Quality Engineer

**QUALITY ENGINEER** At Gates, we welcome challenges, celebrate hard work, and continually seek new talent to join our global company. Our Toluca FP Plant is looking for Quality Engineer. Please review below to see if this might be the right opportunity for you: **ABOUT THE JOB** This position is responsible for assuring quality in all phases of the manufacturing value stream from raw material supply to customers" utilization. Where nonconformance is identified, this position will employ effective problem solving methodologies to identify root causes and implement their corresponding corrective and preventive actions. As this role has both customer and supplier facing responsibilities, the incumbent must be skillful in communication, reporting, follow-up, and project management with a sense of urgency to resolve assigned quality issues. The ability to read technical drawings and specifications is required of the incumbent to understand and deploy quality controls related to special characteristics. This position will work cross-functionally with peers and Gates management in developing and executing Advanced Product Quality Plans (APQP) for new & existing products. This will include involvement in Failure Modes & Effects Analysis, and Quality Control Plan development and implementation to reduce and eliminate nonconformance risk. As a specialist in quality, the incumbent will serve as an expert on site in establishing inspection sample plans, including the establishment of statistical process controls (SPC) as necessary due to the criticality of product / process characteristics. Knowledge of and capability to utilize inspection equipment and determine acceptability of the measurement method through Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) is necessary. Internal quality system audits (E.g. ISO9001, IATF16949) and process audits as part of Gates Layered Process Audit programs will be completed by this role and utilized to develop the incumbent in wider knowledge of the Gates Production System and manufacturing processes. This position reports directly to the site Quality Manager and will lead activities that develop people, improve customer satisfaction, and implement innovative solutions to problems and/or process issues for manufacturing value streams assigned. *** **KEY DUTIES**: - Responsible for generating all PPAP documentation, submitting it to the customer and ensuring approval of all part numbers. part numbers - Review of customer portals for requirements monitoring, PPAP approvals and quality claims. - Is required to stop and/or report any out-of-standard operations that pose a risk to internal and external customers in terms of quality - Internal and external customers in terms of quality. - Management of Quality auditors - Monitoring and administration of gravimetric testing laboratory. - Assurance of correct product releases. - Support to production lines and critical issues. - Lead and follow up root cause analysis until closure of corrective actions defined in 8D's, LPA's and deviations - Monitoring of effectiveness of implemented controls and corrective actions defined in root cause analysis - Root cause analysis for scrap, PPM's, COPQ, customer and intercompany complaints and definition of corrective actions. - Preparation of indicators and review of Quality information (Customer Incident Rate, PPM, Cost of Poor Quality, Inter-Company Incident Rate, Supplier PPM, QMS Management Review KPI's, etc.) - Support in QMS system audits, internal and customer audits - Support in defining process controls, error profing and quality assurance controls throughout the production process, as well as related areas - Support in the definition of process controls, error profing and controls to assure quality in all the productive process, as well as related areas - Training of Quality personnel (auditors, engineers and trainees). - Process improvement projects - Responsible for monitoring scrap and defining action plans to reduce Top Offenders (daily, weekly and monthly). - Responsible for updating the control plan, documentation related to product release process and process improvement process - Save approved PPAP documentation - Monitoring of quality auditors scrap transactions in Oracle system. **SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES**: - No direct reports to this role. - The position will work with operational site management (Plant Manager, Quality Manager, Operations Supervisors, etc.), corporate quality, and cross-functional and business peers to achieve quality improvement objectives. *** **WORK ENVIRONMENT** The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. Temperatures may vary in accordance with weather conditions and may be extreme. Gates is managed in compliance with OSHA guidelines and requires all employees to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and hearing protection. **ABOUT GATES** We know that"s trying to fancy the terminologythink belts and hoses. Found in motorcyc