Quality Team Leader - Casting

Magna International; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna International is seeking a Quality Team Lead in Birmingham, Alabama. You will oversee quality lab activities, ensuring compliance with customer and quality assurance standards.

Your role includes operating coordinate measuring machines (CMM), conducting inspections, and supporting quality audits. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership and communication skills, supported by relevant education and experience in quality systems.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge and understanding of quality systems.
• Strong team-focused and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication skills required.
• Attention to minor details is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Team on shift to co-ordinate activities.
• Perform layout inspections to ensure quality standards.
• Operate and maintain the CMM and other measuring tools.
• Prepare and maintain programs and reports from inspections.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Leadership abilities

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

CMM Machine

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Opticell/Optigo

Job description

Overview

Job descriptions may display in multiple languages based on your language selection. What We Offer: At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary

Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.

Job Responsibilities

The function of Quality Team lead is to assist with co‑ordination and leading of activities in the quality lab and running and maintenance of the coordinate measuring machines (CMM) OPTIGO, OPTICELL and other measurement tools and equipment (3D Scanner). The role includes doing necessary dimensional layouts via CMM or other means to ensure customer and Quality Assurance standards are being met and maintained.

• Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies.
• Understand and promote Magna’s philosophies (Magna’s Operational Principles, Corporate Constitution and Employee’s Charter).
• Follow and comply with all operational procedures/policies as stated in the employee Environmental Health and Safety programs (Magna and OSHA Standards).
• Lead the Quality Team on your shift to co‑ordinate daily activities and manage work orders
• Support / Perform as Quality techs as needed which includes X‑Ray audit process, Tensile testing, Bend testing and Chemistry testing
• Perform Blister tests and help with Sample preps as needed
• Support / Perform as Quality Auditors as needed
• Escalate Quality Deviations to Production Leadership and Quality leadership
• Perform layout inspections on product, fixtures or dies as required. This would include first article layouts, gage reproducibility & repeatability studies and capability studies.
• Operate and maintain the coordinate measuring machines (CMM) and other measurement tools and equipment (3D Scanner). Job includes doing necessary dimensional layouts via CMM or other means to ensure customer and Quality Assurance standards are being met and maintained
• Maintain annual part layout.
• Maintain annual fixture gage reproducibility and repeatability studies.
• Monitor applicable CMM Trackers to prioritize and run weekly audits
• Optimize machine uptime by proactively getting fixtures and parts, while machines are kept running through shift.
• Ensure machines run 8 hours during shift, no idle process time
• Help maintain test equipment and storage area in a safe, clean and orderly condition. Follow 5S principle in and around work area.
• Prepares and maintains programs and reports from layout inspections.
• Fully understand quality standards, procedures and customer requirements.
• Program the Opti‑Cell/Optigo (white/blue light measuring system) to measure stampings and assemblies of manufactured components
• Setup and measure manufactured components and provide timely feedback on the results.
• Export the data to the appropriate location on the network
• Initial set‑up of the equipment to take the required views to provide the necessary part verification.
• Load the cells with the fixtures and parts prior to operation.
• View the output image and notify the appropriate Team Leader or Supervisor if there are any discrepancies they need to be aware of.
• Unload the parts and fixture after the operation
• Maintain NCM log and NCM cage for accuracy and help Quality auditors to contain of production parts as needed
• Create quality alerts as needed
• Exercise confidentiality in sharing dimensional feedback with customers prior to review by Leadership team
• Daily review of 5S and housekeeping in work area
• Promote good housekeeping
• Perform other duties as required

Responsibility And Authority

The Quality Team lead is responsible for their safety and well‑being, as well as the team's health and safety, quality, customer, cost, productivity, and ergonomic issues through using the company policies and procedures and the Magna Employee’s Charter as a guideline.

Position Requirements

• Must possess working knowledge and understanding of quality systems, standards, and procedures
• Must have strong team-focused, interpersonal and leadership abilities
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Must be willing to work extended or flexible hours
• Must be willing to work in various locations within and outside the facility
• Must be able to pay good attention to detail
• Must possess good human relations, leadership skills, and a maturity of judgment
• Must have good organizational and problem‑solving skills.
• Must be attentive to minor details.
• Must be an effective communicator of ideas and concepts.

Physical Demands

Some of the physical demands for this position include being able to lift up to a weight of 40 pounds and the ability to stand, sit, and walk for prolonged periods of time.

Equipment and Tools Used

Some of the equipment and tools used are a computer, printer, telephone, photocopier, PPE, forklift, Opticell/Optigo, CMM Machine and an assortment of metrology tools, X‑Ray, Spectrometer, Blister oven, 3D Scanner.

Knowledge

Education: High School Diploma or GED required; Associate degree (AA) or equivalent from two year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Technical Training

Understanding of customer quality specifications, Working knowledge of CMM programming, Microsoft application certification, Statistical Process Control including FARO CAM2 SPC Process Control. Forklift and crane certification will be an asset.

Other

Computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Work Experience

2-5 years

Additional Experience Types

Quality Tech, CMM, Manufacturing, Quality Auditor, Leadership, Operations, CNC.

Additional Skills or Abilities

• Quality Training
• TS16949 Internal Auditor experience
• Robot Programming
• CNC
• GD&T
• Microsoft Word & Excel

EEO Statement

When applied under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision‑making. At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

Group

Cosma International