The Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer will support the business in the areas of Supplier Project Management for assigned commodities, Supplier Assessments, Supplier Performance Improvement, Technical Data Interpretation/Analysis (engineering drawings, specifications, technical publications, purchase orders, etc.), and Quality System Management.
Responsibilities
Incorporate strategies to drive supplier improvement.
Provide leadership on problem solving teams to drive root cause analysis to reduce supplier non-conformities and improve On Time Delivery (OTD).
Drive Supplier Improvement Projects to establish problem/process root cause and definitive corrective action plans necessary to improve Supplier OTD and reduce Scrap, Rework and Repair costs.
Coordinates/makes modifications to existing procedures, production processes, engineering specifications, and inspection techniques/plans/procedures. Monitors results necessary to validate improvements.
Develops, monitors and analyzes product/process trend data in order to optimize manufacturing performance and minimize product and process variability and associated production costs.
Develops product quality plans and inspection methodologies.
Collect and analyze quality data to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement of products and processes.
Review and approve First Article Inspection reports per AS9102.
Manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests.
Manage day to day nonconformances, drive containment activities.
Interpret Customer Requirements (Source Control Drawings), customer/industry specifications, and quality requirements, Specifications, and Quality requirements.
Conduct Purchase Order review, flow-down requirements to suppliers.
Participate on Material Review Board (MRB) and Configuration Control Board (CCB) processes.
Develop process flow charts/diagrams and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
Work with suppliers to create statistically valid control plans for manufacturing processes.
Use lean and six sigma tools to drive process and product variation reduction.
Conduct and participate in the internal and external quality system, process, and product verification audits.
Support product/process certifications and approvals.
Develops product quality plans and inspection methodologies.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned by Supply Chain Management.
Job Requirements
REQUIREMENTS
5-8 years minimum of progressive experience driving Supply chain Improvements
Bachelor's degree preferred
Aerospace background/experience preferred
Excellent problem solving skills aimed at identifying and correcting the root causes of problems
Demonstrated working knowledge of problem solving tools: 5-Whys, Failure mode and effects analysis, 8-D, Pareto, fault tree analysis, and Ishikawa diagrams.
Experience with raw materials and manufacturing and quality inspection processes (machining, heat treating, anodizing, painting, NDT, etc.). Experience with flight critical components/systems is a plus.
Understanding of contract flow-down preferred.
Working knowledge of major aerospace prime customer (i.e., Boeing, AIRBUS, etc.…) requirements is a plus.
Six sigma tools and methodology; green belt or black belt experience is a plus.
Experience in industrialization processes such as PPAP, PVI (DVI) with FAI per AS9102
Thorough understanding of Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Project, and other application software.