Supplier Quality Engineer

Mott Corporation; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement savings with company

PTO and more

Job summary

IDEX Corporation in Farmington, CT is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to elevate supplier performance through hands-on problem solving and strategic leadership. You will shape the supplier quality roadmap, partner with Quality, Engineering, and Purchasing to drive containment and continual improvement, and publish KPI reports to guide priorities.

The role requires strong root-cause analysis, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with suppliers to ensure product conformity, timely

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical quality role.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, and technical quality requirements.
• Experience investigating nonconformances, performing structured root-cause analysis, and verifying corrective-action effectiveness.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems, supplier assessments, process controls, inspection methods, calibration, and traceability.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, quality reporting, and data analysis; strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to work directly with suppliers and lead cross-functional improvement activities.
• Preferred experience conducting supplier quality-system or manufacturing-process audits and developing supplier improvement plans.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with complex products, components, and supplier relationships.
• Experience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, measurement-system analysis, and risk-assessment tools.
• Experience with ERP systems, including NetSuite, and electronic quality-management systems.
• Professional quality engineering or auditor certification, or training in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute a strategic supplier quality roadmap that moves performance from good to great.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define current state, priorities, milestones, ownership, and measures of progress.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a supplier handbook; drive understanding and adoption.
• Evaluate, qualify, approve, and requalify suppliers based on risk, capability, and performance.
• Plan and conduct risk-based qualification and process audits; manage third-party auditors and follow up on issues.
• Communicate drawing, specification, inspection, documentation, and traceability requirements to suppliers.
• Lead RCCA management for underperforming suppliers; verify effectiveness and prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to ensure supplier quality controls and process improvements.

Skills

Supplier quality

Root-cause analysis

Data analysis

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

Position Summary

The Supplier Quality Engineer moves Mott’s supplier quality from good to great, with the goal of best-in-class supplier quality, delivery, and service. The role combines hands-on problem solving with strategic leadership. It builds strong supplier relationships and partners with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Operations, and suppliers to resolve nonconformances, strengthen process controls, and prevent defects. The position owns the supplier quality roadmap, develops and maintains a supplier handbook, and publishes supplier-quality KPIs and recurring-issue reports to guide priorities, strengthen supplier capability, and sustain measurable improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute a strategic supplier quality roadmap that moves Mott’s supplier performance from good to great.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to define the current state, priorities, milestones, ownership, and measures of progress.
• Develop, implement, and maintain a supplier handbook that clearly communicates quality expectations, qualification requirements, documentation standards, change controls, and nonconformance and corrective-action expectations; drive supplier understanding and adoption.
• Partner with Purchasing and Quality to evaluate, qualify, approve, and requalify suppliers based on product risk, technical capability, quality-system maturity, and performance; engage early in new product development and new supplier qualification to ensure suppliers can reliably provide components and outside services that meet Mott’s high standards.
• Plan and conduct risk-based qualification and process audits at new and existing suppliers; manage third-party auditors, communicate audit results, coordinate improvement plans, and follow up on issue resolution to verify closure.
• Communicate drawing, specification, inspection, documentation, and traceability requirements to suppliers in partnership with Engineering and Quality.
• Support qualification of new or changed purchased products and supplier processes; review and approve supplier first articles and certification package submissions within delegated authority, and confirm required inspection and test evidence before production release.
• Lead supplier-quality resolution within Procurement, including Material Review Request (MRR) evaluation and root-cause analysis.
• Work hands-on with suppliers and internal teams to investigate nonconformances, coordinate containment, and support segregation, replacement material, and authorized disposition.
• Manage supplier deviation requests through the required review and approval process.
• Own Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) management for underperforming suppliers; issue and manage supplier corrective-action requests, challenge root-cause analysis, verify implementation, and confirm effectiveness in preventing recurrence.
• Assess supplier controls for process consistency, inspection and testing, calibration, document control, training, and sub-tier suppliers.
• Work with Mott’s Quality team to establish incoming inspection Control Plans that define inspection requirements for purchased components and outside services.
• Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to evaluate proposed product, process, material, or manufacturing-location changes before implementation.
• Define, track, and publish supplier-quality KPIs and scorecards covering defects, incoming rejections, corrective-action timeliness and effectiveness, and recurring issues.
• Report trends, risks, and improvement progress to suppliers and leadership.
• Use performance and risk data to recommend and approve, within delegated authority and in partnership with Quality, reduced incoming inspection and dock-to-stock status for high-performing suppliers.
• Collect, compile, analyze, and report supplier-quality data by supplier, defect type, root cause, and corrective-action history; lead and share continuous improvement activities at suppliers in response to quality escapes and recurring issues, and to reduce cost and lead time.
• Prioritize systemic improvements, escalation of ineffective actions, and verify sustained results.
• Build and maintain relationships with supplier Quality and Operations Management teams and with Mott Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Operations, receiving inspection, and support organizations.
• Collaborate to resolve supplier-quality issues while protecting product conformity and material availability.
• Maintain supplier qualification records, audit reports, inspection evidence, and corrective-action documentation in accordance with applicable quality-system requirements.
• Support internal and customer audits, supplier performance reviews, and escalation of significant supplier-quality risks.

Primary Objective

The primary objective is to take Mott’s supplier quality from good to great by delivering a supplier quality roadmap with clear priorities, improvement milestones, and measurable outcomes. Success requires balancing hands-on issue resolution with long-term supplier development, supported by the supplier handbook, consistent KPI reporting, and systematic elimination of recurring quality issues.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical quality role.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, inspection results, and technical quality requirements.
• Experience investigating nonconformances, performing structured root-cause analysis, and verifying corrective-action effectiveness.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems, supplier assessments, process controls, inspection methods, calibration, and traceability.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, quality reporting, and data analysis; strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to work directly with suppliers and lead cross-functional improvement activities.
• Preferred Experience conducting supplier quality-system or manufacturing-process audits and developing supplier improvement plans.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with complex products, components, and supplier relationships.
• Experience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, measurement-system analysis, and risk-assessment tools.
• Experience with ERP systems, including NetSuite, and electronic quality-management systems.
• Professional quality engineering or auditor certification, or training in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement.

Success Measures

• Reduced supplier defect rates and incoming-material rejection rates.
• Timely supplier containment and corrective-action completion.
• Sustained reduction in recurring supplier-quality issues, supported by trend reporting and verified corrective-action effectiveness.
• Timely completion of risk-based supplier qualification, requalification, first-article and certification package reviews, and internal and third-party supplier audit activities.
• Reduced supplier-related scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality.
• Fewer quality-related production interruptions and material shortages.
• Improved supplier process controls, incoming inspection Control Plans, inspection evidence, and traceability, including appropriate reduced-inspection and dock-to-stock approvals for high-performing suppliers.
• Timely closure of supplier audit findings and improvement-plan actions.
• Timely publication of accurate supplier-quality KPIs, scorecards, and recurring-issue reports that drive clear improvement priorities and actions.
• Delivery of supplier quality roadmap milestones, with measurable progress against the current-state performance baseline defined in the roadmap.
• Completion, rollout, and ongoing maintenance of the supplier handbook, with demonstrated supplier understanding and adoption.
• Measurable supplier continuous improvement in quality, delivery, service, cost, and lead time, including effective response to quality escapes.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $112,700.00 - $169,100.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more.

More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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