Quality Engineer Senior Specialists

Indiana Automotive Fasteners Careers•Greenfield, IN

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Indiana Automotive Fasteners (IAF) is seeking a Quality Engineer to provide quality engineering services to customers, internal business functions and operations, and suppliers. The role supports the company’s mission of ensuring family safety through product quality and contributes to company, department, and personal goals. It maintains and improves the quality management system, supports compliance with customer and internal requirements, and helps ensure manufacturing consistently delivers conforming products. The position works across departments and with customers and suppliers to understand quality needs, resolve concerns, and improve product and service quality. It leads quality problem-solving and continuous improvement activities, supports new and existing parts through planning and documentation, and maintains quality metrics and certifications. The work takes place in a team-oriented manufacturing facility that is clean and organized, but is not temperature-controlled. The facility uses chemicals and heat-treat ovens, so conditions can sometimes be hot and dirty. The role involves regular walking, standing, bending, lifting, climbing, and use of hands, with regular lifting up to 25 pounds and occasional lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
At least 3 years of experience in a quality or manufacturing environment involving a technical or engineered product.
Ability to read customer, supplier, and internal drawings.
Familiarity with GD&T.
Ability to liaise with stakeholders across Planning, Logistics, Sales, Quality, HR, IT, Engineering, Maintenance, and Accounting to meet quality needs and business objectives.
Experience coordinating and leading activities involving AIAG Core Tools.
Hands-on experience with quality management systems (QMS) and testing methodologies.
Ability to inspect and test materials, equipment, processes, and products to ensure quality specifications are met.
Experience with root cause analysis, developing corrective actions and countermeasures, and using data to drive manufacturing-floor improvements.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including seeing, talking, hearing, smelling, standing, walking, sitting, bending, lifting, twisting, climbing, using hands, and reaching; regularly lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Nice To Haves

Automotive industry experience.

Responsibilities

Develop and attain company, department, and personal goals and objectives.
Maintain the nonconformance system for customer and in-house nonconformances.
Communicate customer, supplier, and internal nonconformances and tracking information to support containment, prevention, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
Analyze quality data to visualize problems and status; prepare visual aids and information concerning machine condition control and manufacturing-floor support.
Advise the organization on nonconformities, exceptions, and areas for improvement.
Lead improvement efforts and conduct daily plant tours to monitor nonconformance activity, reinforce the quality management system, and support continuous improvement.
Lead quality-related activities in coordination with Sales, Planning and Control, Purchasing, and other departments.
Contact or visit customers and suppliers to understand customer needs, resolve concerns, and assure product and service quality.
Lead quality circles, cross-functional teams, and enterprise-wide continuous improvement efforts.
Prepare and maintain inspection standards, FMEAs, control plans, and PPAPs for new and existing parts.
Collect, compile, and present internal and external quality metrics and databases.
Maintain ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 certifications and improve the quality management system.
Supervise document and forms control activities and maintain Quality’s visual aid display boards.
Analyze quality data and support quality improvement in manufacturing departments.
Lead problem solving using PDCA methodology and 5-why analysis to determine root causes and implement countermeasures.
Provide quality engineering services to customers, internal business functions and operations, and suppliers.
Maintain TS16949 compliance and compliance with customer and internal requirements.
Develop, document, and improve business management systems.
Facilitate customer quality relationships, respond to customer nonconformances, drive customer-focused improvements, and ensure product and service quality standards meet requirements.
Own advanced product and quality planning activities to ensure manufacturing consistently delivers conforming products.
Perform other duties as assigned.