Supplier Quality Engineer: Build Strong, Trusted Suppliers

Sherman-and-Reilly-Inc; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Sherman + Reilly, Inc. in Chattanooga, TN is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to manage quality across purchased and built parts.

You will administer the QPL program, lead root cause analysis with suppliers, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Production to ensure quality from design through delivery. You will be close to the product, building process documentation with suppliers, and guiding corrective actions for nonconformances, while ensuring parts meet criticality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing or related technical field, or equivalent supplier quality experience.
• Three or more years of supplier quality, manufacturing quality or quality engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Hands-on CMM experience, programming or operating, and the ability to interpret CMM output including datum alignment, form and profile results, and measurement uncertainty.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications and GD&T, and to hold technical discussions with design engineers and supplier personnel.
• Structured problem solving and root cause analysis capability such as 8D and 5-Why, plus working knowledge of supplier quality evidence types.

Responsibilities

• Verify that supplier documentation meets QPL program requirements before or at part acceptance and pursue missing or inadequate submissions before they affect production.
• Be the person suppliers come to with questions about quality requirements and documentation.
• Manage quality issues from discovery through closure, including containment, sort, disposition, and return or rework decisions.
• Lead root cause analysis with suppliers and drive corrective action to verified effectiveness.
• Work with suppliers who do not have formal process documentation to build it, and confirm requirements carry through to their sub-tier suppliers.
• Support inspection plan content and acceptance criteria so inspection lands where part criticality and supplier performance justify it.
• Work with Operations on internal inspection practice, nonconformance disposition and root cause analysis on defects originating in-house.

Skills

CMM experience

GD&T interpretation

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/related tech field

Tools

SAP ByDesign

Job description

Sherman + Reilly, Inc. in Chattanooga, TN is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to manage quality across purchased and built parts.

You will administer the QPL program, lead root cause analysis with suppliers, and collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Production to ensure quality from design through delivery. You will be close to the product, building process documentation with suppliers, and guiding corrective actions for nonconformances, while ensuring parts meet criticality and