Supplier Quality Lead Engineer

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

Job summary

Cytiva, part of Danaher's family, seeks a Lead Supplier Quality Engineer at the Newquay site to drive supplier quality activities. You will lead SCARs, audits, and onboarding with cross-functional teams, ensuring regulatory compliance and timely remediation of supplier defects.

The role requires 5+ years in quality, 3+ years in supplier onboarding/auditing, and strong knowledge of ISO, CFR, GMP standards. Join a team focused on safe, effective life sciences solutions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Issue, monitor and approve Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) with meaningful feedback and RCA support.
• Maintain qualified auditor status; train team members and lead remediation after failed audits; manage annual supplier audit program.
• Review, assess impact and communicate with internal stakeholders and suppliers on supplier change requests; escalate SCRs as needed.
• Support containment and correction for supplier defects and document tasks; own and execute quality event tasks and train colleagues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing, QA) to manage supplier quality requirements, onboarding and monitoring.
• Create inputs for Management Review and develop supplier quality action plans; support daily management.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Supplier onboarding

Auditing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life‑saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life‑changing career. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Cytiva Newquay, UK Lead Supplier quality Engineer responsible for Leading the supplier quality activities at the Cytiva Newquay site under the management of the Discovery and Medical Supplier quality Manager.

• Issue, monitor and approve Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs). Provide meaningful feedback and collaborative support on RCA with suppliers. Able to provide support on improvements to supplier as needed.
• Maintain qualified auditor status, able to train team members, and lead remediation activities due to failed audit. Support development and management of annual supplier audit program.
• Review, assess impact, communicate with internal stakeholders and Supplier on supplier change requests. Escalate critical SCRs accordingly with relevant stakeholders and able to progress records according to requirements.
• Support containment and correction for supplier defects and document accordingly , able to own and execute quality event tasks and train colleagues on process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (i.e. Engineering, Project Management, Sourcing, QA, etc.) on all activities required to effectively manage supplier quality requirements, supplier onboarding, and supplier monitoring.
• Create inputs for Management Review, provide meaningful insight. support Daily management and develop supplier quality related actions plans as needed

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, technical discipline, or equivalent non-technical discipline with experience in manufacturing, engineering, or quality assurance.
• Minimum 5 years of Quality experience preferably in applicable or similar field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in supplier on-boarding, supplier auditing, and supplier communications.
• Knowledge of applicable standards and regulations (e.g. ISO, CFR, GMP, etc.)

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.