Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Engineer
Location: near South Bound Brook, NJ
Salary: $95,000-$123,000
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life, Disability, 401k, PTO, Holidays
Job Type: Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP
Typical hours: M-F, 8 AM - 5 PM
Sponsorship is not available
Relocation assistance is available (via sign-on bonus)
Supplier Quality Engineer (supplier quality & manufacturing exp. req.) Description
Our client is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their innovative team near South Bound Brook, NJ. This is an onsite position. Reporting to the Director of Quality, you'll be responsible for overseeing each aspect of supplier management. From vetting new suppliers to non-conformances and from audits to quality agreements, you'll play a key role in ensuring the highest standards are adhered to. Regardless of the final products you've supported, they're more interested in a communicative, thorough, and process-driven quality professional who wants to work in a more autonomous, innovative environment. Someone who is receptive to learning new processes and takes the initiative to expand their skillset allowing them to work more independently. You have the resources from a tenured quality engineering team that wants to invest in the next generation of quality professionals. This is a meaningful opportunity to grow your career with a stable company that is at the forefront of manufacturing tools used across the world in operating rooms. This is a rare opportunity to be part of creating a solution that literally helps save a person's life.
Supplier Quality Engineer (supplier quality & manufacturing exp. req.) Responsibilities
• Oversee supplier performance and communicate concerns
• Complete risk assessment and act as a lead auditor
• Support suppliers with analysis including FMEA
• Review and communicate change notifications
• Assist with the dispositioning of nonconforming materials
• Evaluate defect trends and initiate corrective actions
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure precise components specifications
• Assist with APQP in design and process evaluations
• Initiate opportunities to leverage lean manufacturing and six-sigma principles
• Review quality performance and corrective actions with customers and suppliers
• Determine supplier capabilities for new components and processes
Supplier Quality Engineer (supplier quality & manufacturing exp. req.) Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree required
• 3+ years of quality engineering experience required
• Minimum 1 year of managing suppliers required
• Background in a manufacturing environment required
• Able to work onsite daily required