Quality Engineer

McLaughlin Body Company; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaughlin Body Company in the United States seeks a Quality Assurance Lead to drive ISO-9001 compliance, train staff in Quality Standards, and define key characteristics for products. You will collaborate with engineering on gauges and fixtures to control KC and collect KPI data such as FPY, DPU, and DPPM, posting results across the plant.

The role emphasizes supplier PPAPs, 8D reports, and MRB activities, with a focus on continuous quality improvement and plant readiness for new product

Qualifications

• Requires a technical engineering degree or 3–5 years of related experience.
• Experience with ISO-9001 audits and quality-management practices.
• Knowledge of PPAP, 8D reports, and KPI tracking desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead ISO-9001 audits and train staff in Quality Standards.
• Identify and document dimensional KPIs and product KC requirements.
• Collect KPI data (FPY, DPU, DPPM) and display on KPI boards.
• Work with engineering on gauges/fixtures for dimensional control.
• Support supplier PPAPs and manage 8D reports and MRBs.

Skills

ISO-9001 Lead Auditor

Quality Standards Training

KPI Data Collection

Root Cause Analysis

Supplier Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical engineering

Job description

• Train staff and operations in Quality Standards
• Identify, document, and communicate the dimensional and appearance Key Characteristics (KC) of each assigned product. This includes customer dictated KCs and those identified by MBC.
• Work with engineering in the development of gauges and fixtures to control dimensional KCs.
• Assist operations in the training of employees in the use of all gauging and fixturing.
• Collect product quality data and maintain charts on Key Performance Indicators (KPI), to include First Pass Yield (FPY), Defects Per Unit (DPU) and Delivered PPM (DPPM).
• Regularly post KPIs on communication boards in the operating areas, including posting of customer feedback (VOC) and quality alerts.
• Work with engineering and operations personnel to drive quality defects back to the root cause and develop corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in scheduled CQAs and communicate findings back to the operations personnel
• Participate in MRBs and in determining disposition of NCM.
• Request, review, and approve supplier PPAPs.
• Support the completion of all requested forms in support of customer PPAPs, including but not limited to Appearance Acceptance Reports, Control Plans, Dimensional Results, Balloon Diagrams, Part Submission Warrants, Process Flow Diagrams and Process FMEAs.
• Submit and track customer 8D reports.
• Serve as escalation step for supplier non-conformances.
• Participate in the AQP Process, ensuring plant readiness for product and process changes and new product introductions

Key Job Functions

• Serve as lead auditor for ISO-9001
• Train staff and operations in Quality Standards
• Identify, document, and communicate the dimensional and appearance Key Characteristics (KC) of each assigned product. This includes customer dictated KCs and those identified by MBC.
• Work with engineering in the development of gauges and fixtures to control dimensional KCs.
• Assist operations in the training of employees in the use of all gauging and fixturing.
• Collect product quality data and maintain charts on Key Performance Indicators (KPI), to include First Pass Yield (FPY), Defects Per Unit (DPU) and Delivered PPM (DPPM).
• Regularly post KPIs on communication boards in the operating areas, including posting of customer feedback (VOC) and quality alerts.
• Work with engineering and operations personnel to drive quality defects back to the root cause and develop corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in scheduled CQAs and communicate findings back to the operations personnel
• Participate in MRBs and in determining disposition of NCM.
• Request, review, and approve supplier PPAPs.
• Support the completion of all requested forms in support of customer PPAPs, including but not limited to Appearance Acceptance Reports, Control Plans, Dimensional Results, Balloon Diagrams, Part Submission Warrants, Process Flow Diagrams and Process FMEAs.
• Submit and track customer 8D reports.
• Serve as escalation step for supplier non-conformances.
• Participate in the AQP Process, ensuring plant readiness for product and process changes and new product introductions

Responsibilities

Frequent communications and visits with customer to support a partnership

relationship

Conduct and/or participate in supplier development activities for key suppliers

Quality improvement programs that target DPPM

Provide current, accurate quality performance metrics to operations Coaching and developing inspectors Setting performance improvement goals for the KPIs

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Requires bachelor's degree in technical

engineering or three to five years of related experience, or a combination of education

and related experience.