Quality Auditor

Position Summary:

The Quality Auditor is responsible for planning, executing, and managing internal and supplier audits to ensure strict compliance with ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016 standards. This specialized role focuses on auditing continuous web-handling, chemical mixing, silicone coating, and slitting operations to minimize scrap, prevent contamination, and guarantee precise product performance for automotive and industrial adhesive applications.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Audit Planning & Scheduling: Develop, implement, and maintain the annual Internal Audit Calendar covering all manufacturing shifts (24/7 continuous operations), support functions, and clauses of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.

Coating Process Audits: Conduct comprehensive process audits on coating lines, verifying strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) for silicone coat weight (g/m^2), curing temperatures, and line speeds.

Raw Material & Base Paper Verification: Audit incoming substrate inspections (base paper GSM, moisture content, tensile strength, and smoothness) to ensure raw material consistency before it hits the coating line.

Core Tools Evaluation: Review and audit the application of automotive Quality Core Tools (PPAP, APQP, FMEA, MSA, and SPC) with a specific focus on tracking coating thickness capability indices (C_p and C_{pk}).

Customer-Specific Requirements (CSR): Verify that OEM-specific matrices for release force, age testing, and adhesive compatibility are fully integrated into the laboratory and shop-floor testing protocols.

Contamination & Cleanliness Control: Audit shop-floor environment controls, slitting areas, and packaging zones to ensure strict compliance with dust, static, and foreign-particulate mitigation protocols.

Non-Conformance (NC) Tracking: Document, issue, and classify internal and external audit findings (Major NCs, Minor NCs, and Observations) using objective, evidence-based metrics.

Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) Facilitation: Lead cross-functional teams through structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone) to address systemic defects like silicone skipping, blocking, uneven release, or web wrinkles.

CAPA Verification: Track and rigorously verify the long-term effectiveness of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) before closing out audit findings.

Chemical Kitchen & Mixing Audits: Conduct targeted audits in the chemical preparation area to verify formulation accuracy, catalyst/crosslinker ratios, mixing times, and pot-life monitoring logs.

External Audit Liaison: Serve as a primary point of contact and coordinator during external third-party surveillance and recertification audits.

Document Control Oversight: Audit the plant's document control system to guarantee that only the latest, authorized versions of formulations, control plans, and machine parameters are active on the line.

Traceability & Slitting Audits: Perform audits on the slitting and rewinding processes to verify precise roll width, edge alignment, and absolute batch-code traceability from the master jumbo roll down to individual narrow width slit rolls.

Lab Equipment & Gauge Calibration: Audit the calibration logs and Measurement System Analysis (MSA) data of laboratory testing equipment, including release testers, electronic balance scales, and moisture analyzers.

Management Review Prep: Compile, analyze, and present audit performance data, trend analysis, and open NC status charts for monthly and annual Management Review Meetings.

Statutory & Product Safety Compliance: Monitor and audit shop floor adherence to applicable chemical safety regulations, product safety parameters (IATF Clause 4.4.1.2), and material safety data sheet (MSDS) protocols.

Waste Reduction Discovery: Identify process-optimization opportunities during audits to reduce edge-trim waste, setup scrap during grade changes, and the cost of poor quality (COPQ).

QMS Training & Awareness: Design and deliver periodic training sessions for operators and junior staff regarding ISO/IATF awareness, defect prevention, and audit readiness.

• It is a Full Time Manufacturing job for candidates with 2 - 5 years of experience.