Role purpose of Manufacturing Quality Engineer – Ensure conformity of the manufacturing processes and correct first time delivery of the product to the customer through the implementation and maintenance of QOS processes, related standards, and best practices.
Key responsibilities
Maintenance
Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of quality standards within manufacturing processes. Ensure alignment with the requirements of the Driveline Excellence System.
Process Design
Ensure manufacturing processes and related documentation conforms to specified Process Flow, PFMEA, and Control Plan requirements.
Quality Testing
Develop and initiate methods, procedures, and embedded tests for inspection, testing, and evaluation of manufactured products. Maintain related documentation and records.
Quality Testing Design
Confirm that final inspection/EOL tests prevent non-conforming parts from leaving the plant and coordinate containment and firewall activities.
Operational Compliance
Perform manufacturing process audits to assess quality capability of the processes against established limits and specifications. Provide additional input for process control and initiate a reaction plan for characteristics that are either not statistically capable or are unstable.
Quality Management System
Carry out a range of quality management activities under the guidance of senior colleagues to contribute to the identification and evaluation of current policies and business processes that are in the scope of the Quality Management System and to support the design, development, and documentation of new policies, procedures, and business processes.
Improvement/Innovation
Ensure relevant lessons learned are implemented and countermeasures are horizontally deployed as required.
Document Preparation
Organize and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for special reports.
Performance Management
Participate in problem solving activities to support internal and customer concerns resolution and reduce cost of poor quality.
Organizational Capability Building
Undertake training when identified to improve business capability and allow for changes in technology and quality requirements. Instigate quality improvements in production area and strive for continuous improvement.
Values & Behaviours
Ingenious: Manages complexity
Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.
Ingenious: Driving continuous improvement
Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, pursues, explores, and develops ways to ensure own work is as effective as possible within all relevant processes. Shares an analysis of process problems with stakeholders; discusses how to resolve the issue.
Ingenious: Effective decision making
Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, knows when to act independently and when to escalate issues. Integrates various inputs, decision criteria, and trade-offs to make effective decisions. Typically makes good independent decisions.
Collaborative: Builds trust
Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes of conduct. Instills trust by following through on agreements and commitments despite competing priorities and by being honest and straightforward.
Collaborative: Demonstrates self-awareness
Uses a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. For example, seeks and responds to constructive feedback in a positive and professional way. Seeks to understand own impact on others; acknowledges mistakes and finds ways to avoid repeating them.
Collaborative: Develops talent
Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals. For example, shares own experience and expertise with others if asked. Provides constructive feedback and other support for other people’s development.
Principled: Accountability
Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, tracks performance and strives to remain effective, learning from both successes and failures. Readily takes on challenges or difficult tasks and has reputation for delivering on commitments.
Principled: Manages challenging conversations
Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said. For example, shares own ideas and points of view openly, regardless of potential criticism or risk; shows conviction when faced with adversity and challenges; raises difficult topics to be sure they are addressed.
Driven: Early technical adopter
Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications. For example, successfully leverages the latest technologies to increase performance. Quickly embraces and masters new technological advances adopted by the organization. May help others learn the terminology.
Driven: Action oriented
Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, takes timely action on important or difficult issues. Identifies and pursues new opportunities that benefit the organization.
Skills
Planning and Organizing
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Policy and procedures
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.
Compliance Management
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on achieving full compliance with applicable rules and regulations in management and/or operations.
Policy and Regulation
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on interpreting and applying knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in area of expertise.
Review and Reporting
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.
Verbal Communication
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Health and Safety
Manages and applies safe systems of work without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.
Risk Management
Identifies, assesses, prioritizes and manages risks without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Level.
Experience
Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 2 years to 5 years).