Job Description

Description

Position Summary:

Responsible for all activities involving quality compliance and adherence with all applicable RECARO, Customer, and regulatory requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Conducts systems audits, provide coaching regarding process and product audits internally. 
• Responsible to identify process gaps and to implement the corrective actions as necessary.
• Develops coaching material regarding standards and regulations for all key stakeholders
• Leads corrective actions to address noncompliant product and process issues
• Leads and Facilitate response and resolution to critical and/or immediate noncompliant situations.
• Train, coach, and mentor site and departments quality personnel in aerospace industry, customer specific, and RECARO quality system requirements.
• Works with cross-functional teams (department and site) to address customers concerns from containment through the implementation of corrective/preventive actions.
• Provides solutions and coaching to ensure successful resolution of quality issues. 
• Suggest and implement new and improved methods for continual improvement of quality and production systems.
• RECARO representative for industry steering meetings 
• Responsible to identify quality requirements within the customer program and resolve non compliances.
• Liaison responsible for active flow down of customer requirements between program team and quality teams throughout the program value stream.
• Responsible for timely completion of program launch deliverables.
• Ensure customer requirements are understood and communicated to the departments.
• Able to assist departments in implementing and sustaining compliant systems. 
• Responsible for APQP/launch support, current quality performance, and warranty cost reduction efforts on assigned programs.  
• Participate in warranty part reviews. Support problem solving at both the site and department level.
• Properly document and make PPAP submissions.
• APQP/Control Plans
• DFMEA/PFMEAs alignment
• Measurement System Analysis
• Statistical Process Control

Requirements

Education/Experience:

• A Bachelor degree in an Engineering discipline (Industrial, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering) is required. Must have 3-5 years of related experience.  
• Must have a working knowledge of Quality Management System requirements
• Knowledge of FAA and Aerospace OEM requirements is preferred
• Working knowledge on risk management tools 
• Should have a background in product and process control methods.
• Should have a working knowledge of statistical process control. 
• Must have a strong understanding continuous improvement methodologies and tools. 
• Must be familiar with manufacturing and production processes
• Project Management experience desired
• Experience in the automotive industry preferred.

Computer Skills:

• MS Office
• ERP tools (SAP preferred)
• Statistical data analysis software (Minitab, Sigma XL, etc.)

Certificates and Licenses:

• RAB-QSA Lead Auditor Certification in AS9100 quality management systems or ASQ CQE certification is desirable.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification desired.
• PMP Certification desired