What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resident Engineer position at Nemak?
The Resident Engineer’s role is to provide quality assurance support, direct contact with customer Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering personnel who are affected / involved / with the use of Nemak products and services. This role is temporary/contract.
Main Responsibilities
• Analyze quality of product incoming, in process and finished at the customer plant in order to provide a continuous feedback to the foundry and allow preventative containment of any customer complaint, current or potential.
• Reports to the foundry Quality Engineer with data concerning the customer plant production and reject information with all pertinent information in the Nemak format.
• Formally accept or dispute rejected products before they are returned and billed to the foundry, through specific procedures approved by the customer.
• Work with the supplier on 8D through proven problem solving techniques.
• Review PPAP packages and provide approval for the plant.
• Report to customer in cases of urgent needs, organizing containment of defective parts, if necessary through the supervision of the foundry or contract personnel; initiate problem solving documentation if required, following up in the process of defining and implementing corrective actions also by traveling to the foundry.
Position Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering preferred; Associates Required
• English written and verbal communication skills
• Spanish communication skills an asset
• 2 years Min. as a Quality Engineer, Resident Engineer or similar position with experience in customer relations, containment activities coordination and data analysis.
• Knowledge of GPDS / APQP process
• Automotive Engineering knowledge and experience
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Customer communication and interface