Supplier Quality Sourcing Engineer — Aerospace/Composites

Hexcel; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexcel, a global leader in advanced composites, is hiring a Supplier Quality Sourcing Engineer to manage supplier quality activities across the Americas and support supplier development. The preferred location is Salt Lake City, UT, with other Hexcel sites considered.

You will collaborate with Quality, Sourcing, Engineering, and Operations to implement supplier development plans, conduct audits, lead corrective actions, and drive cost and lead-time improvements across the supplier base.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, process engineering, supply chain, or related field.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of process mapping and project management principles.

Responsibilities

• Managing supplier quality activities across Americas sites and the direct materials supply base.
• Leading supplier corrective action processes, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective action verification, and closure.
• Conducting supplier and site investigations related to quality, delivery, capacity, and performance issues.
• Performing supplier audits and managing corrective actions through completion.
• Maintaining supplier risk assessments, mitigation plans, action tracking, and status reporting.
• Supporting supplier performance management through scorecards, business reviews, and trend analysis.
• Driving supplier qualification, development, risk-reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting new supplier onboarding, qualification, and production readiness activities.
• Collaborating with Quality, Sourcing, Engineering, Research & Technology, Operations, and suppliers to implement supplier development plans.
• Supporting sourcing, cost reduction, waste reduction, lead-time improvement, and audit readiness initiatives.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical

Supplier relationship management

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain Management, or related technical discipline

Job description

Hexcel, a global leader in advanced composites, is hiring a Supplier Quality Sourcing Engineer to manage supplier quality activities across the Americas and support supplier development. The preferred location is Salt Lake City, UT, with other Hexcel sites considered.

You will collaborate with Quality, Sourcing, Engineering, and Operations to implement supplier development plans, conduct audits, lead corrective actions, and drive cost and lead-time improvements across the supplier base.