Cert-Line Quality Supervisor

Job Description:

The Quality Supervisor is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, which includes the quality control functions, control plan compliance, quality testing, and quality audit for all production shifts. The candidate should monitor the process for compliance and be able to identify any emerging issue, promptly communicate, and develop a containment strategy to protect the customer.

Specific Roles & Responsibilities:  

* Ensure the right allocation of the people on the line, manage absenteeism, trains and builds teams.

* Ensure a safe workplace, leads the Team to improve Safety in the area and enforces the use of mandated Safety tools and procedures.

* Possess knowledge of the broader manufacturing organization and have the ability to mobilize support groups and resources to lead and assist in problem solving activities.

* First responder to floor quality calls. 

* Understand losses during the Shift, use the C-Matrix to coordinate Stellantis Industrial Systems activities and improve Zone performances.

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* Respond to potential quality issues and gather the information necessary to properly assess the situation and make the determination if downstream customers are impacted. 

* Develop initial containment strategies and short-term countermeasures for emerging issues, as necessary, to stop the flow of defects to the customer. 

* Work with production operations to quickly determine the dirty/clean points and release any conforming material. 

* Engage other plant resources (Resident Engineering, Supplier Quality, Plant Engineering) for Quality Control issues, to help determine the potential scope of the problem 

* Issue, request, and approve process deviations as necessary and push for closure. 

* Attend production meetings and ensure clear communication handoffs from shift to shift. 

* Ensure daily inspections/audits are completed per corporate requirements for capability, torque, destructive checks, metrology checks, gage calibration, part cleanliness.

* Follow established escalation procedures, including documentation on Hot Sheet, for all nonconformances identified by supervised teams. 

* Maintain training records for all supervised team members. 

* Manage gage calibration schedules to ensure compliance with standards. 

* Compile FTC/FTQ/DPx info as required  

* Create, update, review, and approve MQAS standards and controlled documents, where appropriate. 

Basic Qualifications:

* Ability to work any shift and overtime as required

* Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills

* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the Plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership as required

* Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers

* Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

* Goal oriented self-starter with ability to lead teams

* Ability to coach/mentor/develop team members

* Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in a technical field

* 2 or more years' experience in supervision in a high-volume environment.

* Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor/develop team members

* Previous experience working in a union environment

* Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing