Supplier Quality Engineer - Casting & Machining

bakerhughes; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Hughes in India seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer for Casting & Machining to drive supplier quality, onboarding, and continuous improvement. You will ensure regulatory compliance and supplier performance for both new products and installed base parts.

You will lead quality initiatives with global teams, review drawings per standards, and develop robust QA plans, using NDT techniques and Lean Six Sigma approaches as needed.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Production/Automotive Engineering.
• 4+ years of experience in quality/manufacturing/vendor development.
• Hands-on in Investment & Sand-casting and dimensional inspections.
• Ability to review documents per major international standards (ASTM, PED, IEC, ANSI, CE, CSA, UL).
• Understanding of drawings, GD&T and inspection methods.
• Experience with castings (investment, sand) and related processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier quality improvements and onboarding.
• Develop supplier approvals and qualification plans.
• Interfacing with Suppliers and Supply chain to drive quality improvements.
• Lead investigations and CAPA activities with a data-driven approach.
• Support New Product Introductions and transfers while ensuring compliance.

Skills

Quality engineering

Vendor development

Lean Six Sigma

Global teamwork

Inspection planning

Geometric tolerancing

Root cause analysis

Education

Diploma or Bachelors in Mechanical/Production/Automotive Engineering

Tools

NDT equipment (RT/UT/LPI)

Job description

Supplier Quality Engineer - Casting & Machining

Are you a highly motivated, creative individual, passionate about Quality standards ?

Would you like to be a part of global sourcing, Quality team?

Join our team!

Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries. Our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward! Making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Partner with the best

Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)' is responsible for driving exceptional product quality from External suppliers to ensure customer value beyond expectations, regulatory assurance, and optimized Cost of Quality. This is a key technical position, affecting part quality for both installed base and New Product Introductions parts.

In nutshell, Supplier Quality Engineer is expected to deliver on supplier approval, qualification, quality sustenance and continuous improvement towards achieving best quality products on time every time in a compliant way

As a Supplier Quality Engineer - Casting & Machining , you will also be responsible for:

• Demonstrating leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. In this role you will use your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.
• Driving quality for assigned suppliers, improving quality performance via facilitating continuous process improvements at supplier facility
• Driving supplier approval through robust on boarding processes
• Driving and developing a strong QMS mind set at supplier site ; Accelerate improvements in supplier quality and deliver value
• Developing positive relationships and work closely with Sourcing Leaders to manage and implement supplier/engineering changes, New Product Introductions, and transfers
• Interfacing with Suppliers and Supply chain to drive Quality improvements
• Delivering results as measured by key metrics, such as supplier yield, field cost, field defect rate, supplier quality plan engagement/effectiveness, and corrective & preventative action closure
• Driving improvements utilizing Supplier Scorecards and own Supplier audit, ensuring supplier compliance, and driving improvement plans
• Understanding and driving Lean, Six Sigma culture with suppliers / processes.
• Providing Quality Engineering expertise requiring advanced/specialized skills and a broad range of quality engineering expertise
• Specifying, developing, and accept advanced technology, quality information and test equipment
• Providing advanced Quality Engineering of new product introduction involving new processes or advanced automated equipment
• Providing technical expertise to customers/licensees in solving technical problems associated with test facilities
• Acting as consultant to the Quality, Manufacturing and Engineering organizations to improve Quality and Manufacturing processes, introduce new products and improve product design
• Specifying and developing product acceptance/test procedures that relate to a complex process (state-of-the-art) or highly complex product
• Providing leadership role during investigations of major problems and of special projects

Fuel your passion!

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have minimum diploma or bachelors Degree in Mechanical/Production/Automotive Engineering or relevant
• Have 4+ years' experience in quality / manufacturing / vendor development functions.
• Have hands on experience in Investment & Sand-casting processes, qualifications including dimensional inspections
• Have an ability to manage multiple qualifications and work with global teams to approve/qualify suppliers and improve their performance.
• Have an ability in reviewing documents and parts according to ASTM, PED, IEC, ANSI, CE, CSA, UL other international standards & Regulatory Requirements.
• Have an ability to understand and establish appropriate inspection/measurement system based on the geometry /tolerance and part profile.
• Have an ability to understand drawings, dimensioning and geometrical tolerancing (GT)
• Have hands on experience in one or more of these fields (Machining process, methods /techniques; Ability to prepare manufacturing process plan (MPP) for machining, by selecting process steps, suitable machines, conducting FMEA and preparing control plans; Knowledge on selection of tools & Fixtures; Strong knowledge about castings (investment, sand), Forgings processes /material; Experience in NDT techniques including RT, UT and LPI and knowledge about such testing machines
• Have a strong EHS background, familiar with India Environmental, health, and safety law and regulations
• Have a very Strong Result Oriented Mindset; and process improvement approach.
• Have an exposure to ISO 14001 and OSHAS Standards will be added