TX-R-45,TX-R-45 / Specialist: Engineer E/E

Duties and Responsibilities of the Role:

• Steers electrical quality to ensure effective use of resources.
• Determine and allocate quality problems to problem owners and departments.
• 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 Assembly Online & Offline 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 Assembly Offline 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 products, process and system quality targets (as per the Target Management Process. TMP)
• Ensure adherence to the IMS (Integrated Management System) into ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 within his/her 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.

Qualification, Work Experience and Additional Skills.

• Degree or National Diploma in Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical/ Production Engineering.
• Blitz/High voltage training will be and advantage
• 5 years engineering experience in Production/Quality/Press Part Evaluation, Planning and Realization of technical facilities.
• 3-4 years’ experience in a manufacturing/assembly environment.
• Cross functional experience in dealing with stakeholders at all levels.
• Comprehensive understanding of ISO 9001/14001, OSHA 18001 and relevant site standards
• Planning and coordinating skills.
• Analytical ability
• Problem solving skills
• PC skills and Microsoft software
• Environmental Management Standards
• Health and Safety Site Standards
• Incident investigation
• Risk Assessment