Supplier Development Quality Engineer

Position Title : Supplier Development Quality Engineer

Work Location : Scarborough, ME 04074

Assignment Duration : 6 Months

Work Schedule : M-F 8am-5pm EST

Position Summary :

Maintain the Supplier Quality Function, working closely with and supporting Purchasing and the New Product Development and Engineering team(s). Respond in a timely and professional manner to internal and external suppler requests that pertain to quality.

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage supplier changes through the change management system.
• Review Supplier Validation Protocols to ensure they meet regulatory and customer requirements.
• Work closely with the engineering team to schedule and drive and review purchased product first article inspections, capability studies, gage R&Rs, etc.
• Investigate and drive to completion root cause analysis of product quality issues and defects for new and sustaining purchased products and implement solutions to resolve issues; assist other personnel, as required, with the Corrective Action process specific to purchased components and / or services.
• Manage the Supplier corrective action process, drive improvement to the ASL.
• Utilize supplier Scorecards / metrics and analytical tools to quantify performance levels of individual suppliers and work with those suppliers to develop improvement plans to achieve quality performance goals.
• Establish and execute priorities to achieve expectations.
• Identify and implement continual improvement opportunities to streamline quality systems and processes.
• Perform external audits, as required, based on the published audit schedule and / or as needed if suppliers are struggling to achieve established quality metrics.
• Other duties as required.

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