Plant Quality Engineer: Lead QA, Compliance, & CI

Faurecia South Africa; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvia is seeking a Plant Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance at the Fort Wayne plant. You will coach operators, drive quality systems, and manage ISO14001 and TS16949 through facility teams, ensuring customer requirements are met and nonconforming shipments are stopped.

You will also lead PPAP activities, update engineering documents, maintain control plans and PFMEA with the process engineer, and coordinate customer liaison activities to close complaints efficiently.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an industrial environment, automotive experience preferred.
• Proven competency in control plans, PFMEA, process audits, ISO14001 & TS16949, APQP/PPAP.
• Experience with OEM quality requirements and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer representative within the plant.
• Coach operators and GAP leaders on quality principles and customer specifics.
• Lead QSE activities and train plant personnel.
• Manage ISO14001 and TS16949 through FCPs and drive continuous improvement.
• Stop shipments of nonconforming products and manage corrective actions.
• Lead initial and re-PPAP for parts with engineering changes.
• Update documentation to reflect engineering changes.
• Maintain control plans and PFMEA updates with the process engineer.
• Coordinate customer liaison activities and track complaints until closure.
• Ensure timely responses to customer and internal complaints using QRQC.
• Communicate warranty claims with plant engineering and outline action plans.
• Assist with additional tasks as assigned and feedback customer concerns via portals.

Skills

Quality assurance

8D problem solving

Control plans

D/PFMEA

APQP/PPAP

MSA

SPC

ISO 14001

TS16949

Process audits

Customer liaison

Communication

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Forvia is seeking a Plant Quality Engineer to lead quality assurance at the Fort Wayne plant. You will coach operators, drive quality systems, and manage ISO14001 and TS16949 through facility teams, ensuring customer requirements are met and nonconforming shipments are stopped.

You will also lead PPAP activities, update engineering documents, maintain control plans and PFMEA with the process engineer, and coordinate customer liaison activities to close complaints efficiently.