Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer

Company:  PPG Industries
Location: Sylmar
Closing Date: 24/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer

Sylmar, CA

Are you an Engineering professional who is looking to make a meaningful impact within a Fortune 500 Company? Are you someone who is passionate about attention to detail, cost analysis, and working in a collaborative environment where your career can flourish? If so, then look no further than our Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer role with PPG!

As the Aerospace Supplier Quality Engineer , you will play a crucial part in maintaining and enhancing supplier quality standards and ensuring the delivery of top-notch aerospace products.

In this role you will work on-site at our Sylmar, CA facility, collaborate with various teams, and report directly to the Supplier Development & Quality Manager.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage an Approved Supplier List (ASL) through on-site audits and supplier qualification.
  • Perform supplier assessments and production readiness assessments to find and address risks.
  • Mentor suppliers in Continuous Improvement Management principles to optimize the supply chain.
  • Conduct value stream and capacity analyses, proposing process improvements.
  • Lead and participate in continuous improvement projects such as Kaizen events.
  • Lead cost reduction efforts and promote supply base consolidation.
  • Support New Product Introduction by ensuring supplier capacity and capability.
  • Collaborate with Receiving/ Inspection personnel and Quality/ Manufacturing Engineers for the proper disposition of incoming raw material (Material Review Board process).
  • Issue & manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) for supplier nonconformances.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
  • Three (3) or more years of related Quality, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering experience
  • QMS Lead Auditor Certification preferred (ex. AS9100, ISO9001, IATF16949)
  • Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, or Lean Manufacturing experience (SSGB preferred)
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 25% of the time)
  • U.S. Citizen

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Salary Range: $80,000 to $120,000 (depending on experience)

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we are looking for candidates of the highest integrity and professional candor who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits like healthcare, retirement plans, and dental/vision insurance, will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

We offer Health Insurance, Family Leave, Life and Disability Insurance

Les grilles salariales et les avantages sociaux de PPG sont lies au lieu de travail ce qui nous permet de remunerer nos salaries de maniere competitive sur differents marches geographiques. PPG prend en compte plusieurs facteurs dans ses decisions en matiere de remuneration, notamment, mais sans s'y limiter, les competences, l'experience et la formation, les qualifications et les diplomes, les certifications, ainsi que d'autres besoins organisationnels. D'autres elements peuvent etre pris en compte.
Nos programmes d'avantages sociaux sont concus pour favoriser la sante et le bien-etre de nos salaries. Toutes les couvertures d'assurance et prestations seront conformes aux reglementation et code du travail en vigueur.

About us:
Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD
Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit and follow @ PPG on Twitter.
The PPG Way
Every single day at PPG:
We partner with customers to create mutual value.
We are "One PPG" to the world.
We trust our people every day, in every way.
We make it happen.
We run it like we own it.
We do better today than yesterday - everyday.
PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email
PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.
Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.
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