About The Role

Description

SUMMARY

The Quality Shift Lead ensures that conforming product is being shipped and support duties for production are complete. The lead person is the link on each shift that ensures the flow of communication from the floor to management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for part assignments for inspection.

Responsible for collecting daily testing parts.

Responsible for decisions affecting product.

Responsible for monitoring special test projects.

Communicate process/product issues to management (verbal and written).

Ensure product in hold area is identified, logged and processed.

Process Audits for previous or post shifts (as scheduled).

Attend shift meetings and communicate pertinent information.

Responsible for training.

Responsible for verifying that inspectors are following the path inspection.

Responsible for managing staffing for inspectors.

Check parts for conformance to customer standards.

Communicate quality issues to line lead, quality engineer, and quality manager in a timely manner.

Identify nonconforming material.

Manage quarantine/sorts

Approve material for shipment/production/scrap (First Piece Inspection).

Perform lab tests and document results when needed.

Conduct audits and assessments to identify potential areas of risk and develop mitigation strategies. Understand and maintain audit compliance as it relates to the quality function. This would include: IATF, ISO, and TISAX.

Follow all safety protocols and guidelines established by the company. Encourage safe practices and a safety-first mindset among coworkers.

Ability to stop production in the event of nonconforming materials.

Additional duties as needed and assigned.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Must have experience in the lab or inspection.
Basic computer skills-Microsoft Office

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Employee must have working knowledge of manufacturing quality systems. Must be self-motivated and possess well developed leadership skills.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets basic instructions and required documents. Has the ability to respond and communicate complicated instruction and basic directions.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to comprehend and apply principles of basic mathematics.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is required to stand, walk, lift, and sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Normal amount of sitting and standing, above average mobility to move around an office and plant environment, able to conduct normal amount of work on a computer.