Senior Supplier Quality Engineer - Life Sciences Impact

Danaher; Newquay; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva, part of Danaher, is seeking a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer for our Newquay site in the UK. You will lead supplier quality activities, manage audits, and collaborate across Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing and QA to ensure supplier performance aligns with regulatory standards.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, 5+ years of quality experience, and 3+ years in supplier onboarding/auditing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (or equivalent) and experience in manufacturing, engineering or quality assurance.
• Minimum 5 years of quality experience, preferably in relevant field.
• Minimum 3 years in supplier onboarding, supplier auditing, and supplier communications.
• Knowledge of standards/regulations (ISO, CFR, GMP, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Issue, monitor and approve SCARs; provide feedback and RCA support with suppliers; assist improvements.
• Maintain qualified auditor status, train team members, and lead remediation after audits; manage annual supplier audit program.
• Review supplier change requests, communicate with stakeholders, escalate critical SCRs as needed.
• Support containment and correction for supplier defects; own and execute quality event tasks; train colleagues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, PM, Sourcing, QA) to manage supplier quality requirements.
• Create inputs for Management Review; provide insights; support daily management and action plans.

Job description

Cytiva, part of Danaher, is seeking a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer for our Newquay site in the UK. You will lead supplier quality activities, manage audits, and collaborate across Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing and QA to ensure supplier performance aligns with regulatory standards.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, 5+ years of quality experience, and 3+ years in supplier onboarding/auditing.