Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer

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Job Title : Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Code : 25425

Job Location : Camden, AR

Job Schedule : 4 / 10 : Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description :

The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) at our Camden, AR location. This role is responsible for ensuring that delivered products and / or services conform to contractual and the Company’s requirements. The SQE will work closely with their assigned suppliers on activities such as Early Supplier Engagements, First Article Inspections, Root Cause / Corrective Action, Return to Green activities, and audits. The SQE will also work with the assigned Contract Source Inspector and Site Receiving Inspection to ensure that product releases are timely and meet the expectations of the internal customers.

Essential Functions :

• Work onsite with Receiving Inspection, onsite at regional Suppliers, and with counterparts involved to resolve issues with purchase order product and end item data packages provided. Investigate and report supplier quality history as requested by quality engineering or Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) management.
• Visit suppliers to review product & process issues. Interface with internal and external customers; i.e., engineering, manufacturing, supplier, procurement to ensure requirements are met. Analyze supplier processes and planning to verify compliance with purchase orders, engineering drawings, processes, specifications, etc. Review and approval of supplier FAIs IAW AS9102.
• Be an active contributor in Early Supplier Engagements such as Post Award Reviews (PAR), Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews, and Control Plan activity. Perform as the leading contributor for PAR-Lites.
• Visit suppliers and perform investigation and root cause analysis to drive improvements into their processes.  Be accountable for assigned suppliers' performance and ensure suppliers are performing with a 100% quality rating.
• Create reporting documents to status Supplier's Performance, Non-Conformance History, impact to the Company's CoPQ, Receiving Inspection Turnbacks, and other metrics as assigned.
• Participates in managing the supplier ratings / scorecard system and overseeing periodic meetings.
• Perform periodic source inspections at assigned suppliers.
• Up to 50% local business travel within the state of Arkansas.
• Ability to obtain US security clearance.

Qualifications :

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