Quality Resident Engineer
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Job overview
Lear Corporation is hiring a Quality Resident Engineer. Lear Corporation seeks a Quality Resident Engineer to serve as the interface between Lear plants and customers, ensuring communication, satisfaction, and issue resolution. The role supports pre‑production launches, warranty activities, and customer visits while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.
Key focus areas include Ensure proper communication and overall customer satisfaction, Link between the customer plants and Lear assembly plants, and Provide knowledge and expertise of customer processes to Lear personnel and vice versa.
Important skills include Wiring Harnesses, Automotive OEM, Microsoft Tools, Read Harness Blueprints, 8D Issue Resolution, and Speech Writing. Preferred (not required): Bilingual English Spanish.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
3 - 5 years
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams. We foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. What we are trying to say is we want to be more for you.
We are your path to a better career, a better future, and a better you.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, flawlessly manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we are one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
Our teams are the secret to our success. They are empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we all understand that we must work together to win.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
We're Lear For You.
Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.
A path to a better career. A better future.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we're named one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
They're the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
Job Description
QUALITY RESIDENT ENGINEER
LOUISVILLE, KY - LOUISVILLE PLANT
As a member of the Quality team, the Quality Resident Engineer willprovide interface between Lear Plants (Louisville and El Paso) and the customer on issues and new product launches. They will be the face of Lear and enhance customer satisfaction by serving as a link between the customer plant and Lear assembly plants. They will provide immediate communication of any customer dissatisfactions, looking to minimize them.
Responsibilities
Your work will include, but not be limited to:
Ensure proper communication and overall customer satisfaction
Link between the customer Plants and Lear assembly plants
Provide knowledge and expertise of customer processes to Lear personnel and vice versa
Provide issues resolution (8D) to the customer
Minimize impact on customer satisfaction and customer ratings of Lear
Facilitate communication to address customer concerns and leverage with other customers through the QRE base
Support pre-production, launch and production, as required, at customer assembly plants
Support warranty and JD Power activities, as required
Support visits and meetings at the customer, providing quality / warranty issues, as required
Coordinate quality and /or engineering issues that may jeopardize the customer and / or Lear
Your Qualifications
3-5 years' experience working with wiring harnesses
Experience working with Automotive OEM customers
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret harness blueprints
Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints
Ability to write speeches and articles using Microsoft tools
Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to OEM customers, top management, public groups, etc.
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Ability to support and coach problem solving techniques to internal teams in the organization
Bonus If You Have
Bilingual (English - Spanish) is a plus
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lear Corporation is committed to fair, meritbased employment practices and equal opportunity.
We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.
Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.
Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.
Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, are encouraged to apply.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
48667
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