QUALITY ENGINEER / QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST / QM SPECIALIST (FULL-TIME) (M/F/D)

HEICHE GROUP JOB POSTINGS

We use innovative technical and chemical processes for our customers to meet their requirements in outstanding quality and to enable an increased useful life of the end products. Our focus in particular is on services that provide for long-lasting protection from corrosion and wear, but decorative and aesthetic requirements play a role for our customers as well. Coating is carried out via a comprehensive service offering for various metal surfaces like aluminium, magnesium, zinc die-casting and steel. These services include in particular passivation, anodising and chrome-plating as well as galvanic zinc-plating and the process of cathodic electrodeposition. We are the market leaders in both passivation as well as the REACH-compliant Chrome III process.

When it comes to our solutions in the field of surface treatment, our customers particularly appreciate the comprehensive expertise of our employees, which enables them to adapt existing processes to new challenges and to develop new processes to production readiness. This ensures that customer-specific process adjustments are possible within a manageable time frame and that we can continuously add to the areas of application for our services. Our locations in Germany as well as abroad provide the same level of quality to our customers across different continents.

WE WANT TO GROW WITH YOU!

As a renowned, future-oriented surface coater, we apply high-quality, technically functional surfaces to metal for our customer portfolio in the automotive industry. With us you will find an exciting and demanding working environment in a young, dynamic company with a strong focus on a pleasant working atmosphere as well as extensive induction and development opportunities.

QUALITY ENGINEER / QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST / QM SPECIALIST (FULL-TIME) (M/F/D)

Group Description

With more than 50 years of experience in surface finishing for a wide range of base materials, Heiche is a globally recognized partner for customers in the automotive industry, as well as in the mechanical engineering and electrical industries.

With two production sites, Heiche Bayern GmbH has specialized in direct supply to OEMs over the past seven years. The company’s coating expertise lies in KTL processes and pickling and passivation. Since 2018, Heiche Bayern GmbH has been one of the brands of KAP Surface Technologies.

Are you passionate about quality and the associated processes, do you have a hands-on approach, and do you take initiative in solving problems? Then you are exactly the right candidate (m/f/d) to support our team in Bavaria at the Pilsting and Hunderdorf locations.

Responsibilities:

• Complaint Management: You will independently handle and facilitate customer complaints using the 8D methodology (including root cause analysis via the 5 Whys and Ishikawa diagrams).
• Process validation & release: You will monitor, document, and control the suspension and subsequent release of rework and scrap processes (e.g., paint stripping/recoating) in accordance with IATF guidelines.
• Quality assurance during ongoing operations: You manage and monitor in-process inspections of components and ensure the regular conduct of product audits as well as annual requalification tests in accordance with customer specifications.
• Equipment-related QA: You assist with the continuous monitoring of process baths and the documentation of chemical parameters for our electrophoretic coating and passivation systems to prevent defects.
• Standardization: You will create, update, and optimize clear work, test, and process instructions for production and the laboratory.
• Interface role: You will communicate important customer feedback directly to production and plant engineering, train on-site staff, and ensure that defects are permanently resolved.

Your Qualifications

• Education: A successfu