Quality Supervisor

The Quality Supervisor  is responsible for overseeing  day -to-day operations ( assembly, machining, and stamping ), 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. He/she should lead all quality audits ( capability , torque, destructive tests, cleanliness,  washer/machine concentrations, and metrology ) to support the quality system. 

Specific Roles & Responsibilities:  

• First responder to floor quality calls.  

• 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  

• Work with Resident Engineering for disposition of non-conforming material.  

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

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

• Issue Temporary Tolerance Waivers as  appropriate when resident or product engineering is not available for approval  

• Manage / directly supervise  Gas Analysts, Materials Lab Techs, Gage Techs, Metrology Tech s , and Inspector s .  

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

• 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.  

• Manage Quarantines / Lot Release . Including record management , team follow up, and release of  quarantines.  

• Compile FTC/FTQ / DPx info as  required   

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