IMI plc

We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.

We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport.

Our partnership approach breaks through problems and reduces complexity. We don’t invent in isolation – we collaborate with our customers. We listen closely and we think differently, creating space for diverse minds to innovate. We are working together to make businesses safer, more sustainable and more productive.

Manage the Safety Environment system and occupational health and property safety conditions to prevent occupational risks and diseases and environmental impacts, complying with the legal requirements of the organization and the objectives of the Business, as well as generate strategies to strengthen a safety culture with personnel focused on safety first, safety always.

We employ approximately 10,000 people
in over 50 countries around the world,
find out more about IMI plc here: imiplc.com

Role Overview

Verify compliance with specifications, engineering drawings and regulatory requirements with the most current version (ISO 9001, IATF/ISO TS 16949, CSR, UL, NSF), in the direct material supplied by suppliers to IMI Precision Engineering, contributing to the quality assurance of the final product.

Work Environment: This role is on-site

Key Responsibilities

·       Coordinate visits, audits and conferences with underperforming and/or repeat offender suppliers.

·   Generate and notify non-conforming material (DMR) reports to suppliers when direct materials that do not comply with specifications or engineering drawings are detected, either during their inspection, or during their use by the internal customer.

·      Manage the DMR's (supplier rejection) process by monitoring the timely implementation of the following phases by suppliers: containment, root cause analysis, closure of corrective actions and effectiveness of corrective actions.

·       Perform analysis of problems reported by internal and external customers, to determine if the root cause of the reported failure is assigned to a purchased component.

·       Provide disposal of non-conforming material from the supplier within the requirements established in the quality system, either through credit or replacement of defective material, ensuring the disposition of the material in the time established in the quality system.

·     Define the containment of defective material throughout the supply chain within the requirements established in the quality system, assigning priorities, ensuring its execution with visual aids and/or work instructions as applicable.

·    Generate monthly reports on the performance of suppliers, work together with the SDE's defining work strategies with the supplier for their development and/or ensure the effectiveness of corrective actions from their process until the arrival of the material at the IMI Precision Engineering plant.

·       Participate in the process of evaluating and approving new or modified parts, either from existing suppliers or integration.

Critical Competencies for Success

1.       Active/participatory communication.

2.       Leadership.

3.       Teamwork.

4.       Supplier development

Level of Education and Experience:

·       Bachelor's Degree / Engineering Completed.

·       3 years of experience in the areas of Quality Assurance to Suppliers or Quality Engineer

·       Handling of conventional measuring equipment.

·       Interpretation of plans (GD&T).

·       Internal auditor most current version ISO 9001, IATF/ISO TS 16949.

·       Core tools version (APQP, MSA, SPC, PPAP, AMEFP).

·       Troubleshooting methodology such as 8D (8 disciplines), 7S (7 steps), 5PH (5 phases).

·       Root cause analysis tools (Cause and Effect Diagram/Ishikawa, It's/It's Not, 5 Why's, Tree Diagram).

·       Advanced English.

·       Knowledge of plastic injection processes, casting (aluminum/zamac), machining, painting and assembly.

Required Software:

·       MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook) at one level: Intermediate

·       JDE level: Intermediate.

Health & Safety:

The characteristics of the work environment and physical factors described are representative of those to which the employee is exposed in his or her daily activities. They can be adapted for those employees with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Office work often requires activities such as standing, walking, and sitting. Daily administrative tasks require frequent use of the eye, hand, paperwork, and other tasks. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Health, Safety, and Environmental Duties:

 At IMI we are all personally committed to protecting our people, minimizing our impact to the environment, the communities we operate in and our company. All members of our workforce have the duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of themselves, others, and the environment. Every employee is expected to follow all HSE operating procedures, also to challenge any observed behaviors or unsafe acts.

Code of Ethics:

IMI requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, particularly with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and the authorities. In accordance with the IMI Way: Our Code of Responsible Business.

Changes to This Job Description:

IMI may amend this job description in whole or part at any time.

IMI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.