Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities of the Role:

+ Steers electrical quality to ensure effective use of resources.
+ Determine and allocate quality problems to problem owners and departments.
+ Responsible and accountable for the quality related MPMs - the development and implementation.
+ Ensures problem solving conformance to specified MPM.
+ Manages the problem-solving process to effective conclusion.
+ Ensures traceable documentation of quality problems and their corrective actions.
+ Promotes adherence to agreed processes that affects Assembly Online & Offline quality.
+ Initiated and develops new processes to facilitate pro-active quality improvements.
+ Escalation to the next level in the event of non-performance of problem-solving efforts.
+ Represent Assembly Offline to the internal customers, suppliers.
+ Ensures transparency of quality performance from all areas that affect the product quality.
+ Liaises with the other plants around the world to ensure implementation of best practices.
+ Continuously determines best practices from the literature and used this to drive improvements in product quality.
+ Quality departments are adequately and effectively represented in BMW SA (Pty) Ltd.

Quality:

+ To support the team in achieving all products, process and system quality targets (as per the Target Management Process. TMP)
+ Ensure adherence to the IMS (Integrated Management System) into ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 within his/her area of control.
+ Continuously initiates improvements towards set targets.
+ Actively respond to internal/external customer requirements.
+ Attend daily audit feedback sessions and filter information back to team.

Flexibility:

+ Support the team in achieving the flexibility targets (as per TMP).
+ Ensure all workers are familiar with process procedures and understand the impact of their specific function on the total process.
+ Endeavor to smooth out erratic workload.
+ Identify delays and solve future occurrences.
+ To maintain and co-ordinate production schedule within his area of control.

Productivity:

+ Support his manager and implement measures to achieve Budget, Headcount and Quality Targets (as per TMP)
+ To manage and control all associates allocated to area of responsibility.
+ Stand in for Quality Engineers/ Quality Manager as required.

Qualification, Work Experience and Additional Skills.

+ Degree or National Diploma in Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical/ Production Engineering.
+ Blitz/High voltage training will be and advantage
+ 5 years engineering experience in Production/Quality/Press Part Evaluation, Planning and Realization of technical facilities.
+ 3-4 years' experience in a manufacturing/assembly environment.
+ Cross functional experience in dealing with stakeholders at all levels.
+ Comprehensive understanding of ISO 9001/14001, OSHA 18001 and relevant site standards
+ Planning and coordinating skills.
+ Analytical ability
+ Problem solving skills
+ PC skills and Microsoft software
+ Environmental Management Standards
+ Health and Safety Site Standards
+ Incident investigation
+ Risk Assessment


Specialist: Engineer E/E
20251031
Automotive
Rosslyn
South Africa
Legal entity:
BMW (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.
Location:
Rosslyn
Job field:
Assembly
Job ID:
166270
Publication date:
31.10.2025
General
Full-time