Quality Associate

Job Summary

The Quality Associate is responsible for ensuring that products and services meet our standards of quality. This role involves performing material inspections, product testing, and improvement audits to ensure compliance with our standards, specifications, and regulations.  

Primary Duties

• Quality Control: Conduct inspections and tests on materials, products, and processes to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate and current records for inspections, test results, audits.
• Issue Identification: Report quality concerns, product, and process nonconformities, and deviations from standards and specifications and work with other contributors to investigate root cause and corrective action.
• Improvement Initiatives: Assist in developing and implementing Non-Conformance Records (NCR) based on audit findings and quality assessments.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams, including production, product/manufacturing engineering, and supply chain, to address quality concerns and implement improvements.
• Auditing: Assist in internal audits, ensuring proper documentation and support for requirements.
• Product Testing: Perform physical and/or analytical testing of products and ensure proper documentation of procedures.
• Training: Participate in training activates.

Qualifications

• Technical Skills: Demonstrate usage or knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. 
• Attention to Detail: Focus on accuracy and thoroughness of inspecting and documenting processes.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze data, identify issues, and work collaboratively to resolve quality-related problems.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams and document findings.
   

Education / Experience

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience: Previous experience in quality assurance or quality control, preferably in the Automotive industry. 
• Knowledge: Familiarity with quality management systems (QMS), ISO standards, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), or other relevant standards is plus.