Job Purpose

·       Adheres to Dana Life Safety Rules, (LSR’s) and Dana Life Quality Rules, (LQR’s)
·    Championing and supporting all program launches in plant for plant quality
·    Compiling all lessons learnt from similar projects / product and ensured reviewed and implemented into new projects – where involved feeding the data into the AQE or APQP Engineer. Process and data must be documented. With full evidence supporting the reviews.
·    At SG3 supporting the program team and AQE to review Customer Specific Requirements. 
·    At SG4/5 responsible to document and review all quality related Customer Specific Requirements and ensure addressed throughout the launch
·    Significant Characteristics, ensuring they are controlled and reviewed regularly as per safe launch during the plant builds, feeding data back into program team and AQE
·    Responsible for safe launch at plant level (as per procedure), monitoring and feeding back progress and status to the AQE, program manager and plant managers
·    Supports all on-site customer visits and audits during APQP, once PSW approved then leads all visits.
·    Ensures adherence to Control plan and work instructions on the line.
·    All measurement equipment is calibrated
·    All MSA completed
·    Adherence to all inspection and testing requirements
·    Provides quality coaching and support where needed to the operations team.
·    Facilities and where needed champions in process problem solving activities.
·    Works as per of multifunctional team to resolve issues as per Dana processes.
·    Customer key contact for all issues and/or non-conformities regarding product created online they are responsible for.
·    Ensuring follow Dana external customer problem solving process
·    Maintaining Dana portals/software with up to date status
·    Maintaining Customer portals where applicable.
·    Supports monitoring of FTT and Scrap for the responsible line and any continuous activities that are generated from this.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

•    Knowledge of automotive standard IATF 16949 (second party auditor preferred)

•    Minimum 3-5 years of experience in quality. Automotive business is preferred

•    Minimum 5-7 years exposure of industrial manufacturing processes. Automotive business is preferred

•    Knowledge of industrial manufacturing process and all standard automotive quality tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, Control Plan).

•    Knowledge of failure modes analysis (what failed and why). 

•    Strong 8D discipline and problem-solving methodology (basic RED X knowledge preferred)

Soft Skills

•    Reliable team player, collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates different inputs. 

•    Continuous improvement oriented-actively generates process improvements; champion and drives change initiatives 

•    Open and frank, tenacious and keen to see things through to completion.

•    Dynamic, quick thinking, hardworking individual who leads by example. Flexible and understands there is more than one way to accomplish a goal.

•    Must be able to work as part of a Team and have the drive and determination to succeed in a challenging and highly motivated environment.

•    Foreign languages (fluent English is mandatory). Other languages are preferred.

•    Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

•    High computer’s skills in MS Office & internet; Dana systems is an advantage.