Job Description
Supplier Quality Engineer
- The scope of this role covers all aspects of supplier quality management with a focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environmental Impact.
- The role requires extensive planning, priority setting, coordinating of work and competing priorities. The incumbent must be able to balance all these items at any given time.
- Represents Supplier Quality Engineer's team in particular meetings or events.
- The role may involve regular travel to other sites or to suppliers within a region and occasional global travel when required.
To succeed, you will need
Main Responsibilities:
- Contributes to drive supplier quality development, process improvement and continuous quality improvement in line with agreed KPI's and goals using available processes and procedures. Initiates, leads and coordinates following supplier quality improvement actions.
- Analyzes and evaluates supplier quality data - quality performance, implementation and validation of corrective action plans and preventative measures.
- Attends daily SIM 2 board meetings, ensures valid external scrap is signed off and information sent to suppliers.
- Leads and performs regular quality reviews with nominated suppliers, providing results/feedback vs. targets and expectations.
- Obtains supplier agreement and approval of Edwards Supplier Quality Manual from suppliers.
- Ensures that costs for incoming inspection will be charged to supplier in case of repeated non-conforming deliveries.
- Requests, reviews and signs off 8D improvement process with suppliers.
- Focuses on resolving customer complaints using the NEXUS (Failure Reporting and Corrective Actions) system.
- Leads supplier quality audits and EHS/Business Continuity audits in accordance with the agreed upon annual audit plan.
- Raises supplier corrective action plans where required and regularly monitors with supplier.
- Is involved in SESPA audits for selection of new suppliers
- Experience within a manufacturing environment
- Experience within a previous Quality / Supplier quality role
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in using SAP or MRP system
- Experience with Office 365 tools including PPT, Word and Excel
- Validation of specification and quality of incoming goods where necessary, due to highlighted quality issues.
In return, we offer
- Culture of trust and accountability
- Lifelong learning and career growth
- Innovation powered by people
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits
- Health and well-being
Job location
Option:Remote
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at any or our facilites in North America
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Information at a Glance
Edwards is a leader in the vacuum and abatement markets. The brand's products are essential for industries such as semiconductor, power generation, chemical and food processing. Edwards believes in working with customers to set new standards and creating environments where innovation thrives. This trailblazer prides itself on making a difference in areas that are intrinsic to people's everyday lives - from the medical care they receive to the coffee they drink. Wherever there is vacuum, Edwards can also be found, leading the way. Edwards is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.
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Uniting curious minds
Behind every innovative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning, we are uniting curious minds, and you could be one of them.
Employment type:
Job type: On-Site
Posting End Date:
Functional area: Manufacturing
Legal Entity: Edwards Vacuum, LLC
Country/Region:
City / Province: Chandler