Quality Control Specialist

  Essential Job Functions:

• Serve as liaison between plant and its customers/suppliers providing quality related technical assistance in the investigation, containment, and resolution of quality problems.
•  Coordinate each phase of the quality control/assurance activities of new and existing projects to ensure product quality, schedules, and time frames meet customer requirements.
•  Collect information and research data related to quality standard requirements to comply with customer requirements.
•  Analyze and provide input regarding quality of raw materials, purchased parts, and other items required to manufacture automotive interiors parts and components.
•  Review material lists of conformances to company standard practices in regard to parts and materials used.
•  Analyze processes for improvements, failure modes, stability, and capability.
•  Coordinate process change requests and Engineering Change Instruction (ECI) implementation related to quality assurance activities including preparing supporting documentation, change      point tracking, communications, sample part reviews, and scheduling trial parts.
•   Ensure that any new inspection equipment for the product/process is approved and maintained in the calibration system.
• Work with the Manufacturing department to initiate effective containment, investigation, and countermeasure activities to prevent further outflow in-house and to customer.
• Conduct quality audits including performing vehicle (end use applications) evaluations, problem analysis, and providing design/redesign input.
•  Manage and maintain quality assurance documents including quality assurance plan, tool progress report, evaluation plan, inspection standards, supplier and customer quality standards, Supplier   Quality Assurance Manual (SQAM), Quality Assurance Standards (QAS), Process Flow, Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Manufacturing Quality Chart/Control Plan (MQC/CP), Initial Sample Inspection Report (ISIR), etc.
• Support and assist with planning, development, and implementation of quality systems and activities with suppliers to ensure supplier parts meet or exceed plant and customer expectations. 
• Oversee and support service part quality issues and warranty claims as necessary.
•  Assist in developing quality management system (e.g., TS 16949) based procedures and instruments
•  Initiate, prepare, and present plans for quality improvements and train required team members.
•  Complete miscellaneous reporting, administrative, and other quality related functions for the Quality Control department as required including QC Circle participation, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, quality dojo creation/training, and launch document preparation, etc.

Minimum Eligibility/Requirements

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business, Manufacturing, Engineering, or related field required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Additional trade education and Quality certifications are preferred.
• Greater than four (4) years of relevant experience required
• Quality Control program launch experience for new programs.
• Experience creating PPAP and Manufacturing Quality Chart (MQC) documents.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, tooling, quality control methods, and statistical process control (SPC)
• Welding experience for arc, spot, and projection welding is a plus.
• Injection Plastics and Urethane process experience are a plus.
  

Disclaimer: This job description is intended to identify the general nature and level of work performed by team members within this classification, as well as certain essential job functions. It is not intended, and should not be interpreted, as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of team members assigned to this job. To qualify for this job, however, a team member must be able to perform its essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Under no circumstances may this job description be construed as altering the at-will nature of the employment relationship between TBA and any team member. EOE