Supplier Quality Engineer
ANDRITZ
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Canton • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Provides quality hands on support and expertise with emphasis on activities related to supplier quality and modernizations for our service department.
- Performs internal and external (supplier) visits and audits to ensure adherence to quality standards and specifications for the service, project management, and purchasing groups.
- Develops supplier’s capabilities to insure SIC standards and requirements can be met.
- Responsible as the key liaison between operations, suppliers, and the customer, ensuring that overall specifications, quality/regulatory requirements, and expectations are met for all purchased products.
- Visiting vendor facilities and observing the manufacturing environment to review and assess in process material to determine if timing targets can be met.
- Provide feedback to engineering on drawings that are incorrect, incomplete or need clarification.
- Works with service personnel and suppliers to proactively identify, and if necessary, resolve critical issues.
- Develops and implements methods and procedures for identifying non-conforming parts, materials and products, and determines disposition options.
- Responsible for entering non-conformities into SAP when issues are found.
- Performing regular quality control audits to ensure vendors are capable of meeting Schuler quality requirements.
- Develop supplier metrics to identify problem suppliers and develop improvement plans to improve performance.
- Creates productive relationships with suppliers, vendors and customers through proactive communication, active responses, personal visits.
- Willingness to learn about capital equipment, i.e., presses and related machinery.
- Performs other quality control functions as necessary or as requested.
Requirements
- Strong background in machined and fabricated products
- Associate’s degree in related field and/or Five (5) years of related experience.
- Must be a road warrior willing to travel extensively to our supply base.
- Ability to read and understand product specifications, blueprints and engineering standards.
- Able to use inspection gages such as micrometers, calipers and indicators.
- Able to analyze data and present and create reports.
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
- SAP knowledge is helpful.
- Highly organized and time conscious.
- Possess strong analytical aptitude.
- Self-motivated and results oriented.
- Proficient computer skills with the ability to learn new software.
- Customer focused.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to multi-task and to work in dynamic business environment; Adaptable to change.
- Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.
- Fluent in English with advanced reading and writing skills.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality controlsupplier qualitydata analysisinspection gagesblueprint readingreport creationnon-conforming parts identificationmanufacturing environment assessmentSIC standardscapital equipment knowledge
Soft Skills
strong analytical aptitudeself-motivatedresults orientedcustomer focusedstrong time managementorganizational skillsadaptabilityexcellent communication skillsproactive communicationrelationship building
Certifications
Associate’s degree in related field