Lead Quality Engineer

Location : Toledo, OH

Position : 3 Years Contract (Possible Extention)

Title : 24-01223 - Lead Quality Engineer

Job Description :

• Define containment actions to apply for customer protection (including supplier Issues)
• Do vehicle issue diagnosis and root cause analysis
• Ensure that his team carries out the pre-analysis activities on time
• Do risk assessments and lead corrective action plans
• Guarantee the product process maturity of the components of his perimeter management of serial life (windows change management).
• Propose alternative product solution in case of issues (as shortage) to avoid to stop mass production in the plant
• Participate in Quality ENG tech clubs.
• Implementation of good idea and standards (Read Across)
• Ensure the right application in the plant of the technical requirements and the meta function "me tiers standards of his perimeter
• Ensure that the skills of his team is at the right level
• Ensure the management activities of his team (daily management control meeting)
• Ensure that his team is working in safety
• Lead quality KPI management to achieve quality objectives, driving improvement / corrective actions and escalation
• Resolution of systemic / chronic or major quality issues (Top Warranty, Recalls, ...)
• Technical support Yard Holds / Product Related Issues (PRI's) technical referent inside the PRI.
• Set-up / On-going Controls for Process / product Standards for Vehicle & System Functional Objectives (i.e. ADAS, BSR, FEA)

Principle Activities :

1. Advancing Customer Quality

• Animate customer satisfaction / quality through supplier quality animation, Customer Feedback & Networks (Animation processing of Palantir Foundry, Supplier Ticket IT Tool (SQP / NCT / Amadeus) and Customer / Supplier obeyas
• Escalate as needed with Quality Plant ENGineering Manager and / or Manager FQM of his Quality Meta Function
• Ensure Feedback lesson learn to Team Design
• Ensure the management of sensitive processes of his perimeter (noises, geometry, sealing, etc.)

2. Ensure the landing of Serial Life Windows & evolutions / events Product including costsavings

• Evaluate & Restore Hand-Over Profession ENG milestone to anticipate drift
• Pilot points of change to implement actions necessary to secure flow
• Participate in PPAP animation and issue a verdict J4 (project / factory transfer) or J5 (serial life)
• Participate if needed in Panorama Evolution Product Process (on Master Chief Engineer request)

3. Support the plant in the safety of production on his perimeter

• Assist the team (expertise) as needed on summaries Diamond 1-3 (NC factory) and Diamond 4 (supplier NC)
• Pilot partners / Supplier for roll-back in case of proven NC
• Protect the customer by setting up a containment (Interim Solution) or a control / rework dam
• Formalize Remedies (redesign) Diamond 5-6-7
• Pilot Remedy hand-over to Life-Series Redesign Teams

4. Be the guarantor of the robustness of the plant monitoring plan

• Implement and relay the monitoring plan in the plant, which has the power to derogate from it
• Animate the performance of the different control / reworking workstations by identifying the traversal
• Make Layered Process Audit (LPA) on positions identified as sensitive in the flow
• Conducting plant maturity audits, sharing them and tracing reconvergence actions

5. Lead his team (attached to the plant) & contribute to the performance

• Build the team's workload plan, guarantee the smoothing of the workload by prioritizing and allocating tasks, manage the subjects escalated
• Ensure the efficiency of the team through structured processing (A3 MRP, 5P, etc.) of problems encountered and risks
• Coordinate & Pilote the convergence of KPi Plant Quality (DVx defect / vehicle, DRR direct run ratio, SCA Stellantis Customer Audit, PPM 3MIS)
• Skills crossmaping of his team

Position Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree (BAC+3) or higher in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience may be considered)
• Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience
• Previous experience in Engineering Department, Vehicle / mechanic Plant or Project team
• Ability to lead an Engineering team to deliver product changes and launches on time
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal from High Level Meetings down to the Shop Floor
• Ability to work off shift hours as necessary
• Self-motivated and directed
• Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects
• Rigorous and pragmatic
• Languages : plant language & English

Preferred Requirements :

• Masters Degree
• Green belt
• World Class Manufacturing Experience

Key Performance Indicators :

• Quantitative KPIs including but not limited to :
• Problem Resolution - Time to fix, Time to close QAN / QIF delay
• Pre-analysis handling time (parts analysis back from the field) Palantir-Foundry
• Deviations to handle
• Internal Plant Indicators (DRR, DVx, SCA, status / Repair vehicles, roll bench, wheel alignment, ADAS, ...)
• Issues without containment action
• Issues to escalate
• Safety issues handling time
• PPAP KPI (assembling test). Initial Samples verdict delay
• New issues detected by audit
• 3MIS Warranty (PPM)
• Safety KPI "STOP
20 days ago