Supplier Quality Engineer

Edwards Vacuum; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture of trust and accountability

Lifelong learning and career growth

Comprehensive compensation and benefits

Health and well-being

Job summary

Edwards Vacuum is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer in Chandler, Arizona. This role emphasizes supplier quality management across safety, quality, and cost, requiring excellent communication and experience in quality roles. Responsibilities include driving quality improvements, analyzing supplier data, and leading audits. The position offers a hybrid working model, allowing for working remotely alongside on-site tasks in North America. Join a culture that values trust, innovation, and growth.

Qualifications

• Experience within a previous Quality / Supplier quality role.
• Involves regular travel to suppliers and sites.
• Leads supplier quality audits and corrective action plans.

Responsibilities

• Drive supplier quality development and process improvement.
• Analyze supplier quality data and manage corrective actions.
• Lead regular quality reviews with nominated suppliers.

Skills

Supplier quality improvement

Data analysis

Excellent communication skills

Experience in manufacturing environment

Experience in SAP or MRP system

Experience with Office 365 tools

Job description

The scope of this role covers all aspects of supplier quality management with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environmental Impact.

The role requires extensive planning, priority setting, coordinating of work and competing priorities. The incumbent must be able to balance all these items at any given time.

Represents Supplier Quality Engineer’s team in particular meetings or events.

The role may involve regular travel to other sites or to suppliers within a region and occasional global travel when required.

Main Responsibilities

• Contributes to drive supplier quality development, process improvement and continuous quality improvement in line with agreed KPI’s and goals using available processes and procedures. Initiates, leads and coordinates following supplier quality improvement actions.
• Analyzes and evaluates supplier quality data – quality performance, implementation and validation of corrective action plans and preventative measures.
• Attends daily SIM 2 board meetings, ensures valid external scrap is signed off and information sent to suppliers.
• Leads and performs regular quality reviews with nominated suppliers, providing results/feedback vs. targets and expectations.
• Obtains supplier agreement and approval of Edwards Supplier Quality Manual from suppliers.
• Ensures that costs for incoming inspection will be charged to supplier in case of repeated non‑conforming deliveries.
• Requests, reviews and signs off 8D improvement process with suppliers.
• Focuses on resolving customer complaints using the NEXUS (Failure Reporting and Corrective Actions) system.
• Leads supplier quality audits and EHS/Business Continuity audits in accordance with the agreed upon annual audit plan.
• Raises supplier corrective action plans where required and regularly monitors with supplier.
• Is involved in SESPA audits for selection of new suppliers.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience within a previous Quality / Supplier quality role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in using SAP or MRP system.
• Experience with Office 365 tools including PPT, Word and Excel.
• Validation of specification and quality of incoming goods where necessary, due to highlighted quality issues.

Benefits

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well‑being

Job Location

Option: Remote. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on‑site at any of our facilities in North America.