COE Quality Floor Leader (Off Shift)

GE Appliances, a Haier company•Louisville, KY

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Floor Leader owns, executes, and ensures compliance with the Quality Management System. The role provides leadership and resolves daily production-floor quality issues, manages the Quality Floor team, and oversees related improvement projects and processes. The position leads the second- and third-shift Quality Floor team at GE Appliances in Louisville, Kentucky.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or five years of equivalent experience in floor quality in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment.
Experience with development and implementation of product and process Quality Management Systems.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite products.
Ability to analyze quality data.
Strong cross-functional communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with customers and operations.
Legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and able to maintain authorization without current or future employer or school sponsorship.
Ability to work second and third shifts; some weekends may be required.
Ability to lift materials and product weighing up to 30 pounds.
Ability to work in and around heavy equipment and use required safety equipment, including eye safety glasses, hearing protection, safety boots, and hardhats.
Frequent walking in a manufacturing plant environment is required.

Nice To Haves

Quality leadership experience.
Lean Manufacturing experience.
Experience in injection molding, appliances, or similar high-volume manufacturing processes.
Familiarity with union contracts and leadership of union members.
Familiarity with gauging and other measurement tools.
Ability to interpret part prints and specifications.
Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and leadership influencing skills.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct the second- and third-shift Quality Floor team and establish and monitor team goals and metrics.
Expand hourly Quality Inspectors’ (Quality Analysts/Auditors’) capabilities to include problem solving alongside their current responsibilities.
Ensure Manufacturing Control Plans (MCPs) are followed, review them for discrepancies, and facilitate resolution with Manufacturing Quality Engineers.
Provide first response to the highest-level quality issues and ensure containment actions are implemented and followed.
Facilitate, track, and ensure closure of all CARs/CAPAs.
Manage implementation of new Quality System Procedures within the plant as they apply to the Quality Floor Team.
Communicate quality issues, containment, and root cause/corrective action plans for critical defects raised during daily production and escalation meetings.
Review data collection results for trends and issues, and coordinate quality, manufacturing, supplier quality, and technology resources to drive solutions.
Train and coach Shop Operations, the Quality team, and Process Engineers on quality acceptance standards as needed.
Coordinate training for the team and understand contract rules.