Teijin Automotive Technologies is an innovative and full-service Tier One supplier with a global presence and emphasis in development for lightweight technologies. Teijin Automotive offers employees the opportunity to join a leading edge company within the composite material industry and enjoy the benefits offered by a growing company in North America and internationally.
We are seeking a Quality Management Systems (QMS) Coordinator for our Salisbury, NC Plant.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure the development, launch and maintenance of the Quality Systems in order to meet or surpass quality levels of the ISO/TS - 16949 standard and assisting Supplier Development functions.
- Utilize the IATF-Technical Specification ISO/TS -16949 international standard and customer specific requirements to develop the company's systems.
- Assist manufacturing departments in developing their Control Plans and Work Instructions in accordance to their PFMEAs, Process Flows, quality system's procedures and customer requirements.
- Maintain and distribute all Engineering specifications and standards as received from the customer and/or other sources in order to meet APQP requirements.
- Participate in cross-functional APQP meetings to review open issues and activities which need to be resolved or acted upon.
- Participate and verify the training effectiveness of departmental team members during start-up phases.
- Responsible for coordinating and chairing Internal Audit meetings.
- Conduct supplier quality system surveys according to ISO/TS-16949 requirements.
- Review and approve supplier PPAP's and trial runs. Initiate corrective action if PPAP's are not approved.
- Creates internal procedures, supports Engineering on work instructions and forms necessary to satisfy systems requirements.
- Maintains records to demonstrate positive control.
- Attends Management Reviews of systems
- Assist in the training of associates in the understanding of systems
- Supports and coordinates efforts in preparation of audits
- Compute and relate to customer production defect information such as scrap and inspection data
- Work with management on prevention of recurring non-conformances.
- Participate in CI programs and activities to ensure meeting of departmental performance objectives
- Perform job duties within the guidelines of the Supplier Quality Manual and ISO/TS-16949 procedures
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree Engineering or a related field is preferred (An Associate's Degree coupled with at least four years of relevant work experience may be substituted in lieu of Bachelor's degree).
- A minimum of five (5) years Automotive/Quality experience is required.
- Knowledge of PPAP / Submission process systems or equivalent is required.
- Blue print reading and GD&T is required.
- Knowledge of SPC, MSA and GR&R is preferred.
- Must be able to communicate verbally and written with strong demonstrated abilities to communicate with Suppliers, APQP cross-functional teams, Employees and the management team.
- Ability to produce and communicate presentations and detailed reports.
- Must have knowledge of TS-16949.
- Good math skills and mechanical ability.
- Ability to use rulers, scales and other physical measuring instruments.
- Must be able to understand information gathered from meters, dials, calibrated scales and visual display units.
- Flexibilty to perform several job duties and work at a quick pace.
- Must have extensive knowledge in use of Microsoft Office products
- Must be able to work overtime, weekends and/or alternate shifts as required.
