Senior 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 Sr 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**:- Drive execution of quality initiatives and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) across the assigned manufacturing value streams to achieve strategic quality improvement objectives (E.g. Customer Incident Rate, PPM, Cost of Poor Quality, Inter-Company Incident Rate, Supplier PPM, QMS Management Review KPI"s, etc)- Lead root cause investigation and resolution of customer and supplier quality incidents in compliance with industry best practice 'closed loop' methodologies (E.g. 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone Diagrams, A3, PDCA) and Gates Quality Management System requirements. Coordinate containment activities to ensure proper segregation of nonconforming product from un-intended use- Complete returned part failure analysis and implementation of corrective action as determined necessary. Maintain records of warranty analysis, customer communications, and reports of performance in assigned process areas.- Complete internal quality system audits as assigned within the plant Internal QMS audit program. Complete process audits and corrective actions as part of the plant Layered Process Audit (LPA) program.- Support the development of Gates supplier quality through supplier assessment, nonconformance correction, incoming inspection development, and/or supplier development project execution.- Support the plant in establishing statistical process controls on critical to quality characteristics. And as an authority on establishment of statistically representative sample plans within quality control inspections- Coordination of PPAP submissions as necessary for part qualification with customers, or as part of incoming part qualification. Serve as an authority on PPAP as necessary within the quality team. Or in coordination of Material Test Reports (MTR"s) for customers requiring these COC"s.- Updating quality assurance Key Performance Indicators (KPI"s) for assigned areas.**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 motorcycles, conveyer belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cle