Supplier Quality Engineer

Innovate Recruitment Ltd; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK recruitment agency is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join a prestigious manufacturer of capital equipment. This role involves enhancing supplier performance, conducting audits, and establishing quality goals. The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience in quality engineering within demanding industries such as automotive or aerospace, and familiarity with relevant quality standards like ISO 9001 and AS9100. This position offers terrific career advancement opportunities and requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Supplier Quality or Quality Engineering, ideally in automotive or aerospace.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100, and ISO14001 standards.
• Proven experience with methodologies such as Six Sigma and Lean.

Responsibilities

• Ensure supplier performance is regularly reported.
• Conduct supplier audits to drive continuous improvement.
• Develop long-term supplier relationships.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of quality system methodologies

Audit skills

Education

Experience as a Supplier Quality Engineer or Quality Engineer in an Engineering Environment

Trained External Auditor to ISO9000 and ISO14001

Lead Auditor training

Job description

How would you like to work as a Supplier Quality Engineer for a leading Manufacturer of highly advanced capital equipment solutions used within highly demanding industry? My client possesses a strong order book with a multitude of highly prestigious customers and is in a period of exciting growth.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Work with Purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and that appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented
• Maintain and update critical supplier audit system and schedule
• Conduct supplier audits to drive process standardisation, waste elimination, and continuous improvement
• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI’s, including Supplier OTD (Past due), DPPM and waste
• Establish specific short / long term supplier quality goals
• Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence of non-conformances
• Work to resolve supplier technical issues in a timely manner to ensure continuity of supply
• Develop long-term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas
• Aide Manufacturing in the evaluation and qualification of new supplier materials/services following a defined new product development process or engineering change process
• Strategically lead supplier performance improvement projects in an effort to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting Rapiscan requirements. Projects may include: process analysis, value stream mapping, process capability and throughput analysis, 6-Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events
• Drive “Zero Defect” mentality within the supply base
• Communicate engineering and manufacturing specifications to supplier technical teams
• Actively manage suppliers to ensure there are no regressions with the implementation of new processes
• Travel to supplier locations to resolve quality problems
• Work to help achieve the performance goals established in the environmental measurement areas.
• Offer suggestions that can lead to improved environmental performance whenever possible

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Solidexperience as a Supplier Quality Engineer or Quality Engineer in an Engineering Environment (preferably automotive or aerospace)
• Experience with ISO 9001, AS9100 and ISO14001 standards
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of various quality system methodologies 8D, Lean, 5 Why’s, Pareto Analysis, Six Sigma, 8-D, DFMEA,
• Trained External Auditor to ISO9000 and ISO14001
• Lead Auditor training is preferred

THIS IS A FANTASTIC ROLE WITH AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYER OFFERING SUPERB CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. Please contact Nick Shepherd on 01737 235400 for more information on this vacancy and to discuss your suitability to this and other opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you soon.