Quality Specialist

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Join a leading motor component manufacturer in South Africa as a Quality Specialist and play a pivotal role in shaping excellence on the production floor. If precision, performance, and problem-solving fuel your passion, this is your chance to accelerate your career with a company that keeps the world moving.

Minimum Requirements

• Completed National Diploma Quality Management or Engineering
• At least 3 years' experience as a Quality Specialist or Quality Engineer in an Automotive Manufacturing company
• Trained IATF of ISO auditor highly advantageous
• VDA 6.3 experience highly advantageous

Duties & Responsibilities

Quality Management

• Manage plant quality system & compile topics for awareness training

Quality Assurance

• Implement & maintain procedures/work instructions
• Ensure compliance with quality policies

Audits

• Conduct internal process (VDA 6.3:2016), product & layout audits

Supply Quality Assurance (SQA)

• Define supplier AQLs (tolerances, drawings, tooling, PPMs)
• Analyse supplier performance & recommend improvements
• Notify suppliers of non-conformances & corrective actions

Quality Control

• Establish/manage critical control points
• Investigate non-conformances & track corrective actions
• Analyse PPMs/defect trends & recommend improvements
• Conduct Gauge MSA assessments
• Decide disposition of quarantined products (Pass/Reject/Rework)
• Maintain QMS compliance with ISO/TS16949 & VDA6
• Contribute to strategic plans, audits & system improvements
• Develop QA plans via risk analysis & preventive measures
• Validate processes with specs, attributes & documentation
• Liaise with customers & facilitate training/containment
• Control/rework non-conforming products
• Support inspectors in product disposition decisions
• Generate work instructions, flow charts, control plans & FMEAs
• Facilitate MSA & capability studies
• Liaise with Stores & Manufacturing on quality concerns
• Drive supplier development
• Compile audit schedules & conduct compliance audits
• Investigate complaints & maintain product quality
• Coordinate annual reviews & compile reports (monthly/weekly yields)
• Review risks in APQP, ensure compliance & complete PPAP
• Implement countermeasures for continual improvement
• Monitor customer feedback/complaints for improvement
• Approve COCs in QM’s absence

Information Management

• Collate & analyse company data/reports

APQP

• Review risks, ensure compliance, complete PPAP
• Provide input to contract reviews

Continuous Improvement

• Maintain updated improvement plan

People Management

• Ensure enabling culture & safe environment
• Manage team/department performance & objectives
• Compile/update performance contracts & development plans
• Identify training needs & conduct reviews
• Coach staff, manage discipline & resolve disputes