Quality Systems Specialist

Martinrea is a diversified global automotive supplier engaged in the design, development and manufacturing of metal parts, assemblies and modules, complex fluid management systems and aluminum products. We employ approximately 15,000 skilled and motivated people at manufacturing, engineering and technical centers in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Slovakia, Spain and China. Our business strategy leverages world-class technologies, motivated and talented people, and high-quality products.

Our Mission is to make people's lives better by:

- Delivering outstanding quality products and services to our customers;
- Providing meaningful opportunity, job satisfaction, and job security for our people;
- Being positive contributors to our communities; and,
- Providing superior long-term investment returns to our stakeholders.

Our **_strength_** is our **_people_**

We invite you to follow your dreams and explore a challenging and rewarding career at Martinrea.

**Job Summary**: Ensure compliance, maintenance, and continual improvement to the ISO/TS16949 Quality Management System.

**Required Education and Experience**:

- Post Secondary Education in the following:

- Quality management
- Engineering
- Health and Safety
- Human Resources
- 3 - 4 years' experience overseeing ISO 9001/IATF 169419 Quality Management System
- Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of plant personnel with ease
- Good organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail
- Ability to work to meet deadlines and multiple demands
- Ability to train team members at all levels of the organization
- Ability to uphold confidentiality
- Demonstrates the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Quality System experience (IATF16949 or ISO 9001)
- Core Tools experience (FMEA, Control Plan, APQP, SPC, MSA)
- Ability to work independently and knowledge of best practices

**Essential Functions**:
**Quality Management System (QMS)**
- Implementing the QMS in support of the company business operations in order to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and business development
- Creating, auditing/evaluating, revising, reporting, and maintenance of the division ISO 9001/IATF16949; Martinrea Protocols management system, including the procedures, policies and forms
- Monitoring the KPIs of the division and report to the management team
- Performing and managing the QMS/MMS audit with in-house internal quality auditors to very that all activities are performed against the established or documented standard procedures
- Monitoring all identified non-compliances in the QMS and evaluating effectiveness of the preventative and corrective actions
- Maintaining relationships with outside organizations and auditors to ensure our compliance and ability to take care of our customers
- Coordinates with all levels of the organization in developing ISO 9001/IATF 16949 compliant processes and documentation, champions the document control system
- Co-ordinates the training of internal auditors, ensures ISO 9001/IATF 16949 internal audits are scheduled, executed and closed with all related corrective actions, reports on the status of internal audits to management
- Navigates designated web pages, for customers & Martinrea, to ensure customer specific requirements are understood and incorporated in the systems used at Martinrea Industrial Canada; conducts training as necessary
- Provide training to employees(current & new hires) on quality management systems, standards, and procedures
- Manages and leads corrective action events pertaining to internal and external issues up to and including verification, implementation and closure
- Coordinates external audits, auditors and accompany external audits through the process
- Maintenance of Quality Management System
- Participates in plant wide continuous improvement projects
- Work on Advanced Product Quality Planning as required to support product launches
- Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain teams to identify opportunities for process improvement
- Abide by all Company polices including, but not limited to the following: Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental Systems, Human Resources policies, and the Martinrea Employee Handbook

**Layer Process Audits/ Process Walks**
- Implement/ monitor and schedule Layer Process Audits
- Create, evaluate, revise, report, and maintain the audit results, procedures and forms
- Monitoring the KPIs of the LPA /Process walks and report to the management team

**Document Control**
- Document control Administrator
- Create, evaluate, revise, report, and maintain the QMS documentation (procedures and forms)

**Supplier Monitoring & Development**
- Evaluate and monitor the performance of suppliers to ensure they meet quality requirements
- Initiate and manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests when quality issues are identified.
- Collaborate with suppliers to address quality issues an