Quality Supervisor 2Nd Shift

The Quality Supervisor plans and directs activities concerned with development, application, and maintenance of quality standards for industrial processes, materials and products. Supervisory responsibilities for a group of employees involved in inspection and quality control procedures with regard to purchased material, in-process material and finished products to assure that quality control standards are achieved.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Plan and assign work of Quality Inspectors and Technicians.
• Assist in maintaining customer satisfaction using plant quality assurance methods.
• Review product quality issues through direct communication with Quality Department Employees to ensure their knowledge of changes in procedures and standards.
• Respond immediately to quality concerns within or outside the plant addressing the defect, cause, resolution, and verification used to correct the concern (8D).
• Provides support to IATF 16949 activities.
• Serve as a cross functional team member with tasks such as Control Plan’s, FMEA’s, 8D’s and SPC.
• Maintains an 8-D / corrective action log on supplier rejections.
• Assists in maintaining the Gage room and the distribution of measuring equipment as well as calibration requirements.
• Suggests and implements changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase safety and efficiency of the department or plant.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Maintains discipline, morale and harmonious relations among direct reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

• Associates Degree in Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience.
• 3 plus years of work experience in quality assurance.
• Experience in automotive seating.

Competencies

• Technical Capacity
• Performance Management
• Leadership
• Computer Proficiency
• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
• APQP, SPC, FMEA, & 8D Problem Solving
• Blueprint Reading
• GD&T skills
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Confidentiality

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibilities of the department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the hourly employees within the department.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting and on the plant floor.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.