Industrial Quality Inspector

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Date: 15 May 2024

Location: Johannesburg, ZA

Company: Alstom

Req ID:438332 

 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

 

Alstom Rolling Stock South Africa (Pty) Ltd is looking for an Quality Inspector for our Traxx Africa project based in Nigel.

This is a Temporary position:

  

JOB TITLE 

Job Title :              Industrial Quality Inspector 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Design and deploy Quality Control Plan per manufacturing process to support reduction of demerits at 0 for Alstom Customer and the Zero Defect Program

 

ORGANISATION

Organisation structure (job belongs to...)

 

  • RSC Industrial Quality

 

Reports directly to:

  • Industrial Quality manager

 

Direct reports:

 

N/A

 

Network & Links

Internal

  • Production, Production Manfucturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Environment Health and Safety, Quality organization,Supplier Quality
  • Project Quality Safety Manager

External

 

  • Suppliers & sub-contractors

 

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES  

Accountability & Authorities

 

    • Manage Industrial Quality activities at site level (IQ team + process + KPI).
    • Manage site PFMEA’s and control plans.
    • Build, implement & regularly update Quality Control Plans with Return of Experience (REX) of previous project execution.
    • Ensure customer approval, documents validation & compliance of the manufactured products before shipping.
    • Car History Book : Develop, maintain and improve car history books contents
    • Perform Line Quality Animation with cross function team.
    • Lead and coach cross functional team members on problem solving methodology.
    • Record inspection results in the industrial tools as required & drive process improvements.
    • Manage internal and external non-conformities.
    • Support manufacturing teams regarding the self-inspection, delegation of control (Training, audit, …) & Position Quality Animation with EPU manager.
    • Support special process maturity
    • Prepare and present weekly and monthly Industrial Quality KPI reports at site and project level.
    • Drive process improvements through problem solving and lean principles
    • Managing the IQ team’s work station audit schedules and analyzing trends.
    • Develop IQ processes as per Project needs.
    • Leading APSYS development.
    • Management of site documentation on the central index.
    • Drivin work station audits

 

 

Performance measurements

 

  • Defects per Unit reduction (aligned to Performance Management Cycle objectives) and External demerit objective.
  • Cost of Non Quality (QONC) objective (for CONQ S1.1 & S1.3).
  • APSYS score for Industrial scope.
  • Car History Book accuracy
  • Quality management System
  • IQ competency progression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements / Experience

Mandatory:

  • Diploma in Electrical Engineering

 

Desirable:

  • Techncical drawing knowledge

 

 

Mandatory:

  • Process knowledge on Quality and at industrial level.
  • 3-5 Years experience within the Quality function in an engineering sector
  • SAP
  • Proven track record of audits
  • Proficient in English read, write and speak

 

Desirable:

  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Rail Experience
  • Kaizen application knowledge
  • Problem solving techniques in industrial shop floor

Competencies & Skills

  • International mindset & fluent in English.
  • Ability to work in a matrix organization.
  • Able to work under pressure.
  • Work  to support operational requirements
  • Excellent MS office skills  (Excel, Teams, Word, PowerPoint and Office)
  • Local  travel if and when required

 

 

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

We will recruit according to the requirements of our Company’s Employment Equity Plan.

 

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

 

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.


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