Position Summary:

Engineer responsible for the management of incoming supplier materials, equipment, and services. Implement and maintain a supplier quality scoring system that drives improvement to determined levels as well as monitors on-going performance. Works with procurement team to evaluate new and strategic suppliers with on-site audits. Follows up supplier issues with appropriate enforcement of corrective actions. Translates customer and internal requirements to suppliers.

Position Responsibilities:

• Work with Procurement and Quality Leadership to develop a Supplier Quality Management program.
• Develop scoring methods and systems to evaluate and monitor supplier performance.
• Monitor and respond to supplier performance issues - notification of trends, discrete issues, and initiation to closure of Corrective Action Reports.
• Utilize internal systems to capture and track supplier related issues. Work together with system teams to develop changes to improve the abilities to capture and track supplier related issues.
• Collaborate internally to develop audit forms, schedules, and reports.
• Visit suppliers to conduct audits of facilities and operations.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering field
• 2-4 years' experience working in fields related to supplier quality.
• Experience in conducting audits related to manufacturing, fabrication, or construction fields.
• Problem solving process skills (8D, DMAIC, 5-Why's, Fishbone/Ishikawa)

Desired Qualifications/Skills:

• Experience reviewing specifications, submittals, and drawings.
• Experience with developing KPI's and tracking actions related to targets.
• Customer / Supplier negotiation experience
• Strong Oral, Written and Presentation Skills.
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
• Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint Skills is a plus.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 40% of the time.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 2-4 years
• Master's degree in engineering with 0-2 years

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.