Assistant Manager - Quality

About the Position

Assistant Manager - Quality

Job ID JREQ-224902 Date posted 09/16/2026

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Responsibilities

• Ensure that monitoring of production line and periodic Quality Control checks are being carried out regularly to help the production department reduce In-Process rejection.
• Devise and establish the company's quality standards, procedures, and specifications.
• Analyze, validate, and investigate returned products to identify root causes of failures, ultimately reducing warranty costs and improving product reliability.
• Create and maintain documentations such as quality manuals and quality procedures.
• Continuously review quality control processes, procedures, and capabilities to ensure the most cost-effective and efficient methods for meeting quality requirements and making recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, quality policy, company standards, regulatory, and external applicable standards.
• Specify quality requirements of raw materials with suppliers and audit materials provided by suppliers to assure quality.
• Lead regular inspection meetings with representatives from appropriate departments to establish an action plan for improving product quality.
• Implement improvements to production processes that lead to overall increases in product quality.
• Investigate causes of quality problems and propose solutions. Facilitate identification of root causes of different problems and take corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide feedback to the production department based on customer comments, internal and external inspection results, and audit results.
• Guide subordinates to ensure quality at various stages in different sections.
• Responsible for performance evaluation of team members and identifying performance gaps and recommending training and development areas.
• Plan and closely monitor the progress of on-the-job training of existing and new team members, trainees, etc.
• Plan and execute development plans of team members to enhance their skills to achieve higher efficiency and productivity.
• Participate in making Department procedures, guidelines, PFMEA, Control plan, etc.
• Ensure LPA, Process audits, Gauge and instruments calibration followed as per plan.
• Monitor development activities and make periodical reports, MIS.
• Resolve supplier quality issues by systematic problem-solving approach in coordination with the Global SQE team.
• Maintain plant status as per Q4 audit checklist.
• Conduct MSA studies, process capability study, Reverse PFMEA, Internal audit for IATF.
• Develop Robust Quality system and Firewall at all Export parts suppliers.

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Requirements

Required Skills and Education

• Good communication skills
• Focus on Results instead of efforts
• Hands-on knowledge in Castings, Forgings, and machining
• Specialist in APQP, PFMEA, SPC, PPAP, and IATF 16949
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (IATF-16949) and its tools and techniques
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 & 45001
• Hands-on experience in inspection parts, GD & T, and CMM use
• Hands-on knowledge in automotive parts development

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About the Company

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

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We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Collaborative and innovative work environment

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Apply Now to join our team and contribute to ensuring top-tier product reliability and compliance with quality standards at Dauch Corporation.