Traveling Quality Liaison

Camaco • Portage, MI

33d • Onsite

About The Position

Engineering Liaison must possess excellent communication skills to professionally interact with the customer, Camaco’s plants, Quality group, and the sort groups. Will sort product with minimal instruction. Will interpret quality alerts and give direction to the sort groups on how to perform required activities. Will travel off site for extended periods of time and possibly long workdays. Additional roles and responsibilities are established in the responsibility sections of the EMS Documentation.

Requirements

• Automotive Background: 3–5+ years of experience in automotive environment and product development, applications engineering, or quality control.
• Manufacturing Knowledge: Deep understanding of Tier 1 supplier operations, automotive manufacturing processes, and validation methods.
• Quality Standards: Proficiency in quality management systems and standards like ISO 9001 or IATF 16949.
• Analysis Skills: Basic structural analysis to propose minor design changes or "on-the-fly" fixes.
• Bachelor’s Degree: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Automotive Engineering.
• English, bilingual Spanish helpful
• Communication & Conflict Resolution: You must serve as the primary link between different project stakeholders, requiring superior verbal and written skills to translate technical issues into actionable business reports.
• Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis: Ability to immediately analyze problems at the OEM facility, determine the root cause, and coordinate "sorting" or rework activities.
• Pressure Management: These roles often involve being "on call" and working under high pressure at the customer's plant level to prevent production line shutdowns.
• Project Coordination: Tracking project timelines and specifications to ensure the supplier's product fits the OEM's evolving vehicle requirements.
• Travel: It may require domestic and occasional international travel for training or visiting Mexico manufacturing site.
• Plant Presence: Often requires working directly on the factory floor, which may involve physical inspections and audits.

Responsibilities

• Initiate sorting for non-conforming material.
• Follow customer specific rules.
• Ensure quality documentation is complete at customer location.
• Communicate effectively with all personnel involved.
• Instruct and monitor sort group personnel in the checking of parts, quality documentation, and applicable procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level