Job Description

Quality Plant Engineering Leader (QPEL):


  • 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 “métiers” 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 obeyas

  • 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 costsavings
  • 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 & Pilote the convergence of KPi Plant Quality (DVx defect/vehicle, DRR direct run ratio, SCA Stellantis Customer Audit, PPM 3MIS)

  • Skills crossmaping of his team
  • Bachelor's degree (BAC+3) 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)

  • Minimum of 8 years of related experience

  • Previous experience in Engineering Department, Vehicle/mechanic Plant or Project team

  • Ability to lead an Engineering team to deliver product changes and launches on time

  • 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

  • Self-motivated and directed

  • Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects

  • Rigorous and pragmatic

  • Languages: plant language & English

    • Preferred Requirements

  • Masters Degree

  • Green belt

  • World Class Manufacturing Experience

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