Job Description
The Quality Plant Engineering leader is a direct report to the Quality Plant Engineering Manager. They lead the quality plant engineering team in charge of their perimeter. On their meta function perimeter, in order to guarantee the customer satisfaction including warranty results in field and the plant efficiency, they lead the supplier quality, the plant quality convergence and manages the product/process evolutions in serial life.
Principle Relationships
Daily Operational Production meetings with Quality Plant Engineering Manager and their team, control tower to deal with quality issues / production.
Weekly meetings with Supplier Quality Developement, ENG/CCLP Cross Car Line & Project, MFG/VPE/GAPE
Convening of the site director's / quality managers of the most failing supplier sites. Meetings with suppliers.
Operational Context
The holder of this function must contribute to improving the quality level of new and customer vehicles in a context of ever more ambitious quality objectives.
The position requires great responsiveness in order to meet quality and production requirements.
Autonomous in the decision (or to lead if necessary) to modify the automotive product or the process to guarantee the quality of the vehicles.
Support the Quality Plant ENGineering Manager to make decision to hold vehicles and market vehicles.
Autonomous in the convocation and animation of suppliers, represents Stellantis with suppliers.
As soon as possible in order to avoid increasing outstanding rework area (issues on retouching costs and customer delivery time)
Deliverables
Define containment actions to apply for customer protection (including supplier Issues)
Do vehicle issue diagnosis and root cause analysis
Ensure that his team carries out the pre-analysis activities on time
Do risk assessments and lead corrective action plans
Guarantee the product - process maturity of the components of his perimeter management of serial life (windows change management).
Propose alternative product solution in case of issues (as shortage) to avoid to stop mass production in the plant
Participate in Quality ENG tech clubs.
Implementation of good idea and standards (Read Across)
Ensure the right application in the plant of the technical requirements and the meta function "metiers" standards of his perimeter
Ensure that the skills of his team is at the right level
Ensure the management activities of his team (daily management control meeting)
Ensure that his team is working in safety
Lead quality KPI management to achieve quality objectives, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation
Resolution of systemic/chronic or major quality issues (Top Warranty, Recalls, ...)
Technical support Yard Holds / Product Related Issues (PRI's) technical referent inside the PRI.
Set-up / On-going Controls for Process / product Standards for Vehicle & System Functional Objectives (i.e. ADAS, BSR, FEA)
Principle Activities
Advancing Customer Quality
Animate customer satisfaction/quality through supplier quality animation, Customer Feedback & Networks (Animation processing of Palantir Foundry, Supplier Ticket IT Tool (SQP/NCT/Amadeus) and Customer/Supplier obeys
Escalate as needed with Quality Plant Engineering Manager and/or Manager FQM of his Quality Meta Function
Ensure Feedback lesson learn to Team Design
Ensure the management of sensitive processes of his perimeter (noises, geometry, sealing, etc.)
Ensure the landing of Serial Life Windows & evolutions/events Product including cost savings
Evaluate & Restore Hand-Over Profession ENG milestone to anticipate drift
Pilot points of change to implement actions necessary to secure flow
Participate in PPAP animation and issue a verdict J4 (project/factory transfer) or J5 (serial life)
Participate if needed in Panorama Evolution Product Process (on Master Chief Engineer request)
Support the plant in the safety of production on his perimeter
Assist the team (expertise) as needed on summaries Diamond 1-3 (NC factory) and Diamond 4 (supplier NC)
Pilot partners/Supplier for roll-back in case of proven NC
Protect the customer by setting up a containment (Interim Solution) or a control/rework dam
Formalize Remedies (redesign) Diamond 5-6-7
Pilot Remedy hand-over to Life-Series Redesign Teams
Be the guarantor of the robustness of the plant monitoring plan
Implement and relay the monitoring plan in the plant, which has the power to derogate from it
Animate the performance of the different control/reworking workstations by identifying the traversal
Make Layered Process Audit (LPA) on positions identified as sensitive in the flow
Conducting plant maturity audits, sharing them and tracing reconvergence actions
Lead his team (attached to the plant) & contribute to the performance
Build the team's workload plan, guarantee the smoothing of the workload by prioritizing and allocating tasks, manage the subjects escalated
Ensure the efficiency of the team through structured processing (A3 MRP, 5P, etc.) of problems encountered and risks
Coordinate & Pilot the convergence of KPI Plant Quality (DVx defect/vehicle, DRR direct run ratio, SCA Stellantis Customer Audit, PPM 3MIS)
Skills crossmaping of his team
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or higher in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience may be considered)
8 + years of related experience
Previous experience in Plant Quality Engineering or Plant Vehicle Engineering
Ability to lead an Engineering team to deliver product changes and launches on time
Previous supervisory experience with demonstrated ability to coach and teach others
Well-versed in Microsoft Programs
Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal from High Level Meetings down to the Shop Floor
Ability to work off shift hours as necessary
Previous experience working in a union environment
Self-motivated and directed
Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects
Experience in design, testing, or manufacturing of vehicles and it's related components
Salaried Employee Benefits (US, Non-Represented)
Health & Wellbeing
Comprehensive coverages encompassing the Physical, Mental, Emotional, and overall Wellbeing of our employees, including short- and long-term disability.
Compensation, Savings, and Retirement
Annual Incentive Plan (SAIP), 401k with Employer Match & Contribution (max 8%), SoFi Student Loan Refinancing.
Time Away from Work
Paid time includes company holidays, vacation, and Float/Wellbeing Days.
Family Benefits
12 Weeks paid Parental Leave, Domestic Partner Benefits, Family Building Benefit, Marketplace, Life/Disability and other Insurances.
Professional Growth
Annual training, tuition reimbursement and discounts, Business Resource & Intra-professional Groups.
Company Car & More
Comprehensive Company Car Program and Vehicle Discounts. Vehicle discounts include family and friends.
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
