Quality Engineer (Sewing Processes) | Blvd. Insurgentes

North American Production Sharing de México, S.A. de C.V.; Tijuana; On-site; MXN 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

North American Production Sharing de México, S.A. de C.V. seeks a Quality Engineer to lead the floor inspection team, manage international customer complaints, and perform failure analysis to ensure products meet customer specifications.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Textile, or Mechanical Engineering; 3–5 years in manufacturing (sewing preferred); Advanced English (bilingual). You will develop quality plans, run process audits, lead MRB, and drive corrective actions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Textile, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years in manufacturing plants (sewing processes highly desirable).
• Advanced English (Bilingual) and ability to present technical reports to foreign clients and executives.
• Experience leading MRB processes, corrective actions and quality audits.

Responsibilities

• Quality Compliance: ensure product quality per customer specifications.
• Quality Plans by Family: generate and implement quality plans per product family.
• Process Audits: conduct periodic audits to detect deviations on sewing lines.
• MRB Leadership: lead MRB to disposition non-conforming material.
• Corrective Actions: establish CA teams and ensure actions are completed.
• International Customer Service: respond to complaints and manage portals.
• Technical Documentation: develop and maintain Control Plans, PFMEA and work instructions.

Skills

Assertive leadership

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Eng

Tools

5S

Kaizen

VSM

Poka-Yoke

Ishikawa Diagram

Job description

Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring, maintaining, and improving quality standards across textile and sewing manufacturing production lines. This role leads the floor inspection team, directly manages international customer complaints, and conducts failure analysis to guarantee products strictly comply with global company and customer specifications.

General Information

• Experience Required: 3 to 5 years in manufacturing plants (sewing processes highly desirable).
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in industrial, Textile, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Language: Advanced English (Bilingual). Able to negotiate and present technical reports to foreign clients and executives.

Technical Responsibilities

• Quality Compliance: Strictly ensure product quality requirement compliance for the final product according to customer specifications.
• Quality Plans by Family: Generate, update, and execute specific quality plans per product family, defining acceptance criteria from the beginning of the production line.
• Process Audits: Implement and follow up on periodic process audits at sewing and other manufacturing stations to proactively detect deviations.
• MRB Leadership: Actively lead the MRB (Material Review Board) process to evaluate, segregate, and determine the final disposition of non-conforming material.
• Corrective Actions: Lead the process for corrective actions. Establish CA teams, and ensure the process is being effectively followed, documented and completed.
• International Customer Service: Respond to customer complaints, leading follow-up calls and managing global quality portals.
• Technical Documentation: Develop and maintain Control Plans, PFMEA, work instructions, and manufacturing visual aids.

Qualifications and Requirements (Preferred & Plus)

• Preferred Certifications:
• Certified ISO 9001 Internal Auditor (or industry equivalents such as IATF 16949 / ISO 13485).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.
• Problem-Solving Methodologies: Expert command of the 8D methodology for effective closure of customer non-conformances.
• Quality Tools: Solid experience in failure analysis and root cause analysis (5 Whys, Ishikawa Diagram).
• Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of Lean tools (5S, Kaizen, VSM, Poka-Yoke) applied to reduce waste and sewing reworks.

Soft Skills

• Assertive leadership and floor-level personnel management.
• Fluent communication in in English and Spanish
• Proactive focus on results and decision-making under pre