Sr Quality Engineer

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

The North America Automotive Team is looking for a Quality Engineer to join the team in Novi MI. The Quality Engineer provides Quality Systems Engineering support to NNA Automotive Value Stream and handles the quality systems being developed and implemented. The incumbent is responsible for carrying out the QCI principles in quality systems development and deployment. This position will have an OEM Automotive Customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Work with Automotive Account Teams and Regional Quality and Continuous Improvement management to ensure appropriate organizational knowledge and subject area
• Provide data and feedback to the Global Quality and Continuous Improvement teams on Perfect Process performance
• Coordinate the preparation of PPAP packages for Automotive customers for new products and product changes
• Coordinate and track APQP activities for new products and report to management monthly
• Ensure that IATF-16949 requirements are completed on time and review with management at monthly metrics reviews
• Lead 8D problem solving activities and Root Cause Analysis in the Automotive Value Stream as a team leader
• Submit and track Management of Change Process internal and externally
• Communicate the Novelis Scorecard ratings per customer scorecard systems and report on monthly basis
• Communicate and train Novelis plant personnel on all customer specific requirements
• Meet with customers on program status as scheduled by customers
• Present performance data at customer facing meetings/reviews
• Ensure data integrity for presentations to internal and external customers
• Facilitate teams to formalizing solutions to problems daily
• Coordinate the definition of Internal and external Quality Metrics that are reported monthly
• Ensure that data is accurate
• Procure the data from multiple sources on a weekly basis
• Report all updates to data at team meetings weekly

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Quality Engineering/Industrial Engineering or related field
• 5-7 years of experience in the field of Quality Engineering/Industrial Engineering or related field
• Any of the following certifications preferred CQE/CQA/CQM Six Sigma Belt
• Aluminum or Stamping experience is a plus
• Experience with Automotive customers/suppliers is preferred
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent time management problem-solving and communication skills
• Minitab experience preferred
• Knowledgeable in automotive requirements (PPAPControl PlansFMEAAPQP)
• Able to convince partners on new concepts
• Strong analytical skills
• Travel up to 50% within region or local Michigan area (frequently a day trip without an overnight stay)

What We Offer:

Novelis benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality driven by the marketplace and addition to core benefits we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave Adoption Assistance Fertility Treatment Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health family life and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities wellness spending account programs for building healthy habits virtual physical therapy for joint back and pelvic health health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs!

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Novelis Novi office is located twenty-five miles northwest of the heart of the motor city. Its 100 employees provide dedicated commercial sales technical support and recycling teams for Novelis growing automotive customer base. Novi is also the location of the companys Customer Solution Center which accelerates innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. As one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan Novi offers a host of destination shopping and specialty expos fine dining options and outdoor recreation activities. Our Novi team is a key sponsor to community events such as Habitat for Humanity and local schools with its FIRST Robotics team and STEM education programs.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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