JOB DESCRIPTION

Quality Engineer Plastic Injection Moulding

Department: Quality Assurance (QA/QC)
Industry: Plastic Injection Moulding / Manufacturing
Experience: 13 Years
Qualification: Diploma / BE in Mechanical, Plastic Engineering, or Production Engineering
Location: Nashik, Maharashtra
Employment Type: Full-Time

1. Job Purpose

To ensure the quality of plastic injection-moulded components by monitoring production processes, conducting inspections, identifying defects, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to maintain product quality and customer satisfaction.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Quality Inspection

- Conduct incoming, in-process, and final inspections of plastic injection-moulded components.
- Inspect components as per customer drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
- Identify defects such as short moulding, flash, sink marks, burn marks, warpage, colour variation, and dimensional deviations.
- Ensure proper inspection of first-off and last-off samples.

B. Process Quality Control

- Monitor quality during injection moulding production.
- Check critical process parameters such as temperature, pressure, cycle time, and moulding conditions in coordination with production.
- Perform first-piece approval and patrol inspections during production.
- Ensure compliance with approved samples, control plans, and inspection standards.
- Coordinate with production and tool-room teams to resolve mould-related quality issues.

C. Measurement & Testing

- Use measuring instruments such as Vernier Caliper, Micrometer, Height Gauge, and other applicable inspection equipment.




- Conduct dimensional inspections and maintain inspection records.
- Perform visual, functional, and other specified tests on components.
- Ensure measuring instruments are calibrated as per the calibration schedule.

D. Defect Analysis & Corrective Actions

- Analyse quality problems and identify root causes.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Apply quality tools such as 5 Why Analysis, Fishbone Diagram, Pareto Analysis, and 7 QC Tools.
- Reduce rejection, rework, and customer complaints.
- Maintain records of rejection, scrap, rework, and process defects.

E. Documentation & Reporting

- Maintain inspection reports, rejection reports, and quality records.
- Prepare daily quality reports and communicate major quality issues to the Quality Manager.
- Maintain inspection standards, check sheets, and sample approval records.
- Support internal audits, customer audits, and quality system documentation.
- Follow applicable ISO 9001 requirements and company quality procedures.

F. Team Coordination

- Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Tool Room, and Stores departments.
- Train operators and inspectors on quality requirements and defect identification.
- Ensure non-conforming products are identified, segregated, and controlled.




- Support continuous improvement and Kaizen activities.

3. Required Skills

- Practical knowledge of plastic injection moulding processes.
- Knowledge of plastic component defects and troubleshooting.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and understand tolerances.
- Hands-on experience with measuring instruments.
- Knowledge of quality tools, root cause analysis, and CAPA.
- Knowledge of inspection plans, control plans, and process quality documentation.
- Good observation, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of MS Excel for quality reporting.

4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Reduction in internal rejection and rework.
- Reduction in customer complaints.
- First-piece approval compliance.
- In-process inspection compliance.
- Accuracy and timely completion of quality reports.
- Timely closure of corrective and preventive actions.
- Improvement in process quality and reduction in scrap.

5. Preferred Experience

- Experience in plastic injection moulding manufacturing.
- Knowledge of engineering plastic components and dimensional inspection.
- Experience in automotive or other quality-sensitive manufacturing is an advantage.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality management systems.
- Knowledge of IATF 16949 and APQP/PPAP is an advantage, particularly for automotive components.

Coordinates With: Production, Maintenance, Tool Room, Stores, and Customer Quality Teams.

Job Type: Full time

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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