Manager, New Car Inspection, Mexico

GATX•Chicago, IL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of New Car Inspection-Mexico will have direct oversight of new railcar production and quality to ensure railcars are meeting GATX and Customer requirements prior to delivery and will manage one direct report (New Railcar Inspector Mexico). This will require inspecting railcars through all phases of railcar production and performing final inspections prior to shipment to ensure adherence to builder quality assurance processes and GATX and Customer specifications. The manager will also need to work directly with all levels of the builder’s production, quality, and engineering teams to resolve issues, improve quality and have cars meet drawing and regulatory requirements. GATX, one of the largest railcar leasing companies in the world takes delivery of up to 3,000 new railcars per year and the “QARI” efforts are intended to maximize GATX’s procured railcar quality, value, and reliability from Mexico manufacturing plants while meeting GATX and customer requirements. This is a corporate hire, but the work will be located in Mexico. Time will be split between Monclova and Sabinas, and the incumbent will be required to be in one of these facilities 5 days a week.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years’ freight railcar manufacturing experience
Railcar inspection and quality assurance experience within a railcar manufacturing plant
Knowledge of railcar types and components and ensuring compliance with drawings, engineering standards, industry regulatory standards, and customer requirements
Weld inspection experience
Railcar interior and exterior coatings experience
NDT performance and evaluation experience
The “QARI” will live in Mexico and reside within commuting distance of a base railcar manufacturing location in Northern Mexico such as Monclova or Sabinas and will need to be at those locations daily.
Inspection - Visual evaluation and dimensional measurement, as required, including use of inspection equipment (weld gauges, mil gauges, etc.)
Physical activity – Walking throughout railcar manufacturing facilities indoors and outdoors within heavy industry environment including inherent tripping and fall hazards. Climbing on, under, and into railcars both during and after construction including standing or kneeling for car inspections.
This is a corporate hire but will be located in Mexico. Time will be split between Monclova and Sabinas and the incumbent will be required to be in one of the facilities 5 days a week.
Pasaporte vigente o capacidad para obtenerlo
Capacidad para leer, escribir y comunicarse eficazmente en español e inglés
Capacidad para interpretar especificaciones, planos y reportes de calidad
Manejo de Microsoft Excel, Word y correo electrónico

Nice To Haves

certification preferred
NACE certification preferred
capacitación AWS CWI (certificación preferida)

Responsibilities

Manage departmental responsibilities including scheduling, forecasting, auditing expenses, managing personnel, conducting performance reviews, and establishing and maintaining departmental goals.
Schedule staff to cover new car production builds in Mexico from initial start-up to car completion while ensuring order requirements are met.
Actively perform on-site inspections including final inspections for car acceptance prior to shipment and approve repair decisions for cars needing rework.
Prioritize inspection activity so that adequate resources are applied to specific builder locations, manufacturing processes, orders and or quality issues as needed.
Active participation in specification and drawing review meetings, documenting and reporting quality issues and non-conformances to have cars meet standards, coordinating customer and inspector visits, leading first article or sample car inspections.
Lead the effort on any pertinent issues related to quality or changes that may result from meetings, specification reviews, or car inspections with the ability to collaborate with the builder’s manufacturing team including production, quality assurance, and engineering to achieve results.
Work closely with GATX stakeholders to identify areas of concern with proposed improvement and convey all GATX specification details and preferences to car builders.
Review the builder’s quality assurance documents to ensure they are accurate, up to date, and being followed so that the work and physical railcar matches the records.
Work cooperatively with car builders to have the best quality rail car produced while meeting GATX and Customer requirements.
Observe safe work practices in a heavy industry working environment in compliance with GATX and railcar suppliers’ manufacturing plant safety policies.
Realizar inspecciones durante el proceso en todas las fases de manufactura y llevar a cabo inspecciones finales de los carros de ferrocarril antes de su envío.
Asegurar que la calidad y la mano de obra cumplan con los estándares requeridos; colaborar con el fabricante para abordar no conformidades e impulsar la mejora continua.
Participar en reuniones de revisión de especificaciones y planos.
Documentar, reportar y dar seguimiento a problemas de calidad y no conformidades conforme surjan, asegurando el cumplimiento de los estándares de calidad.
Finalizar la aceptación de los carros de ferrocarril para su envío.
Coordinar con inspectores de clientes y facilitar visitas, según sea necesario.
Colaborar con el equipo de soporte de manufactura (incluyendo gerencia de planta y Aseguramiento de Calidad) para garantizar el cumplimiento de especificaciones y requisitos de GATX y de los clientes.
Auditar documentación de Aseguramiento de Calidad para confirmar precisión, vigencia y cumplimiento; verificar que el carro físico coincida con los registros.
Trabajar con Manufactura y Aseguramiento de Calidad para corregir defectos y completar retrabajos requeridos.
Observar prácticas de trabajo seguras en un entorno de industria pesada, conforme a las políticas de seguridad de GATX y de los proveedores.
Representar los intereses de GATX e interactuar diariamente con personal de manufactura en todos los niveles y departamentos, incluyendo Producción y Aseguramiento de Calidad.