Quality Assurance Supervisor

AESC is looking to add a Quality Assurance Supervisor to our team in Florence, South Carolina

• Full-Time
• On-site in Florence, SC

About AESC US LLC

AESC is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of high-performance batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company's leading-edge technology and reliability are enabling and accelerating the transition to clean energy solutions. Through rapid expansion, AESC batteries will soon power more than 1,000,000 electric vehicles for the world's top automakers. AESC is headquartered in Japan and has battery manufacturing locations in Japan, China, UK, France, Spain, and the U.S.

AESC Mission

Our mission is to solve the challenges for a sustainable future. Together, we can make a meaningful impact.

About the Role

The Quality Assurance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the implementation and maintenance of quality standards, procedures, and protocols to ensure products meet or exceed regulatory and customer requirements. They will be directly responsible for their assigned quality team to lead and motivate area technicians and technologists to perform and complete quality inspections to ensure product compliance and performance are maintained. The quality supervisor will be responsible for their assigned direct report technicians and technologists and monitor performance, attendance, and development progress.

What You Will Do

• Ensure their assigned employees are trained and competent in assigned tasks
• Establishes growth and development plan for assigned direct report employees.
• Provides support, guidance, and mentorship for direct reports assigned to them.
• Able to perform standard quality checks and inspections across all assigned quality laboratory areas.
• Ensure completion of quality assurance plan including, but not limited to supplier initial sample inspection report to ensure product conformance and performance standards are met and validated.
• Provides first line of quality inspection support and initial corrective action plan guidance for deviations or nonconformities identified during the manufacturing process by area operators.
• Conducts job functions with minimal guidance and follow-up. Leads and delegates various responsibilities, as required, to project core team members or vehicle processors. Outlines and reports on completion status, open issues, action plans, and problem analysis (including departmental or core team process issues) and makes recommendations to the core team, manager, quality assurance, and core team management, if required, at planned milestones. Consult and support other engineers in the above.
• Develops and publishes updates to AESC quality standards for assigned area operations.
• Develops, updates, and maintains quality assurance departmental work instructions.
• Conducts job functions and oversight of others with high levels of attention to detail to ensure quality tests are performed in a safe and efficient manner while identifying potential for quality escapes.
• Supports quality initiatives and standards to identify and eliminate potential quality defect generation points with the overall goal of ZERO Defects.
• Familiar with standard laboratory equipment operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting (Ex: GC, ICP-OES, Liquid Particle size, Titration, Karl Fischer moisture)
• Ability to make data-driven decisions in a high-paced manufacturing environment to ensure product quality and conformance standards are maintained while supporting manufacturing throughput targets.
• Understands and follows all standards of IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 quality standards.
• Understands and follows all standards of ISO14001 environmental standards.

What You Need

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or business or a related field is required.
• Strong knowledge of quality functions in a manufacturing setting.
• A minimum of 5 years of directly related quality control experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret and communicate data.
• Ability to prioritize and pivot daily activities driven by production urgency.
• Strong understanding of dimensional or chemical testing techniques and equipment such as: Optical Measurement Machine (OMM), CMM, Viscometer, Gravimetric Density, 3D Microscopy, Tensile Strength analysis, Karl Fisher Titration, ICP-OES.

What is “Nice to Have”?

• Background in supporting a highly technical automotive-related manufacturing environment is highly desired.
• Background in VDA Core Tools
• Background and experience using Six Sigma methodologies
• CAPA, 8D, and problem-solving experience.
• Experience leading teams of 20 or more people
• Experience managing quality data results systems and records (QMS/LIMS)

Travel

Occasional domestic and international travel is required.

What We Offer

Welcome to AESC, where you'll have the opportunity to tackle the world's most fascinating challenges alongside exceptionally talented individuals who are driven to make a difference. We strive to ensure that our employees are well taken care of, enabling them to focus on their work and contribute to our collective mission.

We offer:

• Comprehensive compensation packages include a competitive salary and a rewarding bonus program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• Highly automated, clean, safe, and temperature-controlled production environment
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K with company match
• Life Insurance (Company-paid and additional voluntary life available)
• Paid Vacation and 14 Paid Holidays
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage (Company Paid)
• Tuition reimbursement

Application Process

Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your application allows us to learn more about you and find potential fits within our team. We strive to respond to all applicants promptly, though times may vary with submission volume. If you don't receive an immediate response, it doesn't reflect on your candidacy; we'll keep your application for future opportunities. Thank you for your patience and enthusiasm as we improve our application process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AESC, we are committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all individuals. We participate in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Join us in our passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance products, contributing to a sustainable and zero-carbon emission future.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Ability to read, write, speak, and hear.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position 75% of the time.
• Ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Ability to constantly operate a computer, calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Ability to lift, push and/or pull up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to bend, lift and/or twist.

Work Environment

The work environment is primarily an automated manufacturing plant with a concrete floor and is characterized by some temperature extremes, moderate noise, and forklift traffic. The individual must be able to perform all essential functions as appropriate on the plant floor, in meetings, and with employees, management, customers, and suppliers.

Candidate must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The statements made herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive and inclusive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required of personnel so classified.

Hiring is contingent upon the successful completion of the drug screen and background check. AESC US LLC is a drug-free workplace.