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Automotive : Quality technician From 2022-09 To Current
Duties
- Ensure compliance to manufacturing SOPs, Control plans within the production environment and assist with adherence to Quality Management System (IATF 16949:2016).
- Conduct ISO, VDA based audits, safety audits and track actions related to the implementation of the corrective measures.
- Drive the implementation of quality tools and techniques (such as P-FMEA, DMAIC, SPC, pareto analysis, Ishikawa diagrams) for solving problems and continuously improve the manufacturing processes output and to reduce the non-conformance costs (NCC).
- Ensuring alignment between FMEA and Control plan to the latest method of working.
- Lead and co-ordinate all G8D investigations and continuous improvement activities on manufacturing process
- Identify and raise quality issues to Production and speedily resolve them to ensure zero impact to downstream processes and customer.
- Measure, collect, analyse, report and monitor factory failures data using statistical techniques and complex spreadsheets
- Ensure Layered Process Audits and Preventive & Predictive Activities is carried out as per schedule
- Conduct, support, and provide analysis for machine/process/quality information following FMEA and APQP standards.
- Ensure Layered Process Audits and Preventive & Predictive Activities is carried out as per schedule
- Internal auditor for product, process, and system audits.
FMCG beverages : Quality Assurance Technician From 2020-08 To Current
Duties
- Ensure product quality is within specification in order to meet customer needs at all times.
- Facilitate root-cause analysis where applicable, for audit findings and verify and confirm adequacy of RCAs for all audit findings
- Ensure compliance to customer and other quality requirements and assist to close-out findings from external and internal audits.
- Liaison with different suppliers of raw materials for improvements and dealing with issues through the Supplier partnership program (SPP).
- Coordinate all corrective actions to eliminate customer product failures and internal not right first time (NRFT) problems by implementing Quick kaizens, OPL’s and QFR’s (Quick fix routines)
- Conduct and coordinate audit activities, which include scheduling, conducting, coordinating, providing relevant resources and administration for the audit teams.
- Troubleshooting process failures and introducing corrective actions to address them.
- Ensure that Preventative Actions and Layered Process Audit activities are carried out on the shop floor.
- Act as first point of contact for customer concerns – lead and coordinate all investigations and submit all results to customers.
- Monitor the system documentation lifecycle and ensure documentation is maintained and updated as per standard procedures and prepare reports.
- Understanding of specifications related to products and technical ability.
- Lead and coordinate Production Failure Management (PFM) on the shop floor to reduce NRFT and scrap rate.
- Optimization of the production process to archive production target as set out by the production plan.
- Provide accurate report on audits status and performance, highlight risks and/or opportunities identified through auditing.
- Identify risk areas using the risk matrix Audits
Manufacturing : Process technician From 2013 To Current
Duties
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Ensure product quality is within specification in order to meet customer needs at all times.
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Troubleshooting process failures and introducing corrective actions to address them.
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Optimization of the production process to archive production target as set out by the production plan.
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Initiate and contribute to the implementation of WCM projects/initiatives for continued improvement of the production process within my area of responsibility.
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Monitor, analyse, optimise and give feedback on the processes to ensure it is in control and potential risk are proactively identified and mitigated.
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Provide feedback on performance of the production process for alignment with other stakeholders.
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Uses World Class manufacturing (WCM) techniques like PM, AM, TPQC, Kaizen’s to effect efficient and sustainable change.
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Assist production with daily production trouble-shooting and root cause analysis.
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Working in close co-operation with the production and quality control staff to obtain optimum quality levels.
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Create, review and update SOP’s, control plan in-line with best practice to ensure relevance and continued improvement.
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Train employees on best engineering practises and benchmarks.
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Calculate losses on every major energy user i.e. mills, kettles, dryers, compressed air, dust collectors etc.
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Production process improvement to increase efficiency.
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Provide training where necessary to relevant stakeholders to close identified gaps and or introduce new work methods or processes.
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Managing the energy pillar by monitoring the gas, electricity, water and diesel consumption to ensure efficient usage.
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Gas analysis(burner efficiency monitoring, CO emissions reduction projects).
Consumer Products - FMCG : Quality Controller From 2011-09-01 To Current
Duties
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Report any failure to the Quality management immediately, and raise a Non Conformance Report to the line leaders and line supervisors.
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Doing online quality inspection of house hold and pharmaceutical products, and where necessary doing corrective action.
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Checking weights / weight controlling (over and underweight).
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Verifying at all times that Batch Numbers are used are correct.
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Using quality text information on production orders correctly.
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Doing toque test and Online quality checks of different product.
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Checking Quality operations on the labeling machine.
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Check on residual impurity values and ensuring that the changeover procedure / cleaning is adhered to.
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Doing AQL (Acceptable Quality Level) checks on every product before it leaves the factory floor.
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Review and update SOP, specifications and documentation.
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Doing internal audits for the quality systems (ISO 9001).
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Investigate customer complaints.
Manufacturing : Quality Control Inspector From 2007-12 To 2011-8
Duties
Quality and Environmental Managers Assistant
Conduct internal Quality and environmental Management systems audits
Help the QMS manager in the implementation and maintenance of QMS as required by ISO 9001:2008
Preparations for the SABS audits and accompany the SABS auditor during audits
Environmental management of Hazmat waste and handling of spillages
Do SHEQ audits on regular intervals
Investigation of customer complain
Quality controller
Chemical analysis in a quality control laboratory
Physical analysis in a quality control laboratory
Shift work for random testing of the final product
Stock control for all chemicals and equipment in the lab
Record all test data and enter on the computer time timorously
Verification of all test results and immediately report any exceptions to the relevant personnel
Compilation of month end reports pertaining to quality
Trainee Engineer
Preparation and execution of plant trails
Assist the benefaction plant with any analysis and tests
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