Quality Assurance Specialist (1680)

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Job Summary (Basic Functions): LG Chem America Advanced Materials Inc. (LGCTA) is actively searching for a Quality Assurance Specialist to join our team in Clarksville TN. The Quality Assurance Specialist will be an individual contributor reporting to the Quality Manager. The Quality Assurance Specialist will handle QS (Quality System) related tasks.
The primary responsibilities for the QS Specialist will focus on handling certification audits for the quality management system conducting internal audits.

This position is based full time in Clarksville TN and is not a remote role.

What Youll Be Doing

Essential Functions (include but are not limited to):

Quality Management System Certification & Audit Response:

• Plan and coordinate external certification audits (e.g. IATF 16949 VDA 6.3) including documentation review audit logistics and corrective action management.

• Lead the preparation and execution of external certification audits (e.g. IATF 16949 VDA 6.3) ensuring compliance and addressing audit findings.

• Ensure readiness for external certification audits (e.g. IATF 16949 VDA 6.3) by managing preaudit assessments documentation updates and followup actions.
  

Internal Audits:

• Conduct QSA (Quality System Audits) to assess quality management system compliance and drive continuous improvement.

• Conduct QPA (Quality Process Audits) to evaluate manufacturing and quality processes ensuring adherence to standards.

• Conduct PA (Product Audits) to verify product quality and compliance with specifications.

• Conduct TA (Thematic Audits) to identify recurring quality issues and implement targeted improvements.

• Document audit results analyze trends and oversee corrective and preventive actions.
  

QCost (Quality Cost) Management:

• Collect analyze and report Appraisal Cost (ACost) related to inspection testing and quality control activities.

• Collect analyze and report Prevention Cost (PCost) associated with training process improvements and preventive measures.

• Collect analyze and report Failure Cost (FCost) from internal/external defects rework warranty claims and scrap.

• Identify cost reduction opportunities and implement improvement initiatives to optimize quality expenses.

Quality KPI Management:

• Define and establish key quality KPIs aligned with business objectives.

• Periodically review the relevance and effectiveness of quality KPIs.

• Monitor analyze and report KPI performance trends to management.

• Develop and implement corrective action plans for KPIs that do not meet targets ensuring continuous improvement.

Qualifications Skills and Experience: What Were Looking For

Competencies/Desired Skills:

• Quality Focus: Ensure that all work throughout the organization by operators and technicians is performed with excellence and to high standards for quality and integrity.

• Engineering Review Decision Making& Analysis: Knowledge of and ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions. Ability to make decisions and take action consistent with available facts constraints and anticipated consequences. Identify issues obtain relevant information relate and compare data from different sources and identify alternate solutions.

• Quality Technical Knowledge: Understand quality theories that encapsulate the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment; ability and understanding of quality theories to approach several different quality assurance and controls processes holistically.

• Document Control: Maintain a systematic approach for managing documents keep up with industry standards and practices as well as any new regulations or guidelines that could affect our product.

• Training: Knowledge on how to train production personnel on new processes and/or new equipment procedures that may be necessary.

Education: Bachelors degree in Chemistry Material Science Engineering or a related field is preferred.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years experience in manufacturing/operations engineering or a technical field preferably in powder chemical glass refinery plastics food pharmaceutical semiconductor automotive or batteries.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fastpaced environment.

• Strong problemsolving skills and attention to detail.

• Able to work multiple shifts including weekends or be asked to work supplemental hours and Participate in oncall rotation

• Able to respond off hours and weekends to troubleshoot plant issues.

• Able to sit stand walk kneel crouch stoop squat crawl twist climb and lift 40 lbs.;

• Exposure to heat noise outdoors vibration confining work space chemicals explosive materials mechanical hazards and electrical hazards;

• Able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and other garments as needed. This may include safety shoes safety glasses Masks full body gowns hair nets gloves and hearing protection.

Preferred Qualification/What Wed Like to See:

• (Required) Certified IATF 16949 Internal Auditor for quality management systems.

• (Required) Strong understanding of internal audit processes (e.g. QSA QPA PA).

• (Preferred) Experience with external certification audits (e.g. IATF 16949 VDA 6.3).

• (Preferred) Familiarity with QCost analysis and cost reduction strategies.

• (Preferred) Experience in quality KPI management including target setting performance tracking and corrective action implementation.

• (Preferred) Proficiency in data processing using computer tools (e.g. Excel and PowerPoint).

• (Nice to Have) Completion of Core Tool Training (e.g. APQP FMEA MSA SPC CP and PPAP).

Work Environment

The working conditions (including the general work environment and table with physical/mental demands) in this job description reflect the typical conditions you can expect while performing the essential functions of this job. LGCTA provides reasonable accommodations appropriate changes and adjustments to applicants and employees to be considered for a job opening enable them to perform a job gain access to the workplace and enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment.

General Work Environment. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The incoming primarily works in an office setting but work requires exposure to manufacturing environment operations such as moving sample of product noise fumes vibrations dust etc. to manage plant.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.