Deputy Engineer- Quality (Loco)

Job Description Summary The Deputy Engineer will oversee and ensure the quality of the entire product line, manage internal audits, and drive corrective actions. They will lead quality initiatives, mentor quality inspectors, and ensure compliance with the Quality Management System. Additionally, they will support digitization and lean initiatives to optimize manufacturing operations.

Job Description Site Overview: Our Multi-modal Manufacturing Facility (MMF) in Pune plays a crucial role in manufacturing key aerospace components, supporting not only India’s defense and commercial sectors but also global aviation supply chains. Our relationships with Indian suppliers, combined with our world-class local facilities and global reach, continue to shape India’s aerospace ecosystem.

Role Overview

• Quality Planning and Monitoring: Oversee and ensure the quality of the entire product line, including incoming, in-process, and final inspection of parts. Ensure on-time inspection to meet customer demand with a strong focus on quality objectives.
• Production Approval: Approve in-process production by confirming required specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, and communicating necessary adjustments to the production supervisor.
• Finished Product Approval: Approve all finished products by confirming specifications and conducting required tests.
• Documentation: Document and update inspection results by completing reports and logs.
• Customer Complaints and Non-Conformance: Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues, develop, recommend, and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Quality Assurance: Drive quality in products and processes, establish processes to meet customer expectations, and collect and compile statistical quality data.
• Internal Audits: Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluate audit findings, and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Reporting: Maintain reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities.
• Problem Identification and Rectification: Proactively identify areas of obstruction/breakdowns and take steps to rectify problems at an early stage.
• Manufacturing Support: Assist manufacturing in investigations of process-related quality issues.
• Rejection Control: Track and control rejections by raising alarms/NC with immediate effect and maintaining CoQ as per organizational requirements.
• Process Improvement: Participate in Kaizen and other process improvements like suggestion activities.
• Computer Skills: Proficient in computer skills, including MS Office.
• Calibration Activity: Manage calibration activities of all measuring and testing instruments both in-house and subcontracting.
• MRB & RTV Management: Manage MRB & RTV, ensure on-time disposition, drive supplier recovery as applicable, and maintain critical supplier scorecards.
• Team Participation: Participate in HPT Team discussions, provide insights on quality, quality escapes, issue resolution, RCA, CAPA, etc.
• Manufacturing Process Familiarity: Be familiar with manufacturing processes including assembly, torqueing, wiring harness assembly, electronic component handling, etc.
• Quality Management System Compliance: Ensure total compliance with the Quality Management System, lead key initiatives, and align the function with business goals to support 2x growth of the business year-over-year.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Use experience and expertise to perform assigned tasks, provide leadership to quality inspectors, mentor and train them, and ensure their continuous skill enhancement.
• Quality Metrics Ownership: Own quality metrics including COQ, FPY, DPU, escaping defects, customer issue resolution, on-time qualification, etc. for the product line.
• Digitization and Lean Initiatives: Work closely with the AME Team to manage digitization of key quality metrics, deployment of the Quality module in MES, and support lean initiatives (re-layout/resource optimization/automation, etc.).
• Calibration Management: Manage calibration of all gauges/instruments/fixtures, deploy smart gauges (Bluetooth enabled) to help accelerate digitization of manufacturing operations.

The Ideal Candidate The Ideal candidate will ensure the quality of the entire product line, manage internal audits, and drive corrective actions. They will lead quality initiatives, mentor quality inspectors, and ensure compliance with the Quality Management System.

Required Qualification

• Diploma in in Mechanical or Production Engineering from a reputed college /university
• 7 - 8 years hands on experience in Quality, Preferred NDT.
• Shall be willing to work in shifts to meet the organizational goals.
• The candidate shall be highly energetic and passionate with positive attitude. He shall be able to explain clearly business drivers and organizational objectives to team

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to diverse activities simultaneously. Knowledge of 5S, Lean and Six Sigma Methodology.
• Experience in Documenting internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluate audit findings, and implement appropriate corrective actions

Closing Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward Additional Information

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