Industry: Automotive Component Manufacturing and Heat Treatment
Location: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad)
Experience Required: 5+ Years
Department: Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Role Type: Senior-Level Leadership Role
Position Summary
We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Quality In-Charge to lead the quality function for our automotive component manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in heat treatment processes, furnace operations, and automotive quality systems, with the ability to drive process improvements, customer compliance, and zero-defect manufacturing initiatives.
The role requires close coordination with production, maintenance, metallurgy, and customer quality teams to ensure adherence to automotive industry standards and customer specifications.
Key Responsibilities:
Quality Management
- Lead end-to-end quality assurance and quality control activities across manufacturing operations.
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, process standards, and automotive quality requirements.
- Develop and implement quality systems, SOPs, inspection plans, and process controls.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce rejection, rework, and customer complaints.
Heat Treatment & Furnace Quality
- Monitor and control quality parameters related to heat treatment processes and industrial furnaces.
- Ensure process validation, temperature uniformity, hardness control, and metallurgical compliance.
- Review furnace calibration, CQI-9 requirements, cycle parameters, and heat treatment documentation.
- Coordinate with maintenance and production teams for furnace performance optimization.
Customer & System Compliance
- Handle customer audits, process audits, and certification audits.
- Ensure implementation and maintenance of:
- IATF 16949
- ISO standards
- APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D methodologies
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action implementation.
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor the quality team, inspectors, and engineers.
- Drive quality awareness across shop-floor operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for process improvements and problem-solving.
Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare quality reports, rejection analysis, CAPA reports, and customer submissions.
- Monitor KPIs such as PPM, rejection trends, customer complaints, and process capability.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of automotive quality systems and standards
- Hands-on experience in heat treatment and furnace process quality
- Expertise in metallurgical inspection and hardness testing
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience in customer handling and audit management
- Leadership and team management capability
- Good communication and reporting skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Metallurgy.
- Certification or exposure to IATF 16949 and CQI-9 preferred
- Experience in automotive component manufacturing is mandatory
Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹1,200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Leave encashment
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s):
- How much is your Current CTC?
- How much is your Expected CTC?
- Please mention your Notice period?
Experience:
- Heat Treatment : 5 years (Required)
- Furnace: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
