Assistant Engineer- Quality (Loco)

Overview

Oversee and ensure the quality of the entire product line, manage internal audits, drive corrective actions, lead quality initiatives, and mentor quality inspectors while ensuring compliance with the Quality Management System.

What you'll do

• Oversee and ensure the quality of the entire product line, including incoming, in-process, and final inspection of parts.
• Ensure on-time inspection to meet customer demand with a strong focus on quality objectives.
• Hold hands-on NDT responsibility for VT, MT and UT per ISO 9712.
• Approve in-process production by confirming required specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, and communicating necessary adjustments to the production supervisor.
• Approve all finished products by confirming specifications and conducting required tests.
• Document and update inspection results by completing reports and logs.
• Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues, and develop, recommend and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive quality in products and processes, establish processes to meet customer expectations, and collect and compile statistical quality data.
• Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluate audit findings, and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Maintain reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities.
• Proactively identify areas of obstruction or breakdown and rectify problems at an early stage.
• Assist manufacturing in investigating process-related quality issues.
• Track and control rejections by raising alarms or NCs with immediate effect and maintaining CoQ as per organizational requirements.
• Participate in Kaizen and other process improvements, including suggestion activities.
• Be proficient in computer skills, including MS Office.
• Manage calibration activities of all measuring and testing instruments, both in-house and subcontracted.
• Manage MRB and RTV, ensure on-time disposition, drive supplier recovery as applicable, and maintain critical supplier scorecards.
• Participate in HPT team discussions and provide insights on quality, quality escapes, issue resolution, RCA and CAPA.
• Be familiar with manufacturing processes including assembly, torqueing, wiring harness assembly and electronic component handling.
• Ensure total compliance with the Quality Management System, lead key initiatives, and align the function with business goals to support 2x year-over-year business growth.
• Use experience and expertise to perform assigned tasks, provide leadership to quality inspectors, mentor and train them, and ensure their continuous skill enhancement.
• Own quality metrics including COQ, FPY, DPU, escaping defects, customer issue resolution and on-time qualification for the product line.
• Work closely with the AME team to manage digitization of key quality metrics, deployment of the Quality module in MES, and lean initiatives (re-layout, resource optimization, automation).
• Manage calibration of all gauges, instruments and fixtures, and deploy Bluetooth-enabled smart gauges to accelerate digitization of manufacturing operations.

What you'll need

• Diploma in Mechanical or Production Engineering from a reputed college or university.
• 4-6 years of hands-on experience in Quality.
• Hands-on experience and certification in VT, MT and UT as per ISO 9712.
• Willingness to work in shifts to meet organisational goals.
• Highly energetic and passionate, with a positive attitude.
• Able to explain business drivers and organisational objectives clearly to the team.

Nice to have

• Ability to handle diverse activities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of 5S, Lean and Six Sigma methodology.
• Experience documenting internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluating audit findings, and implementing appropriate corrective actions.
• NDT experience.

Details

• Location: Pune.
• Shift work required.
• Relocation assistance provided.