As the Supplier Quality Engineer, you will play a crucial role within the Supply Chain team, taking responsibility for the auditing and control of Walker Filtration’s Supplier quality.
Working closely with the purchasing and quality team, your focus will be to set clear quality expectations and monitor supplier performance, developing the solutions that are a key part of most industries.
You will be responsible for evaluating, managing, and optimizing supplier process quality, maintaining the highest quality standards within our supply chain. As SQA Engineer, you will collaborate closely with various internal departments while building strong, lasting external partnerships with suppliers.
Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain, you will drive a proactive quality culture, upholding Walker Filtration’s core values of innovation, interaction, and personal commitment.
With Quality being at the forefront of supplier selection, you will adopt a continuous improvement attitude, ensuring that we receive quality products and services to agreed specifications at all times. Through regular audits and follow-up actions, you will optimize supplier processes with key emphasis on attention to detail and getting it right the first time. Your mission is to champion a proactive quality culture, ensuring that we remain the partner of choice in delivering quality expertise and world-class solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and implement a supplier quality management system to meet the needs of the organization.
* Prepare and implement an audit schedule across the current supply base, ensuring detailed and informative visit and audit reports are completed.
* Full ownership of the SNCR process, including working to and enforcing adherence by all stakeholders involved, concluding on issue resolutions with appropriate root cause fixes, improving the process where necessary and regularly reporting KPIs.
* Maintain up-to-date tooling register and maintenance logs to ensure quality standards are sustained.
* Complete tooling and sample approvals from a quality perspective of both new and current tools in-line with tooling maintenance logs.
* Support the production department leading root cause analysis.
* Provide training to process manufacturing engineers in casting and forging techniques.
* Support NPI and Product Changes; assisting supplier selection for process capabilities, assessing PAPP (ISIRs & PSWs) submissions, and drawing control.
Development of a Supplier Quality Culture:
* Benchmarking activities to be completed with existing suppliers and potential new suppliers.
* Develop and foster effective working relationships with suppliers, adopting an open and honest approach based on factual evidence.
* Raise the profile of quality standards and effective monitoring techniques through education and enforcement amongst internal and external stakeholders.
* Collaborate with suppliers to resolve any product quality issues.
Analysis and Reporting:
* Maintain up-to-date records of supplier accreditations.
* Work to Engineering Change process ensuring all related documentation and actions are completed.
Role Requirements:
Attributes:
* 5 years of experience in an industrial manufacturing role & 3-5 years experience in supplier auditing.
* Experience of working to ISO quality standards.
* Proven ability of managing projects to required standards.
* A solid technical background.
* Experienced in reading, understanding, and interpreting technical drawings.
* Experienced in a range of manufacturing processes including casting, injection moulding, and machining.
Education and Training:
* Degree educated in an Engineering field or equivalent experience; additional training in Quality Management is a plus.
* Fully conversant with TQM, FMEA, SPC.
* Problem-solving techniques A3, 8D, 4D, 3C.
* Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques (DMAIC process).
* Proficiency in MS Office and applied statistics (SPC CPK analysis).
Skills, Abilities, and Specialist Knowledge:
* Effective team player with excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Ability to work on own initiative with a pro-active strategic approach to challenges.
* Highly motivated and resilient; committed to seeing tasks through to completion.
* Ability to influence individuals and teams to achieve desired goals and objectives.
* Commercial awareness and clear business acumen.
* Proven experience in developing supplier relationships with a professional approach to conflict resolution.
* Systems focused and customer and market oriented.
* Ability to plan work efficiently and effectively.
* Full UK driving license.
* Willingness to travel abroad for short periods of time.
Any Additional Factors:
This job description sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the job-holder. It does not constitute an exhaustive or comprehensive description of duties and the job holder will be required to carry out any additional tasks as and when requested to do so by their manager. Responsibilities and duties may also change in light of future business needs and personal development.
You Will Benefit From:
* Attractive and competitive salary.
* Company Pension.
* Death in Service.
* Employee Assistance Programme including trained Mental Health first Aiders and on-demand GP service.
* Eye test Vouchers and annual flu vaccination.
* Onsite gym for £4 per month including a weekly HIIT class.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Enhanced support for Maternity and Paternity leave.
* Christmas Savings Club.
* Opportunity for professional growth and development.
* Vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive.
Walker Filtration employs over 300 employees across the globe, serving over 100 countries from our Headquarters in the North East of England, along with competence centres in Australia, the United States, and Japan. As a company, we are committed to sustainable engineering, manufacturing, and developing long-term careers. We recruit talented, ambitious, and driven individuals to be part of Walker Filtration’s growth plans. We firmly believe that people are our greatest asset, and our employees are given the opportunity to progress their own careers and help drive the business forward.
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