Engineer Advanced Quality

Adient; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient is seeking an Engineer Advanced Quality in Liverpool to lead quality deliverables for New Model launches. You will drive APQP/PPAP activities, ensure CCs are controlled, and coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to meet customer requirements.

The role requires a strong quality engineering background in automotive manufacturing, IATF16949 knowledge, and willingness to travel. Fluency in English is essential and travel is expected.

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

Responsibilities

• Ensure all Advanced Quality Requirements are met for New Model Launches per Adient PLUS.
• Prepare Control Plans for Prototype, Pre-Production and Production.
• Complete Appearance Manual to Customer Standards.
• Validate gauging for production usage.
• Evaluate all Measurement and Capability data.
• Ensure IMDS compliance across BOM items.
• Conduct APQP activities to achieve Supplier PSW Approval.
• Ensure suppliers conduct DVP&R for PPAP.
• Coordinate Grain Go and Colour Harmony events with customer/supplier for component approval.
• Obtain Supplier PPAP Approval.
• Collaborate with Adient departments to compile Customer PPAP.
• Communicate with Customer to obtain necessary approvals.
• Customer PSW Approval.
• Be part of the Simultaneous Development Team and report Quality deliverables.
• Ensure Customer documentation for each Build Phase; liaise with JIT for resources.
• Provide full support at the JIT Plant during each New Model build phase with QA deliverables.
• Conduct Supplier Visits to verify APQP status and ensure supplier processes are approved.
• Ensure Adient CCSC is conducted to control CCs from DFMEA to Poka Yoke.
• Support issue resolution using Adient problem solving methods (8D, PSD, Kepner-Tregoe).
• Ensure Quality activities comply with BOS, IATF16949 and customer requirements.
• Present Quality Project status at LRRs and External Reviews.

Skills

Quality engineering

Auditing

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

BSc / BEng degree

IATF16949 training

Tools

APQP

PPAP

MSA

FMEA

Job description

Job Description

Engineer Advanced Quality

What can you expect?

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

What will your responsibilities be?

• To ensure that all Advanced Quality Requirements are met for New Model Launches as per the Adient “PLUS” (Product Launch System) including: -
• 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 meet 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

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

• 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