External

Assistant Manager – QA (TBR Curing & Final Finish)

Department: Quality Assurance | Grade: M1 Functional Role: Plant TBR Process QA

Reports to: Manager – TBR Plant Quality

Team: Shift Auditors

1. Position Summary

Drive process improvement and ensure product conformity to specifications and process standards, eliminating waste, defects and rework in-house and at the customer end.

2. Key Result Areas (KRAs)

- Audit Compliance: Complete 100% of planned process and product audits and close findings on time.
- Non-Compliance Analysis: Conduct parameter-wise analysis to identify deviation drivers and prevent recurrence.
- Internal Quality: Reduce internal cure tyre defects.
- Warranty & Complaints: Reduce warranty claims and customer complaints; ensure timely closure.
- Mould Quality: Inspect recent, transferred and in-use moulds; ensure daily inspections, SAP release before use and accurate mould grading.
- PDI: Ensure Pre-Dispatch Inspection (PDI) compliance and prevent inspection escapes.

3. Key Responsibilities

A. In-Process Quality Control

- Develop and implement quality control and inspection procedures for TBR curing and final-finish processes; ensure stage-wise product quality and standards compliance.
- Conduct Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), review control plans, and support verification and validation of process changes.
- Stop the line and quarantine affected parts during process deviations.
- Promote quality standards and correct working practices on the shop floor.

B. Mould Management

- Inspect new and transferred moulds at vendor sites and in the plant before release.
- Ensure daily inspections,



closure of findings, recording of results and mould release in SAP (QA32).
- Maintain SAP mould grades based on inspection results.

C. Inspection & Testing

- Monitor visual inspection, X-Ray, shearography, ROB and PDI.
- Guide shift auditors on special follow-ups; review inspection trends, recurring issues, line and set-up rejections, and drive corrective actions.
- Participate in DWM, rejection meetings and Statistical Process Control (SPC) discussions.

D. Defect Analysis & Corrective Action

- Analyse deviations, defects and non-compliances to identify root causes, patterns and critical process parameters.
- Review Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports, verify corrective actions and ensure adherence to quality norms.

E. Warranty & Customer Complaints

- Review warranty part analysis and customer complaints.
- Identify production process gaps contributing to warranty claims and drive improvements through analysis and process improvement.

F. Audits, Safety & Compliance

- Prepare audit calendars and conduct process and product audits.
- Ensure SOP compliance and closure of audit findings.
- Coordinate customer, ISO and IATF external audits.
- Monitor safety practices and procedures.

G. MIS & Documentation

- Maintain procedures, flowcharts and documentation aligned with quality standards, QMS requirements and Customer Specific Requirements.
- Track KPIs and report rejected tyres, scrap, critical parameters, premature failures

Competencies

Quality AdherenceDriving Continuous ImprovementProblem SolvingWorking with Diverse PopulationsCritical ThinkingCommunicating EffectivelyManaging Time

📌 Assistant Manager - Quality Assurance (CEAT_JR_174) (Chennai)
🏢 RPG Group
📍 Chennai