About the Role
<p><b>Role Definition:</b><br />
Assesses supplier quality and qualifies production parts in compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards.</p>
<p><b>Responsibilities:</b><br />
• Ensure quality of received components by reviewing supplier provided data against drawing requirements.<br />
• Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates.<br />
• Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with organizational policies and quality certifications (ISO, NADCAP).<br />
• Supporting suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans.</p>
<p><b>Skill Descriptors:</b></p>
<p>• <u> Effective Communications</u>: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.</p>
<p>• <u>Problem Solving</u>: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.</p>
<p>• <u>Process Improvement</u>: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintains focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.</p>
<p>• <u>Quality Orientation</u>: Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques; ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.</p>
<p>• <u> Product Quality Assurance</u>: Knowledge of product quality assurance; ability to use tools, techniques and methodologies assuring the quality of development for and manufacturing of products.</p>
<p>• <u>Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies</u>: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.</p>
<p>• <u>Supplier Management - MFG</u>: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.</p>
<p>• S<u>upplier Evaluations and Certification</u>: Knowledge of supplier evaluations and certification; ability to identify the methods, tools and documentation for evaluating, selecting and certifying vendors, suppliers and partners.</p>
<p><b>Desired Qualifications:</b></p>
<p>Experience in any of the following: CNC Programming, Machining, Investment Casting or Quality Engineering</p>
<p>Experience in production parts qualification</p>
<p>Familiarity with specification from the following: SAE, ASTM, MIL</p>
<p>Experience in a manufacturing environment</p>
<br />
Security Clearance Required: No<br />
Visa Candidate Considered: No<br />
<strong>Compensation:</strong><br />
Base Salary - USD $112,704 to $169,056