Senior Quality Engineer

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Senior Quality Engineer
Gqeberha (PE) – Eastern Cape

Our client in the automotive industry requires an experienced Quality Engineer to develop, implement and co-ordinate quality systems to prevent failures and deficiencies in products, services, and processes by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate inspectors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assists in the development of procedures to support and implement quality systems applicable to a single site.
Leads / facilitates Advance Quality Planning teams
6 Sigma Green Belt (Utilizing appropriate statistical methods/techniques)
Develops action plans for improving products, services, and processes
Performs benchmarking activities, ensuring integration of best practices throughout the organization
Ensures that the knowledge necessary to implement quality systems is integrated throughout the organization.
Quick response to customer concerns with containment and root cause analysis (ICA & PCA) ensuring required customer documentation completed in line with internal system requirements.
Manages 3rd party inspection/sorting when required.
Ensures relevant testing completed for all parts as required (product audits; layouts/requalification; periodic testing; etc.).
Train in the use of quality standards, tools, customer portals access/update, systems, and techniques.
Applies appropriate statistical tools to analyse complex quality issues/problems & procedures.
Performs analyses of existing data (e.g. warranty analysis, COPQ, SPC, test data)
Proficiency in camera/PLC technology for end-of-line inspection equipment
Ensures that the knowledge necessary to maintain quality standards is applied across the organization.
Applies appropriate technology to support measurement and control processes.
Develops and manages the quality system audit process
Trains advanced statistical techniques to measure and control product, service, and process capability
Trains others in systemic analysis techniques
Develops new techniques / approaches to measuring and controlling product, service, and process capability.
Designs measurement systems and tools to evaluate performance characteristics
Designs innovative applications for technology tools to measure, control, and report performance characteristics.
Trains others in the application of quality tools
Manages transition to and +application of defined best methods/ benchmarked processes.
Manages team members to execute required functions (lab testing; product audits; layout/requalification; etc.)

Education/Experience:
National Diploma (Engineering) or equivalent.
Qualified & Experienced Toolmaker advantaged and Preferred with City & Guilds Qualification in addition
4 to 6 years work experience of which 2 to 3 years working with complex activities in the quality engineering field within component or automotive Industry is essential.
Competency in MS Office and MS Windows required.