Quality Engineer - Night Shift

Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer position, under general supervision, is responsible for performing routine to moderately complex inspections and set quality standards for both in-process and finished products and materials. Primarily accountable for developing methods for testing, sampling, and training and evaluating production and recommend improvements. In addition, work with quality inspection supervisors to train and oversee inspectors in their use of control forms, procedures, and correcting quality problems.

Powering Vehicles, Motion, Work, and Lives since 1966.

Performance Expectations

• Ensure timely resolution of supplier failure, corrective actions and preventive actions.
• Responsible for planning, organizing and managing the overall activities of receiving and outgoing quality functions.
• Assess suitability of candidates for specific positions.
• Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective action for process related concerns.
• Assist Quality Manager in establishing, implementing and maintaining the quality management system.
• Conduct audits, including closing out audit findings, creating audits finding reports.
• Determine failure, corrective and preventive action to respond to customer complaints.
• Ability to make presentations to management during meetings.
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data.
• Guide and co-ordinate project teams which include other engineers, technologists, clients and contractors when designing, developing and building products or facilities.
• Create and maintain company quality documentation, such as quality manuals, quality procedures, etc.
• Write quality assurance reports that describe manufacturing problems, corrective actions taken and preventative measures needed.
• Manage suppliers’ performance and conduct audits.
• Preparation of reports for Quality Assurance.
• Support the Quality Inspectors to ensure that products and processes comply with requirements of the quality management system.
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the quality system, such as 5S, Kaizen lean methods, etc.
• Continuously improving QA receiving inspection process and procedures.
• Provide a means of communications directly with the customer in order to develop and supply a component which meets or exceeds the customer requirements.

Credentials

• Post-Secondary Education in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality or other related discipline.
• Experience with APQP: Process Control Plans, PFMEA, Gauge Planning, and all levels of PPAP requirements.
• Read operating and quality assurance reports to understand technical and operational information about facilities, processes and equipment.
• Minimum three years of related experience in quality assurance functions.
• Ability to take precise measurements using specialized equipment and techniques.
• Familiar with ISO and TS16949 quality standards.
• Familiarity in drawing interpretations and geometric dimensional tolerancing.
• Proficient with MS Office and CAD applications.
• Experience with the use of statistical analysis software and computer-assisted design, manufacturing and machining.
• Working knowledge in gauging methods, calibration, and gauge R and R’s.

What Linamar Has To Offer

• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
• Social committees and sports teams.
• Opportunities for career advancement.

About Us

Linamar Corporation is a Canadian diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products across global industries & markets. From the entrepreneurial seeds planted by our dynamic founder, to the support provided along the way, all Linamar employees are poised for success in this fast-paced and rapidly growing environment. With access to the tools you need to succeed, you will make an impact along with other motivated and engaged people.

Linamar is committed to promoting accessible recruitment as outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Linamar will attempt to accommodate persons with a disability in an appropriate and effective manner throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Accommodations will be provided upon request.