Supplier Quality Lead Engineer

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

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s (https://danaher.com/our-businesses) 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 (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/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.

What you will do:

• 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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com .