Global Supplier Quality & Reliability Engineer

Plansee Group; Franklin (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Plansee Group in Franklin, MA partners with global suppliers to ensure quality and on-time delivery. This role leads cross-functional investigations and drives corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

You will audit CEPs, qualify suppliers, manage nonconformances in SAP Q2, and support customer audits while coaching teams in PFMEA, control charts, and risk management. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in engineering with 2–5 years in supplier quality in manufacturing.
• Lead Auditor/CQA/CQE credentials preferred.
• Experience in ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100:2016 environments.
• Fluency with 8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa (fishbone), control and Pareto charts, SPC, PFMEA, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, and 5S.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional investigations to troubleshoot product and production issues.
• Define and deploy quality standards and control systems with Operations.
• Collaborate with Purchasing to circulate CEP scorecards and manage performance.
• Plan and perform audits of CEPs and their quality systems/operations to protect supply chain integrity.
• Manage external provider nonconformances via the SAP Q2 workflow through to verified effectiveness.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality systems

Process improvement

Lean Six Sigma

8D problem solving

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Associate’s degree

Tools

Visio

SAP R/3

MS Office

Job description

Plansee Group in Franklin, MA partners with global suppliers to ensure quality and on-time delivery. This role leads cross-functional investigations and drives corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

You will audit CEPs, qualify suppliers, manage nonconformances in SAP Q2, and support customer audits while coaching teams in PFMEA, control charts, and risk management. Travel up to 25% is expected.