.Plant Quality Engineering SpecialistThe Plant Quality Engineering Specialist is responsible for accomplishing and meeting the company specifications, standards, and functional objectives in the product.Responsible and owner of Customer external KPI's 1MIS and 3MIS; contributor to Plant KPI's improvement such as DR, SCA, DVX.Protect the Customer through effective plant containments and inspection controls in the QVS or Cert line, leading the permanent corrective actions from the plant with the different responsible parties.Conduct customer risk assessments to determine the need for yard holds, including PRI's or Field Actions; represent the plant in technical calls, validate inspection and repair procedures, manage suspect vehicles control, clean points, and recovery glide paths.Manage the Product Engineering changes process, parts validation in the process through PER (Product Evaluation Request), and the CN (Change Request) process for plant implementation of a new part which includes team integration (Manufacturing, IE, MLM), plant bulletin, and ensuring that the change will perform as planned in a production environment.Lead the Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis for process, parts, or product issues impacting the KPI's using formal techniques and methodologies like GB/BB, Six Sigma, Advanced/Major Kaizen, etc., to determine issue responsibility whether Process, Supplier, or Design and initiate the action plan.Identify and initiate temporary product deviations to resolve Customer or Manufacturing concerns using TSA/IAA.Identify any Engineering Responsibility issues impacting SCA audits; lead problem resolutionusing the GIM system process to document root cause, interim, and permanent corrective actions.Assist in the correction of Supplier Quality issues, including the need for incoming part sorting through Supplier Table and stock purges, certifying the 3CPR procedures.Participate in "Best Practice" sharing and collaboration between plants/platforms.Support Process/Manufacturing to identify processes that are not capable and formulate an action plan (as a team) to bring the process into conformance with minimal resources and timing.Support Plant MQAS, MQGR documentation, certification, and audit programs as required to guarantee all requirements in compliance.Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives and activities (workshops, problem-solving teams, process studies, parts analysis, quality control systems, etc.
).Seek Error/Mistake proofing processes, components, and devices to guarantee zero risks.
Conduct regular vehicle reviews and Yard audits to identify potential leaks to the Customer.Minimum RequirementsEngineering degree in Electronic, Mechatronic, or equivalent.5 years of experience in the Automotive industry.Problem Solver with strong analytic skills.Strong data management skills with knowledge of data tools to manage large amounts of data efficiently and effectively