Quality Plant Engineering Lead

Stellantis; Saltillo; Presencial; MXN 1,104,000 - 1,474,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading automotive manufacturer located in Saltillo, Coahuila, is seeking a Quality Plant Engineering Leader. This role involves overseeing the quality management processes, conducting risk assessments, and leading a team in a high-intensity environment. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of 8 years of related experience. Strong leadership and communication skills are necessary for managing projects effectively.

Formación

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience in engineering.
• Experience in Engineering Department, Vehicle/mechanic plants, or project teams.
• Ability to work off shift hours as necessary.

Responsabilidades

• Lead corrective action plans to resolve quality issues.
• Conduct risk assessments and manage team activities.
• Animate customer satisfaction through supplier quality management.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Root Cause Analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Project Management

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Quality Plant Engineering Leader (QPEL)

• Define containment actions to apply for customer protection (including supplier Issues)
• Do vehicle issue diagnosis and root cause analysis
• Ensure that his team carries out the pre-analysis activities on time
• Do risk assessments and lead corrective action plans
• Guarantee the product – process maturity of the components of his perimeter management of serial life (windows change management).
• Propose alternative product solution in case of issues (as shortage) to avoid to stop mass production in the plant
• Participate in Quality ENG tech clubs.
• Implementation of good idea and standards (Read Across)
• Ensure the right application in the plant of the technical requirements and the meta function “métiers” standards of his perimeter
• Ensure that the skills of his team is at the right level
• Ensure the management activities of his team (daily management control meeting)
• Ensure that his team is working in safety
• Lead quality KPI management to achieve quality objectives, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation
• Resolution of systemic/chronic or major quality issues (Top Warranty, Recalls, …)
• Technical support Yard Holds / Product Related Issues (PRI’s) technical referent inside the PRI.
• Set-up / On-going Controls for Process / product Standards for Vehicle & System Functional Objectives (i.e. ADAS, BSR, FEA).

Principle Activities

1. Advancing Customer Quality
   • Animate customer satisfaction/quality through supplier quality animation, Customer Feedback & Networks (Animation processing of Palantir Foundry, Supplier Ticket IT Tool (SQP/NCT/Amadeus) and Customer/Supplier obeyas)
   • Escalate as needed with Quality Plant ENGineering Manager and/or Manager FQM of his Quality Meta Function
   • Ensure Feedback lesson learn to Team Design
   • Ensure the management of sensitive processes of his perimeter (noises, geometry, sealing, etc.)
2. Ensure the landing of Serial Life Windows & evolutions/events Product including costsavings
   • Evaluate & Restore Hand-Over Profession ENG milestone to anticipate drift
   • Pilot points of change to implement actions necessary to secure flow
   • Participate in PPAP animation and issue a verdict J4 (project/factory transfer) or J5 (serial life)
   • Participate if needed in Panorama Evolution Product Process (on Master Chief Engineer request)
3. Support the plant in the safety of production on his perimeter
   • Assist the team (expertise) as needed on summaries Diamond 1-3 (NC factory) and Diamond 4 (supplier NC)
   • Pilot partners/Supplier for roll-back in case of proven NC
   • Protect the customer by setting up a containment (Interim Solution) or a control/rework dam
   • Formalize Remedies (redesign) Diamond 5-6-7
   • Pilot Remedy hand-over to Life-Series Redesign Teams
4. Be the guarantor of the robustness of the plant monitoring plan
   • Implement and relay the monitoring plan in the plant, which has the power to derogate from it
   • Animate the performance of the different control/reworking workstations by identifying the traversal
   • Make Layered Process Audit (LPA) on positions identified as sensitive in the flow
   • Conducting plant maturity audits, sharing them and tracing reconvergence actions
5. Lead his team (attached to the plant) & contribute to the performance
   • Build the team's workload plan, guarantee the smoothing of the workload by prioritizing and allocating tasks, manage the subjects escalated
   • Ensure the efficiency of the team through structured processing (A3 MRP, 5P, etc.) of problems encountered and risks
   • Coordinate & Pilote the convergence of KPi Plant Quality (DVx defect/vehicle, DRR direct run ratio, SCA Stellantis Customer Audit, PPM 3MIS)
   • Skills crossmaping of his team

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (BAC+3) 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)
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Previous experience in Engineering Department, Vehicle/mechanic Plant or Project team
• Ability to lead an Engineering team to deliver product changes and launches on time
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal from High Level Meetings down to the Shop Floor
• Ability to work off shift hours as necessary
• Self-motivated and directed
• Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects
• Rigorous and pragmatic
• Languages: plant language & English

Preferred Requirements

• Masters Degree
• Green belt
• World Class Manufacturing Experience