Role Purpose
Ensure conformity of the manufacturing processes and correct first time delivery of the product to the customer through the adherence to QOS processes, related standards, and best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Support the development of methods, procedures, and embedded tests for inspection, testing and evaluation of manufactured products. Maintain related documentation and records.
- Ensure conformance to the quality standards within the manufacturing processes.
- Perform additional final inspection/EOL test to prevent the flow out of non-conforming parts, and implement containment and firewall activities.
- Ensure traceability requirements are effectively implemented and maintained.
- Ensure process change requests (PCRs) / deviations are raised where required. Update associated PPAP documentation.
- Support abnormal part handling activities relating to manufacturing.Escalate process concerns to engineering.
- Support manufacturing process audits to assess quality capability of the processes against established limits and specifications. Perform additional product quality checks to confirm process capability and stability.
- Participate in problem solving activities to support internal and customer concerns resolution and reduce cost of poor quality.
- Support horizontal deployment of lessons learned and countermeasures.
Product Safety Responsibilities
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Adhere to the GKN Product Safety Policy and Product Safety Procedure.
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Immediately report PPSI (Potential Product Safety and Integrity) concerns to the Quality Manager in production or the Chief Engineer in development.
Formal Qualifications
5 years of related experience in a Manufacturing environment
Specific Functional Capabilities, Knowledge and Skills Required
Essential
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Problem solving skills (ex. 5WHYs, 8D, fishbone, PPS)
- Computer literacy in necessary software
- Mechanical aptitude
- Manufacturing knowledge or experience
Desirable
Technical
- Experience working in Quality
- Manufacturing experience
- Experience with core quality tools (ex. PPAP, PCR, SPC)
- Experience/training with ISO/TS 16949 environments
- Understanding of GKN driveline products and processes
- Knowledge of customer standards and requirements
- Interpretation of drawings and technical specifications
- Knowledge of machining, assembly, engineering, and manufacturing processes
- Lean Principles, Continuous Improvement, or Six Sigma training