Quality Supervisor jobs at Flex in United States, Columbia

The “” will be based in Columbia, SC, reporting to the Quality Manager supervises and coordinates activities related to the Quality Assurance Inspection function, on the manufacturing floor. Quarantine and disposition of nonconforming goods, while ensuring the policies and processes are followed.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

The “” will be based in Columbia, SC, in this role, you will be maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 4 years of experience in quality engineering in the high technology electronics industry or related field.
• FMEA experience.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Use of the following tools may be required:
• Electronic Assembly: color code, component, schematics. May require various PCB operations.
• Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer.
• Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools.
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: taps and dies, alignment tools, measuring tools. Office skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation package.
• Demonstrates operations and technical skills and understanding of Flex’s functional standards.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of functional concepts and a solid understanding of Flex policies and procedures. Typically requires some knowledge of computerized electronic test equipment and programming.
• Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic process skills. Demonstrates advanced/thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business.
• Typically requires skill and troubleshooting, and diagnostics, and overview of the entire test process and the ability to train others.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Orangeburg, SC.

Reporting to thetheis responsible for effectively managing all strategic operational processes and resources and managing an organization in order to achieve and maintain operational excellence.

What a typical day looks like:

• Supervises production staff on work method and quality checkpoints.
• Coordinates efforts of operations team by establishing procurement, production and engineering services policies and practices.
• Ensures ISO and safety standards are adhered.
• Leverages industry practices and applies to internal systems and processes.
• Provides supervision and direction to subordinate staff and coordinates workflow within major work unit, including distributing work, disseminating information, assigning staff to cover for absences, providing technical assistance, answering questions, and resolving problems within the work unit supervised.
• Supervises the development and implementation of training programs within the work unit supervised.
• Serves as a liaison between the work unit and other offices and outside agencies for the distribution and collection of information and to resolve operational issues.
• Develops and implements new procedures and responds to changes in statutes and administrative policies.
• Trains staff in the use of automated systems and word processing software, introduces new versions or functions, trouble shoots problems, and attends meetings.
• Assists in the preparation of the budget for the work unit.
• Performs reviewing work performance, motivating subordinates to work more effectively, identifying problems with performance and solutions to those problems, defining training needs to improve performance,
• Participates in the hiring and promoting of staff within the work unit supervised, including serving on a panel to interview applicants and making recommendations to superiors.
• Prepares and/or processes personnel actions such as promotions, appointments, transfers, leaves of absences.
• Supervises the maintenance of personnel records and time sheets for staff supervised.
• Coordinates time off requests to ensure adequate coverage.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in addition to 6 years of operations experience.
• Demonstrates expertise in complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; Demonstrates advanced people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functionaltechnologies/processes,industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site. To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, word processing, spreadsheet (PC), presentation and database software.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to define and solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to collect data, establish facts, interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, and draw valid conclusions.
• Impacts the near and medium-term(quarterly/semi-annual)operational success of the function. Participates in creating functional processes or technologies. Provides input to functional strategic plans and objectives for site.
• Facilitates team in making group decisions. Approves and/or Makes decisions forsections/sub-functions.Decisions may affectsections/sub-functions.
• Demonstrates experience in performance development, teaching/leading, mentoring and/or organization development. Instills appropriate behavior in others in support of Flex values.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Thewill be maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization.

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 6 years of quality experience
• 3 years of SMT experience
• Previous manufacturing experience
• 8D, PFMEA, QCP, Yields experience

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Principle Accountabilities:

• Ensures accurate data collection.
• Conducts internal audits following regulatory, industry and internal quality guidelines including ISO.Conducts process audits and follow up closure of open audits.
• Helps department in the root cause analysis and corrective actions of audits findings, tracking to resolution.
• Initiates product/process improvements.
• Helps filing of audits and maintenance of records.
• Monitors and report metrics to meet business needs.
• Prepares reject reports by identifying necessary information for follow up and analyzes rejects/defects for patterns of process errors or other areas of concern.
• Provides immediate feedback to production areas concerning process deviations.
• May be required to facilitate Quality Alert meetings.
• May provide process training

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Demonstrates advanced functional skills, which may be used to conduct on-the-job training and/or lead/guide other employees.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of functional techniques and has input to process improvements.
• Has awareness of and may apply new techniques.
• Able to read and comprehend moderately complex instructions.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations

Scope / Impact:

• May conduct new-hire induction.

Decision Making / Discretion:

• Can perform analyses/ work using some independent judgment. Decisions may affect other teams.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to work that requires repetitive motion. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

The “” supervises and coordinates activities related to the Quality Assurance Inspection function, on the manufacturing floor. Quarantine and disposition of nonconforming goods, while ensuring the policies and processes are followed.

Responsibilities:

• Assigns employees to maximize quality control goals.
• Ensures that directed shift staffing levels are maintained.
• Hires guiders and inspectors for shift.
• Interfaces with HR and finance for employee issues.
• Research data and puts corrective actions into place.
• Reviews quality reports.
• Performs process and sub factory audits.
• Ensures procedures are followed and may develop procedures for the quality assurance inspection operation.
• Provides immediate supervision and guidance to inspectors, checking work at frequent intervals.
• Frequently interacts with outside customers, vendors and functional peer groups at various management levels and serves as a liaison between customer and the division regarding quality issues.
• Directs daily shift activities.
• Confers with management and production to define and hold up quality goals.
• Trains shift guidance to inspectors in quality processes.
• Holds up engineering and other functionalities in correcting employee errors.

Qualifications:

• Typically requires 6 years of related experience.

• At least 2 years of:

  Experience on PCBA lines

  Experience on leading teams (auditors and technician)

  Experience on Yield Reporting

  Experience on QC sampling plans

  Experience on high volume lines

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement