Quality Engineer

Job Description

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Wentzville, Missouri Assembly Center on a full-time basis.

The Role:

This position is the single point “voice of the customer” supporting the Propulsion System Chief Engineer and Program Manager to assure segment leadership in J.D. Power / Warranty IPTV and Cost reduction initiatives. This position also represents propulsion systems with the vehicle platform program quality leadership and program teams.
Job description

What You’ll Do:

The Quality Engineer is responsible for developing, testing, and creating quality solutions for medium level changes. Defect analysis resolution and verification for vehicle subsystem quality, and performs design reviews.

Planning and Vision

• Planning and prioritization of Daily Activities

• Support the QE CAP Goals and BPD Targets

• Optimize Time to ensure coverage of QE Responsibilities and Production Floor Support

Safety

• Follow and Reinforce all Site Safety Guidelines

• Maintain Safe and Professional Work Spaces per Site Workplace Organization Standards

• Participate in Safety Observation Tours as Needed

• Urgently resolve *S Safety and Ergonomic Issues

People

• Develop Quality related skills, Red X certification, GMS compliance, Built In Quality skills assessment completion, and professional society certifications

• Support a cross-training plan for Quality Engineers to meet plant, Quality, SQ objectives

• Complete Suggestion Plan Requirements and complete analysis of incoming Suggestions

• Lead and coach Red X problem solving methodologies for team members, suppliers, and manufacturing team members

• Maintain and utilize Career Development Planning tools to promote career development

Quality

• Develop and Maintain Product Quality Standards for assigned commodities

• Develop and Implement a Standardized Work Task List

• Champion assigned commodity Voice Of Customer issues

• Participate in the Change Management Process

• Issue and maintain Supplier Practical Problem Solving items for identified Supplier Quality issues

• Communicate Emerging Issues Summary for Responsible Components

• Support Supplier Quality Yard Sweeps and develop inspection method and standards

• Coordinate Repair, Rework and Containment Activities for Identified Spills

• Participate in High Risk Supplier Phone Calls

• Provide response to all commodity SAC and manufacturing floor issues

• Validate Supplier Scrap Disposition (Supports when required or at High Cost Levels SAC cover on daily basis) 

• Request Temporary Work Orders from Engineers as required to support Assembly

• Ensure Appropriate Identification of KPC’s and KCC’s

• Creates PDF’s and gains approval to PRTS’ though the CPIT Process

• Voice of manufacturing in CPIT process

• Diamond 4 through 7 Problem Solving for All VOC Metrics through RC and ICA

• Viewed by other Resources Teams and Suppliers as Problem Solver Support Resource

• Participates in ISO Audits

• Support the PTR Process, documenting Product concerns and providing Pass/Fail feedback.  Material/Prod Control Facilitate, QE ME and PCC jointly support PTR activity

• Supports Controlled Shipping Activity

• Facilitates all Supplier Representatives and Supplier Visits to Manufacturing Facility

• Communicate Lessons Learned to SMT’s and Validation Teams

• Develop Action Plans to meet established VOC, GCA, and DRR Targets for Assigned Components and Systems

• Support Launch activities for all future programs beginning at the first Manufacturing Build

• Liaison between engineering, supplier, and manufacturing to ensure quality and reliability

• Identifies and continually improves on processes and procedures

• Voice of the customer within manufacturing process

Responsiveness

• Assure attendance of commodity issues at respective Care, GCA, 5F, and other Quality Reviews (support as required)

• Attend Appropriate Area Countermeasures Meetings

• Support DRR/DRL Initiatives

• Assigned PRTS Issues to be through Root Cause and ICA to Published Targets

• Attend standard Quality Engineering meetings

• Support timely resolution of supplier and engineering related plant floor Ergonomics and Quality issues

Cost

• Ensure effective management of Salary Attendance/Vacation/Overtime tracking systems

• Drive assigned Warranty Reduction Initiatives

• Document and resolve Cost Recovery associated with Supplier Quality issues through eSAP system

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Qualifications):

• Four-year bachelors degree

• 1+ Years Manufacturing experience

• Highly developed oral and written communications skills

• High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult

• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others

• Demonstrated technical and professional skills in job-related area required

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes

• Managerial Courage

• Customer Focus

• Strong decision-making ability

• Ability to build effective teams

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Degree in engineering or technical discipline

• 2+ Years Manufacturing experience

• 2+ Years Product Engineering experience

• Team Management experience

• Red X Technical Problem Solving Journeyman or higher certification

• Body Dimensional, GD&T, and Part Data Analysis capability

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

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