Quality Assurance Engineer

Keystone Automotive Industries•Grand Prairie, TX

33d

About The Position

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Requirements

High School Diploma/GED
5+ years of related experience required; Fully competent professional; In-depth knowledge and experience.
Experience in the automotive field may be substituted for the college degree requirement.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc.
Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and Powerpoint presentations to support business objectives.
Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills.
May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
Decisions generally affect own job or assigned functional area.
Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree
No additional competencies required.

Responsibilities

Train Quality Engineers and other staff
Assist in hiring of branch staff
Supervise day to day functions at branch
Provide QMS audit support to LKQ Corporation, Inc. locations - includes conducting internal audits as needed.
Coordinate and lead in group Supplier Audits.
Investigate sources of damage during handling, storage, transfers, delivery and any other processes by which material is damaged.
Assist with writing operating procedures.
Design and institute equipment modifications.
Evaluate packing materials for the level of protection they provide.
Determine and maintain product quality.
Participate in product testing as required.
Partner with suppliers to correct and eliminate product defects.
Inform managers of quality concerns and product defects.
Maintain records detailing product defects.
Initiate and support the continual improvement of Keystone Automotive Industries' quality improvement system.
Assume other duties as assigned