Quality Head - Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager

Renold Chain; Karur; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Renold Chain in Karur, Tamil Nadu, seeks an Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager (Quality) to lead quality management, audits, and customer quality initiatives on the shop floor. The role emphasizes IMS/BIS compliance, PFMEA development, and driving continuous improvement with cross-functional teams.

The candidate should have a degree in mechanical or industrial engineering with at least 10 years in industrial manufacturing, strong knowledge of QA tools, and hands-on audit experience to ensure

Qualifications

• Educational qualification with 10+ years in industrial manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience handling QMS, audits, and customer quality issues.
• Proficiency in PFMEA, risk mitigation, and control plans.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to Health, Safety and Environment policies during shifts.
• Establish and maintain IMS, BIS standards and audit surveillance.
• Plan and execute internal/external/supplier audits and close non-conformances.
• Collaborate with development team to align processes with APQP and customer specs.
• Drive shop floor quality projects to improve QA activities.
• Update procedures per revised standards and customer specs.
• Handle customer complaints with cross-functional teams, perform 8D analysis.
• Conduct QMS/process/product audits using automotive process approach.
• Prepare welding procedure specs, qualification records per ASME EN ISO standards.
• Audit subcontractors and suppliers and monitor performance.
• Monitor process quality via statistical techniques.

Skills

Quality systems knowledge

Customer quality

Inspection techniques

MSA

PFMEA

Audits independently

BIS compliance

Computer literacy

Education

Degree in mechanical or industrial engineering

Job description

Designation: Assistant Manager / Deputy Manager

Department: Quality

Location: Karur, Tamil Nadu

Reporting to: Assistant General Manager - Maintenance & Projects

Roles & Responsibilities:

• To ensure that Health, Safety and Environment rules and regulations are adhered to during the shift and all matters relating to this are dealt with using the resources within the company in line with the companies Health and Safety policy.
• Establishing and maintaining Standards & System including (Integrated Management System (IMS), BIS Standards) in the plant and to coordinate surveillance/ to recertify audit with certifying body.
• Planning and execution of internal audits, external audits, supplier audits and ensuring closing of all non-conformances identified in the system.
• To work along with the development team and to establish the new customers requirements and to update the process & product quality procedures as accordingly during APQP stage.
• To Drive key projects in the shop floor to improve quality assurance activities.
• To modify and introduce procedures, and work instructions as per the newly revised standards, customer specifications & process validation results.
• Handling customer complaints along with the cross-functional team and identifying the root cause thereby implementing the corrective action. Also, analysis of customer complaints through 8D Reports.
• Conducting internal audits (QMS, process & product audit) through an automotive process approach to ensure compliance with the requirements (internal & customer) and suggestion OFI which has led to improvements from time to time.
• To prepare, review & control of welding procedure specifications, procedure qualification records & welder performance qualification records in accordance with ASME section IX, EN, and ISO Standards for various cast steel grades in SMAW process.
• Conducting sub-contractor & supplier qualification audits & regular monitoring of their performance.
• Monitoring the process quality by validation & verification by using Statistical techniques.
• Measuring and monitoring the process of poor quality.
• To provide training to the employees/ workers in the areas of IMS, 7QC Tools, Handling customer complaints, preparing of Quality reports, welding procedures & records, etc.

Functional Competencies:

• Educational Qualification & Experience: Degree in mechanical engineering/Industrial engineering with a minimum of 10 years of experience in Industrial Manufacturing Companies.
• Knowledge of Quality, Health, Safety, Environment & Management System
• Experience in Customer Quality and handling issues/complaints related to quality at customer end (at customer line as well as in the field).
• Proficiency in inspection techniques, gages, MSA.
• Knows quality tools and techniques and has good knowledge of addressing emerging issues with at most speed and efficiency.
• Hands-on experience in the development of PFMEAs, risk mitigation plans, and Control plans.
• Able to handle Audits independently.
• Basic knowledge of BIS compliance.
• Computer literacy.

Generic Competencies:

• Good Communication Skills Able to write good English. Spoken Hindi would be an added advantage.
• Must be Self-Determined and able to drive project on his own.
• Must be able to lead a team and develop them.
• Trouble Shooting Skills.
• Analytical Skills.
• Must be Result Oriented.
• Good Interpersonal Skills.