Plant Quality Engineer

The Plant Quality Engineer (PQE) - Responsible for all aspects of product conformity for their systems / Components at the Toledo Assembly Complex.  The PQE reports directly to the PQE Lead and will build effective relationships with both salaried and hourly, assembly plant/corporate personnel, in order to complete projects within their area of responsibility.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Validating product changes, providing technical expertise, and improving outgoing quality that will meet or exceed our customers’ expectations.  
• With unquestioned integrity and strength of conviction, the PQE responds to manufacturing quality issues and manages all product changes.  
• Through the usage of advanced problem-solving methods and SPW kaizen methodology, the PQE supports all continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant.
• PQE must work collaboratively with cross-functional manufacturing teams and facilitates consensus and drive action from the main stakeholders. 
• Support external quality Key Performance Indicators (KPI) management for achieving targets, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation 
• Review warranty/Customer Quality Insight (CQI) claims daily, maintain issue stratification and maintain the portion of Warranty Wall responsible for their area. 
• Lead improvement activities in vehicle quality by addressing nonconformity to product quality targets (SCA, VLO, BSR, and TDF performance driven to assigned targets) 
• Support Corporate Quality objectives/deliverables and communicate requirements to all groups involved to ensure goals are achieved.   
• Collaborate and lead internal and external resources to achieve project/program timing.   
• Lead teams to identify issues/risks associated with product designs, processes and applications by utilizing FMEA’s and other risk assessment tools.