SUMMARY: Responsible for initiating and administering plant Quality Assurance initiatives. Ensures product design and processes comply with Corporate and Marketing standards. Trains and supervises quality inspectors as assigned. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. - Assist quality/engineering in design for manufacturing (DFx) efforts for Motive Power trays, layouts, components, and accessories. - Support using AutoCad and/or Solid Works (Automation Projects, Plant Layouts, etc) - Provide and support daily, weekly, and monthly Quality Audits, MMRs, and ESRs - Monitor key plant operations / measurables and implement improvement actions to improve First Pass Yield, Process Flow, and overall productivity. - Document Control - Assist in gathering, organizing, and analyzing data relating to Quality or Engineering-sponsored projectsincluding prototype builds, new products, and new process introduction. - Provide technical assistance, as needed, to members of the Sumter Metals Team - Excel and SAP - Inspection Set-up, Inspection Data, Receiving Inspection, Purchase Requisitions, Cycle Counts, Scrap, and Inventory Adjustments. - Will be engaged in EOS - Updating MDI Boards, Accountability Tags, 5S, 5 Whys, and Rapid Improvement Events. - Determine Root Cause and Effective Corrective Action. - Exists as a resource for all shifts. TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel with minimal notice may be required. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 1. Occasional lifting of up to 80 pounds, 2. Ability to work in a hot, humid environment. 3. Able to traverse to and from all areas of plant, areas of height and lower levels. This position requires frequently walking and sitting; occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or bending. 4. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, alignment, color, comparative size, and ability to adjust focus. 5. Ability to inspect all locations of product. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises multiple quality inspectors