The Quality Engineer is responsible for preventing quality anomalies, reducing green waste and cured scrap, and ensuring process capability and compliance across all manufacturing stages, including Mixing, Stock Preparation, Tire Building, Curing, and Final Inspection. This role serves as the customer advocate on the shop floor, ensuring Toyo product, process, and system requirements meet internal standards and external customer expectations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Manufacturing Process & Product Quality
- Support quality assurance activities across Mixing, Stock Prep, Tire Building, Curing, and Final Inspection processes.
- Monitor and improve process capability (Cp/Cpk) for critical and significant characteristics (CC/SC).
- Utilize SPC tools to detect variation and initiate corrective actions.
- Support new tire launches, engineering trials, and specification changes.
Problem Solving & Corrective Action
- Lead structured problem-solving using methodologies such as: 8D, 5-Why, DMAIC, etc.
- Investigate scrap, rework, anomalies, and process escapes/leakages.
- Manage corrective actions through Toyo CA tracking systems
- Initiate and lead containment actions, perform thorough root cause analysis, and define effective short-term and long-term preventive actions to eliminate recurrence of quality events.
Waste Reduction & Continuous Improvement
- Track, analyze, and lead reduction activities for cured scrap and green waste, including trend analysis by anomaly type, machine, process, and shift.
- Partner with Production, Engineering, and Maintenance to implement error-proofing (poka-yoke) and preventive controls at key failure points.
- Actively participate in and support Kaizen, continuous improvement, and cost-reduction initiatives tied to waste, downtime, and quality losses.
Customer & Supplier Quality
- Address customer quality concerns and corrective actions.
- Manage supplier quality issues and CARs.
- Support incoming material quality containment.
Quality Systems & Compliance
- Support IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 compliance.
- Maintain Control Plans, PFMEAs, Flow Diagrams, and Work Instructions.
- Serve as Management Representative or Process Owner as assigned.
Data Analysis & Leadership
- Proficient in analyzing data using tools such as: Minitab, Excel, PowerBI, etc.
- Present quality metrics to management and customers.
- Provide shop-floor quality leadership and training.
Skills Required
- Proficiency with Minitab, Excel, and Power BI for data analysis
- Experience using SPC tools and monitoring/improving process capability (Cp/Cpk)
- Knowledge and application of structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5-Why, DMAIC)
- Experience leading root cause analysis, containment, and corrective action management (CARs)
- Experience maintaining Control Plans, PFMEAs, Flow Diagrams, and Work Instructions
- Familiarity with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 compliance requirements
- Shop-floor manufacturing quality experience across Mixing, Stock Prep, Tire Building, Curing, and Final Inspection
- Experience in continuous improvement/Kaizen and waste reduction initiatives (poka-yoke, error-proofing)
What We Do
Toyo Tire Corp is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of automotive tires for passenger vehicles, light trucks, trucks, and buses. The company's activities include producing tires and developing automotive parts such as anti-vibration rubber. It also sells automobile components, thermal insulation, and waterproofing materials, operating manufacturing facilities in Japan, the US, China, and Malaysia.
