Supplier Quality Engineer

JobDiva, Inc.; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer for a 6‑month contract in Columbus, IN. This onsite W2 role focuses on defect‑free supplier performance and driving quality improvements across the supplier base.

You will participate in supplier evaluation, manage corrective actions, and ensure product requirements are met, leading QA activities for new product introductions and current programs.

Qualifications

• Action oriented - taking on new opportunities with urgency.
• Collaborates - building partnerships to meet objectives.
• Decision quality - making good, timely decisions for progress.
• Persuades - using arguments to gain support.
• Statistical foundations - applies statistical concepts for tests and data quality.
• Problem solving - uses systematic analysis to resolve issues.
• Advanced Product Quality Planning - leads quality planning.
• Dimensional metrology - applies measurement science.
• Quality system management - guides standards and compliance.
• Supplier quality management - leads supplier quality initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Participates in supplier evaluation and selection.
• Responsible for supplier corrective action including containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Ensures suppliers use quality tools effectively.
• Works with suppliers to meet product requirements.
• Oversees supplier quality resources for new product intro and existing products to reduce issues and ensure timely launches.
• Determines if all requirements are met by the supplier for new or changed products.
• Measures supplier quality performance and drives improvements.
• Facilitates continuous improvement to reduce defects.

Skills

Action oriented

Collaborates

Decision quality

Persuades

Statistical foundations

Problem solving

APQP

Dimensional metrology

Quality system mgmt

Supplier quality mgmt

Project risk mgmt

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Quality tools

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer with our power technology client in Columbus, IN. This is a 6-month contract with a potential for extension.

Pay

$49.00 - $54.00/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Schedule

Onsite Position. Standard Business Hours

Description

Selects, develops, manages, and ensures defect‑free performance of the business' supplier base with the objective of overall quality improvement. Leads processes to drive improvements. Resolves supplier quality issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in supplier evaluation and selection.
• Responsible for the supplier corrective action process including containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Ensures suppliers use quality tools effectively.
• Works with suppliers to ensure all product requirements are met.
• Oversees the supplier quality resources for new product introduction and current products to reduce supplier related issues, improve process capabilities, and ensure timely project launches.
• Responsible for determining if all requirements are met by the supplier for new or changed
• products.
• Measures supplier quality performance according to established procedures; drives appropriate improvements to meet established targets.
• Facilitates continuous improvement activities to reduce defects.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Persuades - Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.
• Statistical Foundations - Applies foundational statistical concepts required to run appropriate statistical tests and ensure the quality of data and correctness of the conclusions by using standard practices, choosing the right sample size, confidence level, level of significance, type of test; applies knowledge of statistics in cleansing or modeling such as outlier detection, survival analysis, time series, rank statistics, imputation, probability distribution fitting among many techniques.
• Problem Solving - Solves problems using a systematic analysis process by leveraging industry standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; identifies the systemic root causes and recommended actions to prevent problem reoccurrence.
• Advanced Product Quality Planning - Leads the technical quality planning and ensures customer satisfaction through structured and measurable processes as defined by industry standard.
• Dimensional Metrology - Applies dimensional measurement science in the development and application of measurement/inspection processes that deliver capable measurement results, supporting design validation and conformity assessment meeting regulatory, customer and product requirements.
• Quality System Management - Guides in the practice and application of quality system standards required by international certification bodies, industry specific regulatory authorities and customer’s contractually specified requirements
• Supplier Quality Management - Leads all aspects of supplier quality management; helps develop strategy and collaborative supplier partnerships; identifies supplier innovation capabilities; contributes to supplier audit and certification process; tracks supplier performance metrics and acts to quickly resolve issues to improve supplier quality performance.
• Project Issue and Risk Management - Manages the process to identify, assess and prioritize issues and risks using recommended tools and processes to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of negative events or to maximize the realization of positive events.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific subject required.

Experience

• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
• Experience with special processes such as heat treating, coatings strongly preferred.

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / affirmative action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail].

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