Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Description Supplier Quality Engineer Easton, PA Full-Time onsite (expectation is to be onsite when not traveling | Supplier Quality

Reports to:

Supplier Quality Manager Travel: 50%, sometimes with short notice

Victaulic, headquartered in Easton, Pennsylvania, is the global leader in mechanical pipe joining solutions, delivering advanced technologies and engineering services to address complex piping challenges faced by engineers, site owners and contractors. Since 1919, our innovative solutions have improved construction productivity and reduced risks, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget. With over 6,000 employees spanning 50+ locations worldwide, our teams are dedicated to delivering advanced technologies and engineering expertise that address real-world challenges across a wide range of industries.

Our sustainable solutions, made from high quality, graded scrap steel, promote circular construction by making piping systems infinitely reconfigured and minimizing environmental impact. Today, our high-quality products are used in more than 140 countries, supporting some of the world’s most critical and prestigious structures.

An Industry Leader With a Heart as Big as Its Ambition and Innovation At Victaulic, we’re committed to constructing a better world for and with our people. Let’s Build a Better World Together. Our commitment to our people is built on four pillars:
We build from within. We stand behind our people. We foster an environment for constant learning. We engineer change for a more stable and sustainable world.

We’re looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join our Supplier Quality team in Easton, PA. In this role, you’ll be responsible for all supplier quality activities — from supplier development, qualification, and management to on-site audits, product inspection, control plan development, and production process evaluation and improvement. You’ll work with both new and existing suppliers alongside Sourcing and other functional groups.

This is an opportunity to have a direct hand in the quality of components that go into products used in more than 140 countries.

• Drive the Supplier Qualification Process for all existing and prospective Victaulic suppliers in-country, in accordance with corporate procedures, working with Sourcing and other functional groups on the introduction of new suppliers, products, and production processes.
• Support all elements of the supplier quality management system, including first piece approvals, periodic production part inspections, product/process validations and improvement, control plan development and adherence, non-conforming material containment, root cause analysis, and CAPA.
• Assist suppliers in understanding and implementing Victaulic product specifications.
• Assist in supplier corrective actions related to internal or external failures reported through the SCAR and PCAR systems, leading team meetings on issues affecting product availability to ensure actions and status are communicated effectively.
• Support supplier development in conjunction with the Global Quality Assurance Engineering group, identifying opportunities based on risk and benefit — including improved inspection initiatives, leveraging technology, mistake proofing, capacity improvement, or quality management opportunities.
• Perform special projects as assigned by the Supplier Quality Supervisor.
• Perform trend analysis and establish ongoing supplier quality metrics.
• Initiate periodic communication with internal customers to ensure quality objectives are clearly identified and acted upon.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline required.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Supplier Quality Engineering role, with demonstrated success in supplier qualification, management, correction, and development.
• Experience managing supplier quality in the production of cast and machined components.
• Basic knowledge of facility audits in accordance with standard QMS guidelines.
• Strong knowledge of fundamental Quality Engineering principles and techniques, including statistical…