Senior Engineer,QA

As a chemicals supplier to almost all industries, BASF will establish a standalone subsidiary dedicated to its Mobile Emissions Catalysts, Precious Metals Trading, Recycling, and related Products and Services business. The new group is referred to as BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions and is wholly owned by BASF. BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions will operate globally in over 15 countries and comprise of approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.
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Job Overview: We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join our team. This position will be responsible for ensuring that our production processes, customer quality assurance, and supplier quality assurance meet the highest standards of quality. The candidate must have excellent technical, analytical, and project management skills to drive continuous improvement and the implementation of quality assurance programmers.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Production Process Control:
   • Develop and maintain quality control standards and procedures for production processes.
   • Monitor production lines to ensure that all operations meet established quality standards.
   • Conduct regular quality audits and inspections, including conducting product and process audits, to identify and resolve potential quality risks.
2. Customer Quality Assurance:
   • Communicate with customers to understand their needs and expectations and ensure that our products meet these requirements.
   • Manage customer complaints and quality issues to ensure timely and effective resolution.
   • Conduct regular quality audits with customers to maintain and strengthen customer relationships.
3. Supplier Quality Assurance:
   • Represent quality in the cross-departmental evaluation and selection of qualified suppliers to ensure they can provide raw materials and components that meet our quality requirements.
   • Collaborate with suppliers to develop and implement quality improvement plans.
   • Monitor supplier performance to ensure they continue to meet our quality and delivery requirements.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering and chemical or related field.
• Good English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to communicate with international customers.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in quality assurance in the automotive industry.
• Familiarity with quality management systems such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, etc.
• Good project management skills.
• Proficient in the use of quality tools such as FMEA, SPC, PPAP, etc.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with team members at all levels, customers, and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess of CQE (Certified Quality Engineer) or similar professional qualifications.
• Extensive work experience in quality assurance in the automotive industry, particularly in production process control, customer quality assurance, and supplier quality assurance.
• Ability to use statistical software such as Minitab for data analysis and reporting.

Working Conditions:

• The job requires travel to visit suppliers and customers.
• Work on the production floor is required to directly monitor and guide quality control activities.

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BENEFITS

- Development discussions and programs so that you can reach your full potential.
- An attractive competitive salary that is based on the company's success and your individual performance.
- Health and wellbeing programs helping you to achieve better work-life balance.
- We facilitate flexible and hybrid working.