Division: BENTELER Steel/Tube
Functional Area: Quality Management
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 40,00
Required Languages: English
Requisition ID: 46523
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Core Responsibilities:
- Ensure the delivered product quality.
- Implementation and development of the quality management system for the plant.
- Support QC inspections and surveillance processes.
- Management of the QA/QC team.
- Guide, motivate, assess, control and develop the staff members.
- Budget use with respect to the economic goals.
- Decision making in case of quality problems.
- Minimize operating costs from quality related problems.
- Support the quality improvement process with OCTG customers.
- Play a vital part in customer relationships, communications, and negotiations.
- Play a vital part in the management of supplier relationships.
- Act as a consultant on quality related issues and topics.
- Manage supplier quality system audits and production capacity appraisals.
- Participate in quality improvement process meetings with suppliers.
- Maintain a non-conformance reporting system.
- Customer liaison and support including the leading of plant tours if necessary.
- Identification and relationship building and management of third-party suppliers and service providers.
- Review and compliance with health, safety, and environmental protection policies according to the management system.
- Coordination and organization of the departments of quality management and the production areas.
- Analysis / evaluation of quality problems / quality management problems and claims.
- Development / review of quality objectives / benchmarks.
- Implementing of preventive/ corrective actions.
- Quality-based selection/ approval of suppliers for raw material, test equipment and subcontractors.
- implementation of internal audits.
- Compliance and implementation of the management system (processes and standards).
- Information / reporting to the management team and Plant Manager.
- Cooperation with the Production Managers (Steel & Tube mill), Logistics and Sales.
- Working with customers, subcontractors, and inspection agencies for quality assurance and support of external audits.
- Cooperation with Operations (Hot Rolling Mill & Finishing), Supply Chain Management, and Maintenance.
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Job Requirements:
- Masters degree in engineering (e.g. Metallurgy, industrial, mechanical) or a related field of studies is preferred; relevant years of experience will be accepted in place of a bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 5 years experience as the QA manager in OCTG is a must.
- Very good (proven) product knowledge.
- Proven ability to read, understand and translate customer requirements (this requires a deep technical understanding as well).
- Project Management experience.
- Proven knowledge of quality improvement processes and advanced planning
- Demonstrated knowledge of API /ASTM-, ASME- Standards is a must.
- Demonstrated knowledge of MS Office, SAP, Outlook, Word, Excel etc.
- Demonstrated knowledge of tubular manufacturing processes.
- Demonstrated technical background in material testing, inspection, and quality assurance.
- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of non-destructive testing methods.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the respective raw materials.
- Demonstrated experience in the development of respective products.
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral to effectively communicate.
- Excellent leadership, motivation and influencing skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to organize and explain complex data in a clear manner.
- Detail oriented with proven analytical, problem identification and resolution skills.
- Ability to work in a Team orientated atmosphere.
Your contact
Samantha Ann Metoyer
BENTELER Human Resources
Phone: +1 318 216-4187