Supplier Quality Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop robust Control Plans for Production Quality Control. Update with lessons learned through continuous improvement activity
• Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality standards for processing materials, purchased materials, manufactured materials, and finished goods.
• Devices and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Responsible for calibration of measuring and test equipment in all areas and maintaining such records.
• Review NCMRs to assure accuracy, verify reject reasons, and update the NCMR database.
• Assist in developing and implementing the supplier Quality Assurance program, which includes data input, assessment capability, chart and form establishment, data maintenance, and new system development.
• Assist in auditing products and production processes to support documented business quality goals and objectives.
• FAIs- Conduct inspections according to prints and update the FAI database.
• Incoming inspection/outgoing dock audits, maintain inspection sheets.
• Analyze Supplier returns and coordinate disposition and feedback to management
• Performs complex quality audits and sets quality standards for outsourced products and materials.
• Develops and guides methods for testing, sampling, and training.
• Reports on complex quality analyses and defective products and recommends necessary quality procedure changes
• Ensures compliance throughout all quality testing and validation phases
• Facilitates supplier quality audits and regulatory inspections and helps lead laboratory studies, research, testing, and operational activities
• Works closely with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers to ensure that the final product meets the organization's quality standards
• Provides technical leadership and assists in training less experienced engineers/inspectors.
• Ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products
• Responsible for the mitigation of customer complaints and is the point of contact with the supplier
• Reviews control of nonconformance material disposition and inspection of reworked product
• Accurately outlook costs through tracking and reporting
• Measure prototype, pre-production, and serial parts during product launch
• Responsible for all serial PPAP documentation at suppliers
• Facilitate and lead problem-solving activity through the 8D Process, DMAIC Principles, and 5-Why Problem Solving
• Interpret SPC to make sound judgments on part quality. A clear understanding of Cpk, Ppk data
• Assist manufacturing engineers with RPN reduction - creating and enhancing our PFMEAs and Control Plans based on lessons learned

Follow and instill good Safety Practices by ITW objectives

Requirements

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience required
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience in the role of Quality Engineer
• 2+ years of manufacturing supervisory experience
• TS / IATF 16949 experience
• Manufacturing automotive experience
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal
• Computer Skills – MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Root cause analysis techniques
• Able to read prints. GD&T experience a must
• Must be able to work in a team or individual environment
• Self-motivated individual
• Must have the ability to pay attention to detail
• Must be able to travel 25%
• Must be able to work a flexible shift, including overtime and weekends. Hybrid onsite schedule approved.