Overview

SQA Engineer / Supplier Quality Engineer or Supplier Development Engineer. Some Hybrid Available - Min 3 days pw in Stafford. Location: Leicester - full time onsite in close to Leicester when not meeting Suppliers. Duration: initially 12 months, likely to extend & become ongoing. Pay rate is £34.00 FCSA Umbrella (inside IR35) or £25.00 per hour PAYE.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Quality Engineer will be working with a global automotive manufacturing company based in Stafford.
• The SQE will be responsible for supporting NPI Projects and working closely with suppliers to ensure quality using APQP & PPAP.
• Proactive work with suppliers up to APQP & PPAP submission point. Use quality product planning tools, check suppliers at each gateway.
• Work onsite with suppliers confirming live data of quality of products and that they have the correct number of parts.
• PPAP: Confirming the systems are in the PPAP and cross referencing the PPAP. Confirming the output of the process and checking over the measurement criteria.
• Collaborating with suppliers and internally on new part introduction including APQP conformance.
• Ensures the development, analysis, and documentation of cost information supporting new product development, design and cost improvement, maintenance, make versus buy, and other special projects.
• Obtaining quotations and implementing engineering changes on existing part numbers.
• Working closely with the Purchasing and other Engineers in terms of managing supplier activity.
• Mediates trade off discussions early in the design process to balance performance, quality, velocity, and cost with focus on optimizing value.
• Leads cross functional teams to meet multiple cost opportunity objectives.
• Assessing suppliers for QCLDM and driving implementation of Lean & APQP processes.
• The SQE will need experience of dealing with suppliers, PPAP and APQP processes with a manufacturing background in Castings, Precision Machining, Fabrication, Fasteners & Fixings.
• Plus experience in the development of Supplier metrics and problem resolution between supplier and plants, suppliers and engineering personnel, and between facilities.
• And experience in using Supplier Issue Investigation tools such as Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, 5 WHYS, FISHBONE/6M, ECA/ICA/PCA (STOP/FIX).