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.

We employ approximately 10,000 people
in over 50 countries around the world.

Role Overview:

The Quality Engineer II needs to guarantee compliance with the IMI Precision Quality System, as well as enforce specific customer requirements, address quality problems reported by external and internal customers, working in team with the different areas in the problem solving, ensuring customer satisfaction with the authority to stop any process that does not meet requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Advanced Quality Planning of new products or engineering changes.
• Generate and update Quality documentation in production lines, such as: Control Plans, Visual Aids, Instructions for the use of measuring instruments and Inspection Instructions.
•  Train operating personnel in the use of the Quality System documentation and statistical interpretation
• Lead client approvals and PPAP validations; participate in the validations of new projects and engineering changes.
• Realize qualification of products and processes in production cells and Quality Laboratory.
• Ensure daily process audits (LPA).
• Provide daily support in production areas, to address internal quality problems and work as a team with the different production lines.
• Stop any process that does not meet the requirements, in accordance with the problem escalation procedure.
• Coordinate the daily Non-Compliant Material meetings with the multidisciplinary team on the production lines, ensuring the daily disposition of the material, avoiding accumulation of material due to lack of disposition
• Advise on compliance with the SPC in production lines and MSA development, where applicable.
• Analyze the return of customer parts (RMA), derived from a claim, ensuring the response to the customer and disposition of the material within the defined period.
• Coordinate containment actions in the supply chain (customer plant, warehouse in Laredo, warehouse in IMI Querétaro and assembly lines).
• Be a facilitator of problem-solving techniques with the multidisciplinary team, complying with the times indicated by clients or the IMI Precision procedure, as applicable. (Ishikawa, 8D, 5W-2H, TLC, etc.).
• Assist with advanced problem-solving techniques in undefining unknown or complex root causes, using Design of Experiments.
• Lead Reverse FMEAs with the multidisciplinary team.

Critical Competencies for Success

·         Bachelor’s degree Industrial Engineering, or any similar degree.

·         5 - 10 years of experience in Quality, suppliers, processes or manufacturing in the Automotive and Metalworking Industry.

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a)    Knowledge of IATF-16949, ISO-9001, VDA Standards.

b)    Knowledge of AIAG CQI (Special Processes).

c)     Knowledge of interpretation of Drawings and GD&T.

d)    Knowledge of Core Tools (APQP, Control Plan, MSA, SPC, PPAP, PFMEA)

e)    Knowledge of analysis and problem-solving techniques (8D, Ishikawa, 5W-2H, etc.)

• Advance level in English  
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Decision making take in consideration Data-driven.
• Effective communication (Summaries and Presentations to Customers)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint y Outlook)
• Advance level in statistical Excel tools
• Q-das o Minitab.
• CAD model viewer.
• Internal Auditor or leader IATF:16949 (certification)
• CQI-23
• CQI-9

Health & Safety

The physical demands described within the Key Duties & Responsibilities section of this job description are required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.  Please contact your local HR representative to discuss the specific Work Conditions and Physical Requirements of this role.  

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.