Quality Technician, Cradles

Magna International; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna International's Cosma Group in Birmingham, Alabama, seeks a Quality Technician – CRADLES to support safety, quality audits, and customer cost standards. You will conduct line, material, and dimensional audits, review CMM outputs, and participate in containment of non-conforming product.

You will follow Magna's policies and environmental health and safety programs, perform DFT tests weekly, and support operations with data-driven quality calls while ensuring timely escalation of NC findings.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn cradle processes and follow quality procedures.
• Strong at documenting findings with evidence.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Follow plant safety rules and policies.
• Perform quality audits on parts and processes.
• Review CMM outputs and dimensional data.
• Report NC findings immediately to leadership.
• Support operations in quality-related decision making.

Skills

Decision making

Quality minded

Written communication

Verbal communication

Travel for training

Education

Tools

CMM inspection

Quality audits

Job description

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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 Quality Technician – CRADLES, is responsible for their safety and well-being as well as quality, part audits, system audits, customer cost, productivity, and ergo. This will be achieved by using company policies, SOP’s, WI, Procedures and the Magna Employee’s Charter as a guideline.

1. 1)Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies
2. 2)Follow and comply with all operational procedures/policies as stated in the employee Environmental Health and Safety programs
3. 3)Understand and promote Magna’s philosophies (Magna’s Operational Principles, Corporate Constitution and Employee’s Charter)
4. 4)Responsible for keeping boundary parts in secure area to use for comparison on future runs
5. 5)Responsible for making decisions on findings to determine if acceptable to Customer or not, support Customer Specific Standards
6. 6)Quality System Audits
7. 7)Perform Incoming Receiving Audits
8. 8)Perform Material Certification Audits
9. 9)Perform Line process/part Weld Defect Audits
10. 10)Perform Check Fixture Audits
11. 11)Review CMM/Dimensional outputs
12. 12)Perform DFT testing of a destruct cradle weekly
13. 13)Perform Line process/part Coatings Defect Audits
14. 14)Perform/Audit Coatings properties of dry film thickness test, crosshatch testing, scratch test, and cure test
15. 15)Perform incoming part inspection from media blast to e-coat
16. 16)Perform wax verifications weekly
17. 17)Perform DOCK-Audits
18. 18)Support Operations in making quality calls with product in conjunction with Customer specs
19. 19)Responsible to report NC findings immediately to Leadership
20. 20)Responsible for roundtable meetings for quality alerts, and containment of non-conforming product.
21. 21)Promote good housekeeping
22. 22)Perform other duties as required

(Ability to do the job)

• Ability to learn Cradle process
• Confidence to make decision on findings and support decision with evidence
• Good written communication skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel for training and work
• Understand Customer standards

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Some of the physical demands for this position include being able to frequently lift up to a weight of 65 pounds and the ability to stand, sit, and walk for prolonged periods of time.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

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.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type:

Regular / Permanent

Group:

Cosma International