Supplier Quality Engineer

Permanent Futures Limited; Leeds; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering business is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their expanding team. This role includes significant travel to visit suppliers and offers an attractive salary and excellent benefits. Responsibilities include implementing quality strategies, supporting accreditations, and identifying trends in supplier performance.

Benefits

Attractive base salary

Excellent benefits

Career advancement opportunities

Qualifications

• Engineering background is essential.
• Proven track record in quality assurance required.
• Candidates with Lead Auditor qualifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Quality and Procurement departments to implement quality strategies.
• Accreditations including ISO9001.
• Identify trends relating to supplier non-conformances.

Skills

Engineering background

Proven track record in quality assurance

Familiar with FMEA and Root Cause Analysis

Ability to influence and challenge suppliers

In-depth knowledge of ISO9001

Lead Auditor qualification preferred

Job description

Supplier Quality Engineer: Our client, a global engineering business, seek to appoint a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their expanding team. On offer is an attractive base salary, excellent benefits, and the opportunity for career advancement. This role will involve significant travel with the majority of your week spent on the road visiting suppliers.

Role and Responsibilities

• Support the Quality and Procurement departments to implement quality strategy to a diverse and complex supplier base
• Supporting business system accreditations (primarily ISO9001) through the development of the supplier base performance
• Identify trends relating to supplier non conformances, generating and implementing projects to improve them
• Supporting the business closely regarding customer complaints
• Working cross functionally on New Product Development projects
• Production of quality control plans in line with customer requirements

Skills & Abilities

• Engineering background
• Proven track record in quality assurance and specifically supplier quality assurance
• Familiar with FMEA and Root Cause Analysis
• Ability to influence and challenge both existing and new suppliers in their current working practices
• In-depth knowledge of ISO9001
• Candidates with a Lead Auditor qualification would be preferred.