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Senior Audit Engineer
The plant quality department plays a key role in identifying and rectifying quality issues and opportunities in a timely manner so that it does not impact the customer.
You will work to continuously improve complete vehicle auditing in controlling management of systems and standards in respect to six direct reports in AMCPA area, leading to a zero repeat issue culture.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Continuously improve all areas of operations including quality, inspection, standardised work, cost, and people development.
Run an efficient complete vehicle audit process (static and dynamic) holding problem owners to account for the robust closure of issues found to ensure zero repeat issues.
Manage Audit feedback sessions with all responsible areas of the business, agreeing both allocation of faults and rework requirements.
Maintain a close working relationship with both Production areas and Inspection Operations within Paint, Body Construction and CAL (Customer Acceptance Line).
Support the emissions and COP (Conformity of Production) activities to maintain monthly requirements and ensure that all emissions targets are achieved.
Prepare and implement any new model changes in readiness for SOP (Start of Production) as required.
Ensure flexibility in the audit and compliance processes to stop issues shipped from Plant based on feedback from: PDI, OMIS, EPDR, etc.
Report out in PQR (Plant Quality Review) and Quality Committee to Senior levels up to CEO within the business against challenging targets.
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:
* Experience in the Automotive Industry and Vehicle Assembly/Construction.
* In-line and final vehicle Audit experience essential (CAL/AMCPA)
* General knowledge of IS09001
* Experience in gap & flush, paint and general automotive inspection tools and techniques.
* Familiar with general automotive quality standards, such as AML VIS (Visual Inspection Standards) or equivalent