Customer Quality Engineering Technician/Liaison - $45-55K
Western IN/Eastern KY Quality
Job Type
Full-time
Description

This position will report out of the Clinton, TN facility but be home-based.


Represent Shawmut at specified customer locations by performing on-site visits. Coordinate/facilitate effective communication between Shawmut and our Customers.


Responsibilities

  • Assist in problem investigation, root cause determination and corrective action implementation. Track and coordinate engineering changes, trial runs, etc. to improve First Time Quality.
  • Track and monitor to closure, open issues as it relates to the customers.
  • Any reasonable request deemed necessary by management.
  • Stop production to prevent nonconforming material from being shipped to the customer.
  • Advise management of those situations which may pose a significant risk to the product assurance, operator safety, or customer satisfaction results. 
  • Provide on-site support at customer’s facility to disposition and determine description of defect / rejection and root cause of nonconforming material. Identify vendor responsibility for nonconforming material and report to Quality department for recovery. 
  • Establish containment of suspect material at customer location, if applicable. 
  • Share customer visit reports to quality team.
Requirements
  • High School graduate or equivalent education and experience combination. 
  • At least three (3) years in manufacturing environment, automotive manufacturing a plus.
  • 3+ years of experience interfacing with customers.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented.
  • Computer skills.
  • Established organizational skills.
  • Experience in automotive industry, familiar with IATF 16949 / ISO9001.
  • Must be able and willing to travel mostly by car 50-75% of the time on a weekly basis to customers within Western IN/Eastern KY region.
  • Must wear safety glasses when in the plant.
  • Must follow Shawmut’s general safety regulations. 
  • Must follow customer’s general safety regulations while at their location.
  •  Quality representative experience a plus.
  •  Sorting and inspection experience a plus.