Management for obtaining relevant JIT resource to match this requirement
• Full support within JIT Plant during each New Model build phase and, in conjunction with JIT Plant Quality Manager, ensuring that all Quality deliverables are achieved
• Conducting Supplier Visits in order to determine status against APQP deliverables and to ensure that Supplier processes are approved to meet Adient expectations
• Ensuring that Adient CCSC is conducted to ensure that ALL Critical Characteristics (CC) are fully controlled within JIT facility – from definition of CC’s as per DFMEA and Drawing through to Poka Yoke verification within the Production facility
• Assure that customer and internally identified quality issues are resolved using the Adient problem solving methods (8D Report, Problem Solving Document “PSD”, PCAD, Kepner-Tregoe, etc.)
• Ensure that all Quality activities are performed in accordance with the latest Adient BOS, IATF16949 and Specific Customer Requirements
• To present Quality Project status at both Internal Launch Readiness Reviews (LRR’s) and External Customer Reviews

Qualifications

• BSc / BEng. degree is required or equivalent experience
• Specific education and training in Quality disciplines including minimum IATF16949, Continuous Improvement, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control plans, DOE and SPC
• Minimum 4 years in the Automotive Industry
• Minimum 2 years in Quality area
• Knowledge of the AIAG Quality Manuals (APQP, PPAP, MSA, FMEA etc)
• Manufacturing Quality system experience and customer communication activities
• Certification in Quality Engineering a plus.
• Lead or Internal auditor training to IATF16949 (TS16949) desirable
• Fluent English
• Willingness to travel

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

Primary Location

Liverpool