Quality Supervisor (Pena) Jobs

Job Title:

Quality Supervisor

Shift:

Day Shift

Department:

Quality Operations & Engineering

Job Summary:

The Quality Supervisor oversee and supervises the quality operations, including but not limited to quality control plan inspections: daily quality check operations, supporting of special projects, communicating with production, and coordinating inspectors’ and technicians’ activities. Furthermore, the Supervisor is responsible for coordinating the work of others under the supervision of a manager. Additionally, the Supervisor is in charge of scheduling staff based on materials supply inventory, staffing resources, and volumes required to meet demand and to ensure maximum quantity and quality.

Essential Duties:

• Develop process flow improvements to support efficiency, ergonomics, or cost reduction
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with applicable laws
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these members.
• Maintain quality control process, support activities around ISO quality management, and be the quality representative on the process floor
• Conduct failure analysis and execute corrective action plans designated to be related to process quality
• Manage overall quality control plan inspections – compliance to tasks, actions around issues determined from inspections, and employees’ activities, lunch/break schedules
• Other duties may be assigned
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems following the company's established policies and procedures
• Supervise a quality team consisting of technicians and inspectors.
  • Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these members.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Education:

• Basic/Required: High School Diploma, GED (General Education Development) or equivalent required
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Essential Qualifications:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving & communication skills
• Ability to identify and analyze data patterns and quality discrepancies
• Able to influence change without direct authority
• Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to explain and present technical information
• Excellent understanding of manufacturing operations
• Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English
• Experience utilizing quality management tools including SPC, FTA, FMEA, etc.
• Experience leading teams and coordinating with cross-functional teams
• Ability to learn new technologies, adapt to changing requirements and balance time across multiple projects
• Approachable and adaptable
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, flexible environment and take the initiative to learn new tools and concepts quickly
• Proficient skills in MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)
• Minimum five years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment with products including batteries, electronic components, quality management, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience/Familiarity with TS16949 automotive quality standards or ISO9001
• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)
• Resilient, self-motived and able to work well under pressure
• Able to work independently and in a team environment, as well as with cross-functional groups
• Prior manufacturing and/or SAP experience is desirable
• 1-2+ years of people leader experience

Preferred License(s):

• None

Preferred Certification(s):

• None

Physical Demands:

Physical Activities: (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)

• Lift: 5%
• Sit: 45%
• Stand: 20%
• Walk: 30%

Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)

• Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Occasional
• Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional

About Us:

Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) is collaborating with Tesla at a massive battery factory near Reno, Nevada which is known for its quality of life and expansive outdoor adventures. Panasonic's role at the Gigafactory is to manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells to Tesla for their electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

Over the past few years, the Gigafactory has grown to the largest lithium-ion battery factory in the world. Together with our partner Tesla, we continue to revolutionize the lithium-ion battery space and accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy and transportation.

Our mission at PENA is to make the vision of affordable Electric Vehicles a reality by producing the world’s safest, high quality, and lowest cost batteries. Through this effort we will create a clean energy society and our products will change society’s use of and perceptions of electric power.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Panasonic is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy of North America.