Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer

Location: Bradford, PA

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Industry: Oil and Gas

Compensation: $85,000 to $105,000/Year

Schedule: 40 Hours/Week

• Partner with sourcing, engineering, quality, and production teams to manage supplier quality and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead supplier qualification, onboarding, and performance management to ensure compliance with quality, engineering, and delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen supplier relationships, resolve quality issues, and optimize supply chain performance.

• Identify and qualify new suppliers by arranging initial audits, reviewing the supplier's manufacturing process plans, and ensuring that suppliers will comply with and fulfill engineering and quality requirements for procured material.
• Manage the supplier onboarding process for new suppliers and update documents for existing suppliers as needed.
• Maintain supplier relationships with constant interfacing and managing the bidding process by sending RFQs for all procured parts as needed.
• Develop a strong relationship with production, quality, materials, and engineering to partner in driving key sourcing and business metrics such as cost out and supplier quality.
• Work closely with Materials to ensure the supplier meets deliverable metrics for LT/OTD/MOQ and quality.
• Coordinate, direct, and manage the part qualification process for all purchased parts as well as the supplier quality activities with focus on issue resolution, supplier approval, qualifications, development, process control, and quality assurance consistent with Sourcing quality initiatives to reduce risk in the supply chain by ensuring suppliers are aware of our needs and procedures.
• Create and manage the sourcing project list to manage priority changes.
• Support any major customer issue related to fulfillment issues and coordinate corrective actions with the local materials team.
• Monitor and drive for Cost of Failure/ Quality (COF / COQ) reduction within the business and work with the Sourcing/Commercial teams on costs associated with rejects/defects.
• Monitor suppliers' non-conforming performance/ trends, and identify and drive process improvement, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Provide technical guidance to suppliers towards assuring product/process compliance with engineering drawings, customer requirements and specifications.

• High School Diploma or GED
• 4+ years of experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, or a related engineering environment.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
• Certified Supplier Quality Professional or Certified Quality Engineer
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in Engineering or Supply Chain with a manufacturing background.
• Experience with in metallurgy and manufacturing processes, including casting, welding, forming, and machining
• Knowledge of quality tools and statistical analysis
• Lead Auditor qualified through a recognized accreditation body.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skill set and ability to co-ordinate multiple priorities.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills including Excel, Access and Power Point
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Highly self-motivated, results/metrics driven with demonstrated influencing skills.
• Ability to thoroughly and clearly document and communicate problem statements and solutions supported with proper metrics.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.