What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint." We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team. If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
About this Position:
- Manage and continuously improve mass production supplier quality through technical analysis, problem solving, and communication skills to meet manufacturing and customer expectations.
- Responsible for identifying quality issues, establishing containment, developing, and implementing countermeasure to ensure acceptable quality in products and parts.
- Develop expertise of supplier parts and processes to support analysis of quality related issues and associated reporting.
- Utilize expertise to effectively manage and communicate quality related issues as needed.
- Utilize Honda Systems to hold suppliers accountable for nonconforming parts, and ensure compliance with government
- regulations and part specifications.
- Lead or support collaborative problem solving and countermeasure activity to identify root cause and prevent problem recurrence.
- Use technical expertise to conduct non-conforming product evaluation and follow containment or rework procedures to minimize impact to plant operations.
- Review daily reports and go to the spot (inside and outside our organization) to understand and react to current quality conditions.
- Engage in department initiatives to develop associates and strengthen Honda operations.
- Continue to develop and share technical expertise for succession planning, team, and associate growth.
Responsibilities include:
- Analyze parts to the drawing and specifications to assure conformance
- Assure problem containment of parts and completed body units
- Authority to remove parts from CBU for investigation.
- Responsible for reviewing the previous shifts reports and completing full investigation.
- Contact supplier to report issues and requests corrective action
- Work with sorting contractors and suppliers to provide direction concerning quality issues
- Daily confirmation of sort effectiveness of current quality concerns
- Effectively generate interest in new ideas within the team
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in engineering field
Required Experience:
At least 1 term as a co-op for Honda or in a similar manufacturing environment.
Other job-specific skills:
- Quality assurance
- Blueprint reading
- Part measurement
- Catia/3D
- MS office
- Proficient negotiation and communication skills
Additional Position Factors:
- Open Office Environment
- Walking
- Limited travel
- Overtime possible (Approximately 4 hours of overtime per week)
At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.