
Quality Team Leader - Casting
Magna · Birmingham, AL
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Magna (automotive) in Birmingham, AL. 4) Lead the Quality Team on your shift to co-ordinate daily activities and manage work orders.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- 5S, Stamping, Casting, Tooling, EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 10 other live quality postings in Alabama.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 2+)
Similar roles usually ask 2+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 64%
- FDA / GMP 27%
- Root cause 27%
- ✓ EHS / safety 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, Stamping, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Magna
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Magna in Birmingham
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responsibilities
as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Responsibility and authority
The Quality Team lead is responsible for THEIR safety and well-being, as well and Teams health and safety, quality, customer, cost, productivity, and ergonomic issues through using the company policies and procedures and the Magna Employee’s Charter as a guideline.
Essential functions of the positions
1) Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies.
2) Understand and promote Magna’s philosophies (Magna’s Operational Principles, Corporate Constitution and Employee’s Charter).
3) Follow and comply with all operational procedures/policies as stated in the employee Environmental Health and Safety programs (Magna and OSHA Standards).
4) Lead the Quality Team on your shift to co-ordinate daily activities and manage work orders
5) Support / Perform as Quality techs as needed which includes X-Ray audit process, Tensile testing, Bend testing and Chemistry testing
6) Perform Blister tests and help with Sample preps as needed
7) Support / Perform as Quality Auditors as needed
8) Escalate Quality Deviations to Production Leadership and Quality leadership
9) Perform layout inspections on product, fixtures or dies as required. This would include first article layouts, gage reproducibility & repeatability studies and capability studies.
10) Operate and maintain the coordinate measuring machines (CMM) and other measurement tools and equipment (3D Scanner). Job includes doing necessary dimensional layouts via CMM or other means to ensure customer and Quality Assurance standards are being met and maintained
11) Maintain annual part layout.
12) Maintain annual fixture gage reproducibility and repeatability studies.
13) Monitor applicable CMM Trackers to prioritize and run weekly audits
14) Optimize machine uptime by proactively getting fixtures and parts, while machines are kept running through shift.
15) Ensure machines run 8 hours during shift, no idle process time
16) Help maintain test equipment and storage area in a safe, clean and orderly condition. Follow 5S principle in and around work area.
17) Prepares and maintains programs and reports from layout inspections.
18) Fully understand quality standards, procedures and customer requirements.
19) Program the Opti-Cell/Optigo (white/blue light measuring system) to measure stampings and assemblies of manufactured components
20) Setup and measure manufactured components and provide timely feedback on the results.
21) Export the data to the appropriate location on the network
22) Initial set-up of the equipment to take the required views to provide the necessary part verification.
23) Load the cells with the fixtures and parts prior to operation.
24) View the output image and notify the appropriate Team Leader or Supervisor if there are any discrepancies they need to be aware of.
25) Unload the parts and fixture after the operation
26) Maintain NCM log and NCM cage for accuracy and help Quality auditors to contain of production parts as needed
27) Create quality alerts as needed
28) Exercise confidentiality in sharing dimensional feedback with customers prior to review by Leadership team
29) Daily review of 5S and housekeeping in work area
30) Promote good housekeeping
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What we offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied
Group Summary
Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
Job
Purpose of position
The function of Quality Team lead is to assist with Co-ordination and leading of activities in the quality lab and running and maintenance of the coordinate measuring machines (CMM) OPTIGO, OPTICELL and other measurement tools and equipment (3D Scanner). Job includes doing necessary dimensional layouts via CMM or other means to ensure customer and Quality Assurance standards are being met and maintained.
SKILL (Ability to do the job)
- •Must possess working knowledge and understanding of quality systems, standards, and procedures
- •Must have strong team-focused, interpersonal and leadership abilities
- •Must have excellent communication skills
- •Must be willing to work extended or flexible hours
- •Must be willing to work in various locations within and outside the facility
- •Must be able to pay good attention to detail
- •Must possess good human relations, leadership skills, and a maturity of judgment
- •Must have good organizational and problem-solving skills.
- •Must be attentive to minor details.
- •Must be an effective communicator of ideas and concepts.
Physical demands
Some of the physical demands for this position include being able to lift up to a weight of 40 pounds and the ability to stand, sit, and walk for prolonged periods of time.
Equipment / tools used
Some of the equipment and tools used are a computer, printer, telephone, photocopier,
PPE, forklift, Opticell/Optigo, CMM Machine and an assortment of metrology tools, X-Ray, Spectrometer, Blister oven, 3D Scanner
Knowledge
EDUCATION: High School Diploma or GED required; Associate degree (AA) or equivalent from two year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
TECHNICAL TRAINING : Understanding of customer quality specifications, Working knowledge of CMM programming, Microsoft application cer
