To review the quality policies, communications, programs and practices to ensure customer satisfaction is achieved.  May develop changes to plans and/or methodology.  Provides recommendations for improvements to meet program objectives. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Performing internal audits.
• Provide oversight of the manufacture of products to ensure that engineering documentation is consistent with manufacturing methods employed.
• Coordinate activities associated with “first article build” of new products, ensuring that fabricated items are traceable to documented standards at the time of release of product into the production mode.
• Develop test methods/procedures to support product validation efforts.
• Maintain test equipment to traceable standards.
• Perform performance validation tests to meet customer specifications.
• Generate test reports of performance validation tests.
• Review of AITF 16969 documentation, instructions, procedures and quality manuals, and ensuring operations is in compliance.
• Provides support to AITF 16949 activities.
• FMA, 8D and SPC
• Customer quality issues and problem solving to include customer communication & customer visits as required.
• Manage production part builds and layouts as it pertains to PPAP.
• Work directly with engineering regarding issues and or engineering changes.
• Investigates/supports corrective action activities required by either internal or external customer concerns.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent.
• 3 plus years of work experience in quality assurance.
• Experience in automotive seating.

Competencies

• Technical Capacity
• Thoroughness
• Collaboration
• Computer Proficiency
• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
• APQP, SPC, FMEA, & 8D Problem Solving
• AIAG Methods
• Blueprint Reading
• GD&T skills
• Confidentiality

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting and on the plant floor. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.