Site STA at Ford Pro in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Supplier Technical Assistance Engineer, Bachelor's degree in Mechanical / Automobile Engineering, 8+ years of Experience in Supplier Development - Casting, Forging, Machining

Site STA Engineer Role is primarily a Supplier Development Role. The role needs the individual to Travel to Supplier Site locations around 70% of work time.

Key activities of the Site STA Engineer

1. New Suppliers Assessment
2. Existing Suppliers Assessment for Quality & Program Risk
3. Capacity Analysis of Suppliers' Manufacturing Setup & initiate appropriate actions to meet Ford's Volume Requirements
4. Drive APQP, PPAP activities for New Model Programs at Supplier sites
5. Improve Suppliers' Performance - Quality, Delivery, Warranty to meet Ford's Quality Operating System Requirement.

Responsibilities

1. Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities / suppliers for new programs
2. Identify Risk elements at New Supplier sites based on the Product Engineering, Program Management, Process Engineering, Sub Supplier Management, Quality Operating System, Field Warranty issues and Delivery performance.
3. Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team -Ex: Program Time line Management, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution. Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate management
4. Support Capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams based on Capacity Analysis Report. Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP.
5. Drive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan
6. Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and monitor Ramp up of PPAP parts beyond implementation timing
7. Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Manufacturing standards as applicable
8. Drive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical Specialists
9. Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through IATF requisites deployment.
10. Upgrade Suppliers' Quality Systems to meet Fords Quality Standard Q1
11. Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements - Ford In plant Quality and Warranty performance through Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing,G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology,
12. Drive Suppliers for robust PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required
13. Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, and Field Warranty Action
14. Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM (Supplier Improvement Metrics) process compliance.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineering.

2. 8+ years of experience in Supplier Quality Assurance, Process Engineering

3. Experience in Forging, Casting & Machining processes.

4. Skills - PFMEA, DFMEA, SPC, MSA, Six Sigma Methodology

5. Role includes travel of around 70% of working time.