Supplier Quality Engineer: Drive Defect Elimination & PPAP

Progress Rail Services Corp.; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

401(k) with company match

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Job summary

Progress Rail is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to assess product quality and ensure compliance with engineering and manufacturing specifications. The role involves resolving quality issues, guiding process improvements, and coordinating with suppliers.

The engineer will review PPAPs, utilize Six Sigma, and collaborate with project teams to meet deliverables. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and experience in supplier quality, SPC/DOE, and SAP usage.

Qualifications

• Reviews PPAP submissions and supplier documentation.
• Interacts with production, suppliers, and engineers to investigate quality issues.
• Works with suppliers to resolve supplier-related issues.
• Determines quality of critical parts and supplier approvals.
• Assigns design assembly to a design engineer for review and approval.
• Eliminates defects of casted/forged parts via SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma concepts.
• Works with project teams to define project deliverables.
• Uses SAP to assess inventory impact and necessary adjustments.
• Applies Six Sigma to eliminate defects via SPE/DOE.
• Conducts supplier audits and tracks improvement actions to closure.

Responsibilities

• Reviews PPAP submissions from suppliers for product approval.
• Interacts with production, suppliers, and engineers to investigate quality control issues.
• Work with suppliers to resolve any supplier related issues.
• Determines quality of critical parts and supplier approvals.
• Assigns design assembly to design engineer associated to part/assembly for review and approval.
• Eliminates defects of casted and forged parts through SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma concepts.
• Work with project teams to define project deliverables.
• Using SAP to establish inventory impact and address any adjustments required.
• Using Six Sigma concept to eliminate defects of parts through SPE, DOE.
• Conduct supplier audits, developing improvement plans and tracking items to closure.

Skills

PPAP review

Quality assurance

Root cause analysis

Supplier interaction

SAP

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Progress Rail is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to assess product quality and ensure compliance with engineering and manufacturing specifications. The role involves resolving quality issues, guiding process improvements, and coordinating with suppliers.

The engineer will review PPAPs, utilize Six Sigma, and collaborate with project teams to meet deliverables. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and experience in supplier quality, SPC/DOE, and SAP usage.