Americas MBAG Supplier Quality Certified Welding Inspector & SQE

Job Description Summary

This role requires an AWS welding inspector certification (CWI). The role will have approximately a 60% responsibility on welding focus including supplier audits, team training, and training material creation. 40% of the role will be traditional supplier quality engineering (SQE) tasks including the development and monitoring of supplier quality on assigned equipment/products/parts from supplier selection, approval, and qualification phase to final inspections in order to verify product compliance with technical and quality requirements before releasing their shipment to site.

• Own the Americas MBAG team welding oversight plan
• Develop a SQE welding training program for Americas MBAG SQEs
• Train the Americas MBAG SQEs to be proficient at visual welding inspection
• Audit the Americas team suppliers to confirm compliance to welding standards and GEV welding specs.
• Participate in Core Supplier Management teams for purchase orders to MSD&BoP suppliers, together with the Sourcing/Fulfilment and Engineering representatives.
• Work with procurement teams to define/agree/communicate to all stakeholders a roadmap for supplier development activities, identifying the supplier quality tasks to ensure the right supply chain performance to meet business objectives.
• Track and drive progress against roadmap commitments, with regular reports to stakeholders and management.
• Execute activities to drive safety, quality and compliance excellence and support delivery and cost performance, within the supply base for the assigned product scope.
• Support Supplier selection process, in cooperation with Sourcing and Engineering teams, performing technical assessment, and evaluating supplier capacity and capability (manufacturing, design, EHS, …).
• Assess suppliers QMS and manufacturing process compliance through holistic process audits.
• Record action plans and manage supplier approvals in the supplier database.
• Lead and execute first piece qualification programs with suppliers in cooperation with other functions and subject matter experts including but not limited to: during fabrication audits, special processes audit, design reviews, functional tests (if applicable) and final product release.
• Record actions plans and approve qualification requests in the supplier database.
• Attend pre-award meetings with suppliers and Sourcing/Engineering.
• Contribute to the Supplier Performance Rating process (Score Cards).
• Review and update suppliers’ qualification status based on their performance assessment.
• Initiate and manage supplier development actions and Q improvement plans.
• Ensure readiness for kick-off meeting with dedicated checklist.
• Confirm supplier surveillance strategy with GE Vernova Engineering.
• Organize the kick-off meetings with suppliers and relevant GE representatives.
• Support Engineering in execution of Supplier Requirement Reviews (SRR) and Supplier Design Reviews (SuDR).
• Where applicable, review supplier quality documentation (Inspection and Test Plans, special process and NDT procedures, …).
• Set up inspection strategy (standard quality inspection plans and additional inspections, as applicable).
• Schedule quality surveillance and witness inspections at suppliers.
• Perform surveillance and witness inspections.
• Ensure product compliance with contract requirements and applicable regulations.
• Timely review, validate and distribute inspection reports.
• Ensure all deviations are closed.
• Where applicable, review End of Manufacturing Reports (EoMR).
• Authorize shipment once all quality requirements are met.
• Continuously follow up the punch items and nonconformities resulting from the quality surveillance inspections up to their closure.
• Lead RCAs and RCIs with suppliers as per business-defined impact thresholds, support supplier to create the corrective and preventative actions, monitor their implementation and perform the effectiveness check.
• Analyze customer escapes and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) and support vendor recovery process.
• Initiate and execute Supplier Quality Improvement Programs with top offenders, and, preventatively, with other suppliers of critical MLIs.
• Organize holistic…