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Position Title: Plant Quality Engineer
Duration: Contract
Location: Fradley, Staffordshire
Roles and Responsibilities
As a member of the Program Core Team, you will represent the Customer Voice within the company and ensure the interface with the customer and internally with other functions on quality matters with the following tasks:
- Achieves the Quality objectives - including Safety & Regulation, Environmental - such as the PPM, Scrap,... including Perceived quality and cascade them to the internal and external suppliers.
- Have the authority to stop any process or product delivery in case of serious non-conformance (customer expectations or safety and regulations issues,...)
- Leads the development and production process for measurement, checking, and testing fixtures and gauges.
- Defines the control plans
- Is responsible for conformity, perceived quality, and traceability of any parts delivered to the customer all along the development phase until Gate 4.
- Reports on a monthly base the progress of his activity (3PR level 2).
- Lead the relation with Customer Program Quality.
- Apply Program Management System and Engineering Change Management and Faurecia tools and standards.
- Ensure the use of the appropriate methods and quality standards (PMS, specific Customer program development system, international regulations, etc.)
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Level of Experience Required
- Experience Engineer 3-5 years of 1st proven experience in the Automotive industry (Minimum 2 different positions, such as Program Quality Leader, Development Engineer, Plant Quality Engineer, Process Engineer, etc.)
- Travel expected: Yes. Customer visits in Gaydon or Solihull (UK)


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Skills
- Interior Trim systems (Door trims, Console, Instrument Panel)
- Engineering degree (Quality, Management or Mechanical)
- At least 5 years of experience as program quality engineer or plant quality engineer in an automotive company or Tier 1 supplier.
- Quality knowledge (DFMEA, PFMEA, Control plan, Fixtures / Gages, Measurement, Problem solving methodology: 8D - Green Belt / Black Belt - Variability reduction, Schedule-A report (APQP), PPAP, Appearance approval (AAR)
- Monitor and improve manufacturing processes and quality performance
- Support audits and compliance to IATF 16949
- Maintain quality documentation and reports
- Leadership and Team oriented
- Results oriented
- High level of autonomy
- Process knowledge as Injection, Welding, Painting, Assembly
- Previous experience with Tier 1 supplier production
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