Supplier Quality Engineer

How would you like to work as a Supplier Quality Engineer for a leading Manufacturer of highly advanced capital equipment solutions used within highly demanding industry? My client possesses a strong order book with a multitude of highly prestigious customers and is in a period of exciting growth.

• Work with Purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and that appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented
• Maintain and update critical supplier audit system and schedule
• Conduct supplier audits to drive process standardisation, waste elimination, and continuous improvement
• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI’s, including Supplier OTD (Past due), DPPM and waste
• Establish specific short / long term supplier quality goals
• Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence of non-conformances
• Work to resolve supplier technical issues in a timely manner to ensure continuity of supply
• Develop long-term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas
• Aide Manufacturing in the evaluation and qualification of new supplier materials/services following a defined new product development process or engineering change process
• Strategically lead supplier performance improvement projects in an effort to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting Rapiscan requirements. Projects may include: process analysis, value stream mapping, process capability and throughput analysis, 6-Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events
• Drive “Zero Defect” mentality within the supply base
• Communicate engineering and manufacturing specifications to supplier technical teams
• Actively manage suppliers to ensure there are no regressions with the implementation of new processes
• Travel to supplier locations to resolve quality problems
• Work to help achieve the performance goals established in the environmental measurement areas.
• Offer suggestions that can lead to improved environmental performance whenever possible

• Solid experience as a Supplier Quality Engineer or Quality Engineer in an Engineering Environment (preferably automotive or aerospace)
• Experience with ISO 9001, AS9100 and ISO
  14001 standards
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of various quality system methodologies 8D, Lean, 5 Why’s, Pareto Analysis, Six Sigma, 8-D, DFMEA,
• Trained External Auditor to ISO
  9000 and ISO
  14001
• Lead Auditor training is preferred

THIS IS A FANTASTIC ROLE WITH AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYER OFFERING SUPERB CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. Please contact Nick Shepherd on for more information on this vacancy and to discuss your suitability to this and other opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you soon.