Quality Engineer at BMW Group South Africa

• Steers painted body quality to ensure effective use of resources.
• Determine and allocate quality problems to problem owners and departments.
• Is responsible and accountable for the quality related MPMs – the development and implementation.
• Ensures problem solving conformance to specified MPM.
• Manages the problem solving process to effective conclusion.
• Ensures traceable documentation of quality problems and their corrective actions.
• Promotes adherence to agreed processes that affects Painted body quality.
• Initiated and develops new processes to facilitate pro-active quality improvements.
• Escalation to the next level in the event of non performance of problem solving efforts.
• Represent Paint Body to the internal customers, suppliers.
• Ensures transparency of quality performance from all areas that affect the product quality.
• Liaises with the other plants around the world to ensure implementation of best practices.
• Continuously determines best practices from the literature and used this to drive improvements in product quality.
• Quality departments are adequately and effectively represented in BMW SA (Pty) Ltd.

Quality:              

• To support the team in achieving all Product, Process and System Quality targets (as per the Target Management Process. TMP)
• Ensure adherence to the IMS (Integrated Management System) i.t.o ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 within his area of control
• Continuously initiates improvements towards set targets.
• Actively respond to internal/external customer requirements
• Attend daily audit feedback sessions and filter information back to team

Flexibility:

• Support the team in achieving the Flexibility Targets (as per TMP).
• Ensure all workers are familiar with process procedures and understand the impact of their specific function on the total process.
• Endeavor to smooth out erratic workload.
• Identify delays and solve future occurrences.
• To maintain and co-ordinate Production schedule within his area of control

Productivity:

• Support his manager and implement measures to achieve Budget, Headcount and Quality targets (as per TMP)
• To manage and control all associates allocated to area of responsibility.
• Stand in for Quality Engineers / Quality Manager as required

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a quality environment in Paint applications and pre-treat application.