Quality Manager

Location:

Monroe, Georgia, United States

Job ID:

R0084238

Date Posted:

2025-03-19

Company Name:

HITACHI ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.

Profession (Job Category):

Quality Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

On January 1, 2021, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Keihin Corporation, Showa Corporation and Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. merged to form Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., a world-leading mobility solutions provider focusing on advanced mobility technologies within the fields of electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity to help reduce environmental damage, decrease traffic accidents, and improve comfort.  The name "Astemo" is derived from the words "Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Mobility" and describes the mission of the integrated company to "provide a safe, sustainable and comfortable mobility life through technologies that contribute to an advanced and sustainable society". Our people are at the heart of achieving these goals, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We recruit and develop people from diverse backgrounds who can bring their skills and experience to our organization and make us even more effective.  Own the Future and become a part of the team.  We have a current career opportunity as a Quality Manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Develop, promote, maintain, and execute (HIAMS)AM-GA Quality Assurance System. Administrate the Corrective Action System. Analyze customer and regulatory requirements to assess their effect on the internal Quality System.

2. Represent customer requirements internally

3. Define Plant Quality objectives and monitor progress

4. Develops and implements a quality production program to ensure conformity of purchased material and final products to quality standards.

5. Plan and support all internal, customer and agency audits and address all non-conformances.

6. Interface with supplier and customer quality representatives concerning problems with quality assurance and assure that effective corrective action is implemented.

7. Plan and assign work of subordinates. Responsible for Quality Assurance Department in terms of costs, methods, and personnel.

8. Define, staff, and develop the Plant Quality organization

9. Compile, write and deliver training material on quality standards and activities. Qualify personnel performing special process.

10. Develop and/or adapt inspection equipment to meet quality control standards, make suggestions about procedures, standards and equipment to facilitate work and maintain product quality.

11. Oversee established calibration and testing program to support production.

12. Responsible for compilation and maintenance of inspection reports and records.

13. Compile and submit reports on quality issues, trends and losses as required by Executive Management.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree in an engineering field with a minimum of five (5) years of work experience in Quality Assurance in the automotive industry.
• Experience with IATF/ISO and Internal Quality Systems.
• Knowledge and use of a wide variety of measuring instruments and GD&T.
• Diverse knowledge of inspection and statistical process control methods, techniques and documentation.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate in both written format and oral presentation.
• Ability to multi-task and establish priorities.
• Supervision experience.
• Must be proficient in MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint. Some Access experience preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for the direction and supervision of technician(s), supervisor(s) and Quality Engineer(s). 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Required to sit for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Usual office working conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet. The performance of this position will require exposure to the manufacturing areas where certain areas require the use of personal protective equipment and steel toe shoes.

Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Since we only hire the best and want to maintain a safe and pleasant work environment for all, final candidates are subject to drug screen and background checks. Hitachi is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V).

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to jobs@hitachi-automotive.us. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.