APU Quality Technician

US01 VALEO NORTH AMERICA; Kansas; On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo is a global tech company and automotive supplier seeking a Production Operator to support quality on the shop floor. You will verify quality, follow standard work instructions, and collaborate with line leaders to ensure smooth production.

Key duties include monitoring gauges, assisting with sorting activities, and documenting scrap data for daily audits. This role offers growth in a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Follows 5S and quality work instructions on production lines.
• Maintains conformity and writes accurate scrap reports.
• Participates in QRQC and root-cause analysis under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Operate production line and monitor quality to prevent nonconformities.
• Support gauge calibration and data collection for scrap reports.
• Escalate issues with Quality Technician and participate in sorting of good/bad parts.

Skills

5S

Quality standards

Auditing

Tools

Gauges

Callipers

Digital indicators

Feeler gauges

Datapaq

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Support all safety protocols in plant Responsible of all the process audits such as:

• 5S.
• Respect of the product
• QRAP board
• Quality standards
• First piece article (FPA)
• All other quality related paperwork on production lines.

Use and understand gauges, callipers, digital indicators, feeler gauges, etc.

Support gauge calibration with lab (Identify those equipments that are out of calibration or prox to expire)

Monitor scrap and other defects during your shift & support reactivity of issues.

Launch and coordinate sorting activities and train others to perform a sorting. (good part / bad part)

Support Quality Engineer with additional activities

Make sure Helium mapping/Energy mapping is completed 100% at the end of the shift

Use boundary samples to verify if parts are OK.

Analysis and reactivity of scrap.

Work with team leaders and supervisors to contain quality issues.

Populate scrap documents electronically to create a scrap report.

Escalate issues when needed and report accurately your findings during daily audits.

Stops the production in case of non-conformity detections and ensures sorting of production to eliminate all nonconform parts and secure customer deliveries

In case of non-conformity detections escalated the issue with Quality Technician to ensure sorting of production to eliminate all nonconform parts and secure customer deliveries.

Continuous control of compliance with working standards such as Quality work instructions, book of defect, etc.

Participate in the PSG ( Problem Solving Group) on the line.

Analyse BAD parts – looks for root cause by keeping all rules and steps of QRQC

Proceeds with operator training regarding any quality work instruction or any other quality document such as: Book of defects, Firewall inspection, EOL, etc.).

Report out quality results on a daily basis (passdown) with analysis of the top 3 issues during the shifts, corrective actions, customer notifications, etc.

Responsible for running Datapaq according to the schedule or when needed.

Job: Production Operator

Organization: Site Quality - J

Schedule: Full time

Employee Status: Regular

Job Type: Permanent contract

Job Posting Date: 2026-09-22

Join Us ! Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry.

We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies.

We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding.

Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you!

More information on www.valeo.com

Join Valeo! As part of a global community of passionate people, you will grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility.

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