Supplier Quality Engineer

CARR Machine & Tool, Inc.; Kentwood, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 80.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

CARR Machine & Tool, Inc. in Kentwood, MI, seeks a Supplier Quality Engineer to ensure supplier-provided products meet quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. You will partner with process teams to evaluate supplier performance, address nonconformities, drive corrective and preventive actions, and support continuous improvement across the supply base.

Travel 25-50% to Mobile Solutions locations. Base location is Kentwood, MI, with emphasis on QMS, supplier audits, data analysis, and

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in quality, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, or related manufacturing quality role.
• Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office applications.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate supplier processes and capabilities for quality alignment.
• Conduct supplier audits to verify standards and customer requirements.
• Identify defects and coordinate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Develop supplier quality plans and procedures.
• Monitor supplier performance data for trends, risks, and improvements.
• Support QMS compliance and related business processes.

Kenntnisse

Quality tools

QMS experience

Auditing ISO13485/ISO9001/IATF16949

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in quality/Engineering

Tools

GD&T knowledge

Metrology tools

CAPA software

Jobbeschreibung

Summary

The Supplier Quality Engineer ensures that¨NBSP;

supplier-provided products and services meet

quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. This role partners with process teams to evaluate supplier performance, address nonconformities, drive corrective and preventive actions, and support continuous improvement across the supply base. Home base will be Kentwood, MI, but travel is 25-50% to our various Mobile Solutions locations

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes, quality systems, and technical capabilities for alignment with quality requirements.
• Conduct supplier audits and assessments to verify compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and customer requirements.
• Identify supplier defects, nonconformities, and quality risks; coordinate corrective and preventive actions through effective closure.
• Develop, support, and maintain supplier quality plans, standards, and procedures.
• Monitor supplier performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) and related business processes.

Qualifications

The qualifications

below

describe the knowledge, skills, abilities

, education, and experience needed to perform this role successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Quality and Compliance Skills

• Apply quality tools and practices, including print reading, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), metrology, corrective action, preventive action, and CAPA processes.
• Demonstrate experience working within Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Apply auditor training or auditing experience with ISO 13485, ISO 9001, VDA, and IATF 16949 quality management systems.

- Understand International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements and their impact on supplier quality and compliance activities.

Language Skills

• Read, write, and communicate fluently in English.
• Interpret technical publications, business documents, financial reports, and customer requirements.
• Prepare clear reports, business correspondence, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

Analytical and Mathematical Skills

• Analyze quality data, inspection results, calibration records, process capability, defect trends, and related manufacturing metrics.

Work Environment

The

work environment described below

is representative of

the conditions an associate

may encounter while performing

this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is performed primarily in a typical office environment, where the noise level is usually quiet.
• The employee may frequently enter a manufacturing environment, where the noise level is usually loud.
• Manufacturing exposure may include noise, oil mist, and related environmental elements.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in quality, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, or a related manufacturing quality role.
• Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office applications.

Certification and Training Required

• General orientation.
• Safety orientation.
• ASQC certification preferred.