Quality Team Lead

IFA Powertrain Polska; Summerville (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector seeks a Quality Technician responsible for leading quality teams and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, significant automotive experience, and a strong ability to coordinate and communicate effectively across teams.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of automotive experience as a Quality Technician.
• 1-3 years of supervisory experience is preferred.
• Level 2 Certification in IFA-Rotorion equipment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the quality team to ensure tasks are completed.
• Communicate quality issues and perform audits.
• Train associates on standard work instructions.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Job Summary:
This position is responsible for coordinating and leading the in-line quality team to ensure that Quality specific tasks are completed and quality concerns are contained, controlled and escalated accordingly.

Safety, Health, & Environmental (SHE)

• Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards.
• Report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard.
• Comply with SHE standards, policies, procedures & regulations.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Promote interdependence by looking out for one another.
• Correct hazards within your control and capabilities.
• Recognize how your work may impact the environment and work to minimize the negative impact.
• Engage in SHE Training.

Quality

• Follows all applicable standard work, work instruction/process documentation and established quality procedures.
• Raises issues to minimize cost and quality exposures.
• Identifies and controls non-conforming material.

Delivery

• Demonstrate a high level of competency in core work skills
• Meet defined goals on time
• Pay attention to detail

Teamwork

• Communicate effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams.
• Complete training in line with business requirements.
• Participate actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.
• Remain flexible and perform other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet business goals to include working in other areas as business needs require.
• Work with peers, skilled trades and support staff to maintain and identify equipment in need of repair.
• Be respectful and courteous to all team members.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain safety standards for all in the area
• Primary contact for all quality issues in the assembly process
• Coordinate application of escalation process
• Coordinate and assist with conducting daily quality inspection audits as part of the in-line leadership team, to include assisting quality leadership in maintaining documents on the floor in reference to all TS standards
• Facilitate daily shift meetings, schedule and communicate daily work assignments, shift trainings, production status, and quality issues, non-conforming products to associates in order to achieve daily production schedules and targets
• Communicate information related to safety, quality, non-conforming products, production and scrap to incoming shift coordinator and/or supervisor
• Respond to, track, and report all quality issues that occur in the assembly process during designated shift
• Train all associates to documented standard work instructions Conduct routine audits ensuring standard work instructions are followed
• Ensure production and quality associates complete needed inspections and document accordingly
• Perform troubleshooting for out of control conditions (ie inspection and supplied part characteristics)
• Works with quality leadership to improve in-line processes and containment procedures with an emphasis on reduction of non-conformant material
• Hold and/or stops shipments if product does not conform to IFA quality standards and customer requirements
• Override any decision made to ship non-conforming products
• Perform document control activities
• Remain up-to-date on all tasks and process required of the in-line quality team
• Complete any quality assurance requirements as needed
• Responsible for ensuring completion of timely, objective and accurate production quality end of shift reports daily
• Consistently works on continuous improvement processes to include recommending measures to improve quality methods, documentation practices and gauging equipment Suggest changes in working conditions and use of gauges/equipment to increase efficiency and accuracy of quality methods, procedures, or worker performance standards
• Assist engineering with problem solving projects and prototype/sample production
• Assist quality associates and production leadership in problem solving and decision making for attribute/variable characteristics
• Works together with Quality Management to obtain/maintain an ISO/IEC 17025 compliant quality management system as well as other quality requirements related to manufacturing processes
• Complies with IATF 16949, ISO 14001, and customer requirements
• Complies with organizational policies and procedures
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Experience:

• 3 - 5 years of automotive experience as a Quality Technician(CQT and/or CMI)
• 1-3 years of previous experience in a supervisory capacity or leading cross functional teams
• Level 2 Certification in one of IFA-Rotorion, NA LLC Machine Centers

Specific Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of metric measurement system
• Demonstrated understanding of IRNA production processes, policies and procedures
• Excellent understanding of industrial machines and gauges (various machines/equipment)
• Familiarity with lean principles including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, SPC principles and 8 Ways
• Basic knowledge of blue prints
• Knowledge of both metric and English measurement systems
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (ie Excel, Outlook) computer software applications
• Demonstrated proficiency in SAP
• Ability to read and write English
• Ability to lead and organize teams to efficiently complete assigned tasks
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and oral with all levels within the organization
• Ability to collaborate with various departments to achieve shared goals
• Ability to fully understand work instructions then train personnel with varying skill levels efficiently
• Ability to read, interpret and use a PFMEA, Control Plan and/or product inspection plan
• Ability to work outside of scheduled shift to include a rotating week schedule as part of the in-line quality team
• Understand the consequences of non-conformances to the customer
• Trained and knowledge in site safety policies and procedures
• Demonstrated understanding of IRNA Quality Management System (QMS) as applicable to assign area of responsibility
• Understand the relevance and importance of their activities and how they contribute to achieving quality objectives (UNIVERSAL per IATF 16949)

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to walk/move about a 500,000 sq ft manufacturing facility: 95% of the time
• Must be able to stand/walk/move about specific work area: 80% of the time
• Must be able to bend/reach/twist/stoop: 70% of the time
• Must be able to lift up to 40lbs on a frequent basis: 40% of the time
• Must be able to lift over 40lbs on an infrequent basis: 15% of the time
• Must be able to sit at a work station: 0% of the time
• Must be able to work and operate a computer terminal: 80% of the time
• Vision is required to analyze and process work; and to work on computer terminal/machine centers, etc
• Hearing is essential for safety reasons; and to communicate with employees, supervisors, managers, vendors, suppliers and customers via conversation, group meetings, and/or phone conferences
• Must be able to work with paints/solvents/cleaners
• Must be able to work any shift as required including overtime as needed