About this role
About the Role Injection Process Controller Specialist leads the Injection Process Controller team at the Ovar plant, ensuring process stability, product conformity and compliance with automotive quality requirements. This role combines strong technical expertise in injection molding with leadership and a proactive quality mindset to drive continuous improvement. What You'll Do
- Lead, coordinate and develop the Injection Process Controller team with clear priorities and effective daily follow-up.
- Ensure effective control and monitoring of injection molding processes and critical process parameters.
- Guarantee process stability and product conformity according to internal, customer and automotive quality requirements.
- Monitor process performance, identify deviations and ensure timely reaction and escalation.
- Lead structured problem-solving activities related to process deviations, internal defects and customer complaints (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa, PDCA).
- Ensure the implementation, monitoring and effectiveness verification of corrective and preventive actions.
- Analyse process data, quality results, scrap, rework and process trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
- Ensure effective implementation and monitoring of Process Control Plans and reaction plans.
- Support the definition and improvement of process parameters and control methods.
- Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 requirements and applicable automotive quality standards; ensure CQI 23 requirements and participate in VDA 6.3 process audits, ensuring corrective actions and sustainable closure of findings.
- Promote risk-based thinking and preventive quality approaches within the Injection area. What We're Looking For
- Strong technical knowledge of injection molding processes.
- Proven leadership capabilities to lead and develop a process controller team.
- Analytical thinking and a proactive approach to process control and quality improvement.
- Experience applying quality and problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa and PDCA.
- Familiarity with IATF 16949 and CQI 23; experience with VDA 6.3 audits.
- Ability to analyze process data, quality results, scrap and rework to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.