Supervisor, Quality Assurance

Belvac’s proven technology is utilized worldwide in the 2 piece aluminum beverage can industry. With over 60 years of innovation in the industry, Belvac has provided their customers with sustainable solutions. Supplying can makers with Cupping, Body making, Trimming, Decorating, Bottom Rim Coating, Necking, Shaping and inspection technology. Our machinery is utilized in the beverage, food, beauty, and aerosol industry worldwide. Belvac is dedicated to providing customers with the highest performing machinery for the lowest cost of operation. With over 300 employees across seven locations worldwide, Belvac is able to support customers in real time in over 150+ countries.

General Function:     

This position supervises the Quality Assurance team of inspectors, programmers and metrology, schedules work hours, directs the daily activities across multiple facility sites and drives a customer first mindset throughout the team. This position is responsible for establishing Quality Assurance and Control, while enforcing compliance to process, product, tooling and systems specifications. This role supports the continuous improvement culture throughout the company and the policies that define the Quality Management System. This is a working supervisor that schedules work hours and directs the daily activities of all Quality Technicians and Inspection employees.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• It is every BPM, Inc. Employee’s responsibility to be aware of and work with  Belvac’s current documented Quality Management System as it pertains to their job requirements.

• Identify and communicate the business daily inspection priorities from the Inspection Management system and production meetings. This also includes inspection flow effectiveness to support the OTD of machines, spare parts and tooling.
• Manage and maintain the Company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming and in-process materials, components, processes and finished goods.
• Develop and implement the inspection management plans for product and tools that includes 100% inspection, AOL sampling and/or dock to stock based on historic internal or external supplier performance.
• Build effective metrology labs across the facilities with supporting equipment, methods, fixturing and visual standards for the inspection of product and tooling that comply to quality control standards and specifications.
• Support the Engineering Deviation process.
• Initiates product and tooling non-conforming records (NCR) in QMTS based on defective material inspected. This also includes directing disposition and corrective action assignments through QMTS of NCRs initiated by an area outside of quality.
• Responsible for accurate transactions of the control of non-conforming product material moves in the MRP and MRB system to complete work orders & jobs. This includes containment of inventory, transit and in process parts.
• Analyze facts or circumstances surrounding quality related issues to determine what action should be taken within the limits of standard practices and procedures. Consult with engineering for final disposition of parts and tooling outside of specification.
• Champions and/or support root cause problem solving of defective parts and consults with all other areas (Ex: Engineering on final dispositions) as required using the QMTS system. This may include part(s) RTV back to the supplier as required. All costs associated with supplier defects are charged back to the supplier.
• Manage the Gage Calibration and maintenance processes and systems. This includes the accuracy and timeliness of the gage tracking system and calibration due dates. It also includes evaluation of the performance and effectiveness of the quality management system and retaining of related records as evidence.
• Manage the assembly buil