Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: Slough

Purpose

• Responsible for maintaining, controlling, and ensuring the quality performance of all suppliers through the implementation of supplier reviews, regular recorded conversations, and surveillance activities.
• Ensure that all supplier nonconformities are examined and, if necessary, escalated using the proper processes to promote strong RCCA and improvement programmes.
• Maintain and complete a supplier audit schedule in accordance with AS9100 and customer requirements.
• Drive towards enhanced supplier quality performance by developing measurements for important processes and agreed targets.
• Provide feedback on supplier performance through regular internal KPI evaluations.

Duties

• Provide Quality interpretation of requirements to suppliers and relevant departments.
• Manage and support the supplier quality interface and ensure that all supplier quality issues and non-conformances are managed to an agreed timescale.
• Report regularly on the quality performance of the supply chain.
• Co-ordinate the generation and deployment of Metrics to support business requirements.
• First Article Inspection (FAI) support to any modifications or supplier transfer activities if required.
• Engage with suppliers and plan and discharge a supplier review process, covering all quality aspects. This should drive quality improvements in the supply chain and should also drive implementation of APQP on all programs.
• Conducts capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.
• Performs analysis, tests and process audits to ensure manufacturing and test readiness.
• Provides material review (MRB) dispositions for non-conformances.
• Perform Internal audits to ensure Maintenance of QMS to AS9100

Requirements

• Proven experience in Supplier Quality – working directly with suppliers and supplier management.
• Proven experience performing quantitative or statistical analysis, data collection, preparation and interpretation.
• Proven experience in root cause analysis and corrective action.