Quality Engineer

SUMMARY:
Opportunity Available!! Our leading client in the Automotive Sector is looking to employ a Quality Engineer to join their dynamic team in Gqeberha/ Port Elizabeth.

POSITION INFO:
Job Description:

• Maintain the Quality Project Tracker through the updating of status based on project evidence and escalate all potential risks to project milestones.
• Escalate all potential project risk related to milestones and customer requirements.
• Attend all project meetings- daily and weekly and co-ordinate Quality Department tasks.
• Support with the development of technical (SC/CC, Major Point Lists) agreements for approval by customers.
• Support Metrologist with the mark-up of drawings
• Support with the evaluation and feasibility of part tolerance through review of current similar processes.
• Ensure implementation of lessons learned into process development.
• Update all project lessons learned to the plant lesson learned database.
• Manage all deviations of components.
• Co-ordinate all changes in the supply chain through the Change Management tracker, ECR/PCR register and issuing of Engineering Change notices.
• Develop or co-ordinate development and collection of all Quality related PPAP documentation: Process Flow, FMEA and Control Plans, off Tool sample sheets, MSA, Drawings, Material certificates, Initial capability studies, Quality laboratory documentation, CSR’s- CQI’s as per PPAP checklist requirements.
• Tracking of all changes to ensure adherence to ECR/PCR checklist requirements.
• Support PPAP runs with project team and customer.
• Co-ordinate Checking fixture design approvals (FGAR’s) with the customer as well as gauge instructions, calibration and MSA activities.
• Co-ordinate Safe Launch and production handover processes.
• Supplier PPAP documentation review and sign off:
• Process Flow, FMEA and Control Plans, off Tool sample sheets, MSA, Drawings, Material certificates, Initial capability studies, Quality laboratory documentation, CSR’s- CQI’s and any other additional requirements as per PPAP checklist requirements.
• Ensure proper recording of all data required for quality performance indicators.
• Update and maintain the SC/CC list
• Manage and co-ordinate core tool review through the scheduling of reviews, performing reverse FMEA’s and ensuring customer concerns and improvements are coordinated through the Core Tools Actions list
• Compile weekly, monthly graphs.
• Analyse and implement corrective/preventative action to maintain and improve all KPI’s.

• National Diploma: Quality or National Diploma in Engineering/Operations Management or studying toward completion
• B-Tech Quality (Advantageous)
• City & Guilds or studying toward completion
• Computer literate (Intermediate to Advanced MS-Office skills)
• Core tools Certification (Essential)
• Manufacturing process knowledge coupled with mechanical and technical logic.
• Read and understand technical drawings and/or plans.
• 3+ years’ experience in quality in an automotive environment
• 2+ years’ experience in implementing and auditing quality system within an automotive environment.
• Assertiveness
• Problem-solving
• Time Management
• Communication
• Stop production when non- conforming product is made.
• Report any unsafe act and/or condition to HSEE Co-Ordinator.