What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance position at US Tsubaki Automotive, LLC?
Quality Assurance Manager
The TSUBAKI name is synonymous with excellence in quality, dependability and customer service. U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC is an international tier-one supplier of high-speed chain drive systems to the automotive industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and direct daily shop floor quality activities related to inspections, non-conformances, process changes/improvements, and tests.
- Supervise hourly inspection personnel to support manufacturing schedules, including coverage of both production and receiving inspection needs.
- Supervise Quality Engineers to meet customer expectations and new project launches.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead customer new product launches.
- Work with Quality Engineers to meet customer expectations in regard to quality and effective communication.
- Work with metrologist and technicians to provide full PPAP layouts.
- Lead development of supply base to improve quality and reduce costs.
- Lead formal KPI indicators to monitor supply base.
- Provide schedules and work direction to Inspection personnel to ensure coverage of daily responsibilities.
- Maintain accuracy and schedules related to QA support functions, including Calibration of Gages and Equipment, including Test machinery.
- Makes suggestions to reduce non-conformances and eliminate sorting/rework.
- Coordinate resources required to address quality concerns.
- Develop plans to improve quality and efficiency, while reducing costs.
- Create and monitor daily efficient flow of material through the department by utilization of manpower and equipment in the department.
- Determine and implement continuous improvement plans for the equipment, and overall department.
- Monitor yearly budget for the department ensure goals are met by reducing cost related to production and MRO supplies.
- Foster working relationships with associated departments i.e. Planning, Engineering and Production.
- Establish and maintain effective communication vehicles such as toolbox meetings and employee meetings.
- Understand, communicates, and follows all company policies and work rules.
- Effectively utilize this knowledge to analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving work problems; correctly maintain time and attendance records; confer with Group Leader(s) and employees to coordinate activities of individual departments; ensure department inventory is accurate; make daily decisions on production schedules and personnel related matters that affect the delivery and quality.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- 3 Years of Automotive Manufacturing experience; Five (5) to seven (7) years of supervisory experience, in quality engineering.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in Lean Manufacturing, Project Management and ISO procedures is required.
- Position require excellent planning and organizational skills, extreme attention to details and significant computer skills.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in wet or humid conditions (non-weather), works near moving mechanical parts or within risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Benefits:
Tsubaki offers a competitive compensation package, including health benefits effective on date of hire, generous 401(k) match and profit sharing, education reimbursement, and annual bonus potential.
