SUPPLIER QUALITY ENGINEER in Janesville, Wisconsin at Rely Innovations

JOB TITLE: Supplier Quality Engineer

DEPARTMENT: Quality

REPORTS TO: Supplier Quality Manager

POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for being the POC for supplier quality issues. Verifies issues at receiving inspection and communicates with product team and suppliers to find resolution. Coordinate with buyers for supplier corrective actions and tracks responses.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Work with receiving inspection to verify non-conformances and document issues being found with incoming material.

2. Be the point of contact between AMTEC and suppliers for any quality issues, and complete authorization to ship (ATS) documentation.

3. Issue and track supplier corrective actions (SCAR’s).

4. Visit suppliers to perform supplier audits and address ongoing issues including product validation onsite.

5. Build timelines to resolve supplier issues and verify effectiveness of corrective actions.

6. Assist quality engineers and suppliers with Acceptance Inspection Equipment (AID) listings.

7. Assist with supplier FAAT both onsite at AMTEC and at supplier facilities.

8. Perform audits of supplier QMS and manufacturing processes.

9. Support the Purchasing department with qualifying new suppliers.

10. Review supplier quality requirements to ensure all contractual requirements are properly flowed to suppliers.

11. Regular attendance is required.

12. Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.

13. Perform all other duties as assigned.

14. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

15. Must be able to obtain BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives) Employee Possessor Approval.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

POSITION TYPE:

This is a Salaried Exempt full-time position.

TRAVEL

Travel (normally 25 - 50% of work time).

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and/or 4 years Quality Assurance/Inspection experience in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of GD&T a plus.
• Knowledge of quality systems and problem-solving skills (ISO 9001, Lean Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, and Failure Analysis).
• Able to travel to supplier locations and potentially stay for several days at a time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.