Senior Quality Engineer

FORVIA; Apodaca; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

FORVIA in Mexico is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer for an automotive manufacturing plant. The role represents the client within the plant and manages customer claims, 8D responses, scorecards, portals, PFMEA follow-up, PPAP submissions, engineering changes and quality documentation.

You will lead and coach plant personnel, ensure Control Plan application, stop the process if safety or quality is affected, drive continuous improvement, maintain AMEF with the process engineer and ensure timely

Qualifications

• Industrial engineering background with quality focus.
• Experience applying Cp/Cpk for process capability.
• Experience interpreting Control Plans and FMEA.
• Auditing quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Client within the plant and lead quality activities.
• Coach and mentor plant personnel on quality practices.
• Ensure application of the Control Plan and monitor PFMEA follow-up.
• Lead PPAP submissions and engineering changes.
• Manage customer claims and 8D responses to closure.

Skills

Advanced English

Quality engineering

Cp/Cpk

Control Plan

FMEA

Dimensional reports

Education

Industrial engineer degree

Tools

Control charts

FMEA

PPAP

8D solving

Job description

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

We’re hiring a Senior Quality Engineer for an automotive manufacturing plant. The position represents the customer within the plant and is responsible for customer claims, 8D responses, customer scorecards, customer portals, Control Plan application, PFMEA follow-up, PPAP submissions, engineering changes, process capability and quality documentation.

This job will require you to:

• Carry out the role of representation of the Client
• Leader of activities and coaching of plant personnel
• Maintain approved criteria between the Client and the UAP
• Ensure the application of the Control Plan
• Stop the process and shipments in case the Safety and/or Quality of the products is affected
• Meeting specific customer requirements
• Maintenance of the External and Internal Customer Portals
• Communication with Residents & Clients and taking actions in any area of opportunity
• Train the operational staff of the UAP in the principles of Quality (Operators, GL and SV)
• Maintenance of Quality documents, Control Plan and monitoring of AMEF with Process Engineer
• Ensure that all Customer claims (Int and Ext) are answered in a timely manner through 8Ds
• Keep the UAP and Quality Management informed about the problems in the area
• Help lead continuous improvement activities
• Preparation of documents (Final Control Instructions, Visual Aids, Quality Alerts, etc.)
• Management of all Customer claims and monitoring until closing
• Customer Liaison Management, when applicable. Follow-up on actions, 8Ds for reported issues
• Lead PPAP by issues of Engineering or process change, customer requirement
• Update documentation due to engineering changes

Your profile and competencies to succeed

To succeed in this position, you will ideally have:

• Industrial engineer degree or similar.
• Advanced English.
• 3 years’ experience as quality engineer.
• Statistical tools for process control (control charts, calculation of Cp and Cpk)
• Preparation and interpretation of Control Plan and FMEA
• Interpretation of dimensional reports
• Audits to the quality management system