Supplier Qual​/APQP Engineer

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** Where is the work:*
* Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

** What's in it for you:*
* Trane Technologies is hiring a Supplier Quality/APQP Engineer supporting the Supply/Aftermarket business unit. This role can be based in one of our campus hub locations:
Davidson, NC;
La Crosse, WI; or Atlanta, GA. This role is responsible for driving improvements in quality performance and supporting activities to continuously improve the department overall. The Supplier Quality/APQP Engineer will work with cross-functional team to investigate and identify root causes and help resolved report quality issues in our HVAC distribution network. The role will report to the Supply Quality Leader.

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* What you will do:

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* + Improve supplier performance by developing process capability and quality systems with suppliers

+ Manage customer quality complaints, driving to root cause and helping with corrective action requests for customer resolution

+ Support new product projects and design change part approvals via the Production Part Approval Process (PPAPs aligned with AIAG standards and APQP methods)

+ Participate in the review and approval of First Articles, review packaging, part measurement, verification, and validation of test results.

+ Review/approve supplier deviations and design/process change requests

+ Coordinate with distribution teams to facilitate containment, problem solving, root cause analysis, or provide technical support

+ Gather and analyze failure data to prioritize activities with teams and build relationships between our supply chain partners

+ Collaborate cross-functionally with sourcing, distribution teams, material planners, engineering and internal customers (retail stores)

+ Serve as project manager for any assigned projects.

+ Travel to Supplier locations for on-site reviews, process audits, PPAP support, and Specific Supplier Development activities as needed.

+ Provide Technical/Product knowledge support to distribution partners.

+ Participate in continuous improvement to further the quality maturity level of the Supply business

** What you will bring:*
* + Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

+ 5+ years experience in quality or quality engineering in a manufacturing or distribution environment that has embraced best practices in terms of Advanced Quality Planning, Supplier Quality or Supplier Development

+ Strong organizational skills and the ability to effectively prioritize and balance multiple projects

+ Skilled in investigation in root cause and the ability to drive corrective and preventive actions for customer complaints and internal issues

+ Knowledge of various quality system methodologies;
Lean, 5 Why's, Pareto Analysis, Six Sigma, DFMEA, PFMEA, PPAP, APQP, etc. is necessary

+ Understands engineering drawings, specifications, tolerance stack up analysis, GD&T, and critical to quality (CTQ) characteristics

+ Hands-on, collaborative, initiative-taking change agent

+ Ability to travel up to 20% as needed

+ Lean Six Sigma, Black Belt, ASQ Certification is a plus

** Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:*
* $84,740.00 - $

** Compensation Type:*
* Salary

** Incentive Eligible:*
* No

** Sales Commission Eligible:*
* No

** Disclaimer** :
We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as…