Supplier Quality Engineer

Kaman Aerospace Corporation; Westfield (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer for their facility in Middletown, CT. This fully onsite role demands a BS degree in engineering and over 5 years of experience in Supplier Quality and Aerospace. Key responsibilities include maintaining supplier performance ratings, implementing approval systems, and conducting audits. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills and critical thinking. This position offers a significant opportunity to influence supplier quality management in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering.
• Thorough understanding of ISO 9000 regulations certification process.
• 5+ years' work experience in Supplier Quality and Aerospace.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the supplier rating system for products procured.
• Implement and maintain a supplier approval system.
• Evaluate lean initiatives at supplier facilities.
• Manage the supplier corrective action system.
• Conduct capability assessments of suppliers.
• Prepare and maintain reports on supplier performance.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Good communications skills

Critical thinking

Methodical

Organized

Education

BS degree in related engineering field

Job description

At Precision Products, we are always looking for a better way. Whether we are helping keep our troops safe or pioneering safer ways to fly the globe, we approach every challenge with an innovation mindset. We consider our people to be the key to our success and are looking for candidates who share our core values of Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Creativity and Honor (REACH).

We are currently seeking a talented Supplier Quality Engineer at our Middletown, CT facility. This role is fully onsite.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the supplier rating system, which will define the total cost of ownership of products procured from suppliers.
• Implement and maintain a supplier approval system that will, in a cost‑effective manner, qualify suppliers to do business with the company and meet varied purchase order requirements.
• Evaluates lean initiatives at supplier facilities and assists in implementing lean as necessary.
• Assures the means for procurement to issue purchase orders to qualified/approved suppliers and all requirements are included in the purchase orders.
• Manage the supplier corrective action system to identify and correct supplier problems in a timely manner.
• Coordinate Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews and manage Supplier Request for Variance (when applicable).
• Conduct capability assessments that verify supplier qualifications, travel to assigned suppliers, and lead multiple projects to completion.
• Act as primary interface between the company and suppliers in resolving technical problems and performing source control inspections.
• Coordinate with functional departments and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely manner.
• Aid in determining the responsibility of discrepant hardware already received into the company and issued to the shop or shipped to customers.
• Establish and maintain effective communications with other operating departments and suppliers to facilitate problem identification/resolution and compliance with various specification requirements for supplier control.
• Prepare and maintain reports such as supplier performance, survey results, specification compliance, corrective actions, etc.
• Your responsibilities will include conducting audit, analyzing defect trends.
• Monitoring supplier performance and response times to ensure production continuity.
• Managing supplier corrective action reports.
• Developing and implementing supplier quality‑related training programs for the quality and sourcing teams.
• Interface with cell managers to assure all applicable inspections/tests are performed and to assure that only acceptable hardware is received into the company.
• Collect and analyze supplier quality and delivery data.
• Develop and implement cost effective intervention plans to improve quality and on-time‑delivery ratings.
• Maintain a list of approved suppliers.
• Monitor suppliers for continuous improvements.
• Ability to travel for supplier visits.

Requirements

• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as electrical, mechanical, industrial engineering.
• BS degree in related engineering field.
• Thorough understanding of ISO 9000 regulations certification process.
• Fully Onsite.
• 5+ years' work experience in Supplier Quality and Aerospace.
• Detail‑oriented, good communications skills, critical thinking, methodical, and organized.

Kaman is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other protected characteristics protected by law. Kaman and all its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all.

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