Supplier Quality Engineer

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The Supplier Quality Engineer manages the supplier quality program ensuring that suppliers deliver quality parts, materials, and services. The SQE implements and maintains a comprehensive supplier management system to ensure that incoming materials comply with specifications. The SQE collaborates with suppliers to resolve quality issues and validate/verify supplier changes.

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This is an on‑site position (not remote). Refer to Work Shift section below for details.

• Is responsible for incoming raw material inspections, raw material release and maintenance of buy specifications and process documentation.
• Works closely with Production, Material Control, and other departments to ensure all supplier quality and supplier management activities are being met.
• Acts as a resource to work groups and project teams, within the plant and outside the plant relative to quality and regulatory issues.
• Maintains familiarity with manufacturing processes and products to evaluate the cause and effect of incoming material defects.
• Coordinate the disposition of rejected materials with material control and suppliers.
• Maintain supplier relationships and initiate actions to provide required supplier quality performance.
• Conduct supplier audits and coordinates other assessments/surveys.
• May be engaged in evaluating, selecting, validating, and qualifying equipment, tools, technologies, etc. to assure accurate inspection.
• Work will include providing management of suppliers internal to BD as well as external suppliers.
• Supports and/or leads projects using continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
• Maintains and communicates supplier quality metrics.
• Works with engineering teams to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements.
• Maintains accuracy and completeness of all Supplier Files and the Approved Supplier List (ASL).
• Communicates specification changes to suppliers and coordinates Supplier Change Requests.
• Works with Canaan suppliers (Internal and External) to implement Supplier Quality Agreements.

• Supports a variety of audits including FDA, NSAI, MDSAP, customer audits and corporate internal audits.
• Aligns with, and responsible for enforcing, all local, state, federal and BD safety laws, policies/procedures.
• Aligns with all local BD quality policies/procedures/practices through consistent application of sound Quality Assurance principles. Ensures compliance through appropriate communication, training, and education of sound Quality Assurance principles. Responsible for the activities and programs as defined for this position in the Quality Systems Manual - BD Canaan.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.
• Observes and reinforces all safety, environmental and quality system standards.
• Controls activities within their scope of control, such that departmental budgets are met. Contribute information as required to establish departmental budgets.
• Be familiar with plant and divisional goals and develop standards of performance that will contribute to the accomplishments of those goals.

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