Supplier Quality Engineer - $80-100K

Responsible for managing the current incoming material to ensure to conforms to Shawmut’s required specifications.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine supplier quality system audits to ensure compliance with established standards and requirements.
• Evaluate and tour prospective supplier facilities to support supplier qualification and onboarding.
• Support new program launches by monitoring and addressing supplier material performance.
• Provide ongoing support to production operations by resolving supplier-related quality issues.
• Facilitate the approval and documentation of boundary samples for materials not currently defined by specifications.
• Coordinate internal laboratory testing as required.
• Issue Supplier Quality Notifications (SQNs) and distribute defect samples to suppliers for analysis and corrective action.
• Coordinate and host supplier on-site visits to address and disposition non-conforming material.
• Partner with Accounting to secure credits for supplier-dispositioned material.
• Lead negotiations related to supplier-attributed non-conforming material and associated costs.
• Oversee and manage the disposition process for all supplier-rejected materials.
• Generate sales orders and coordinate logistics for the return of non-conforming materials to suppliers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Purchasing, Engineering, and Manufacturing to resolve deviations from specifications and quality standards.
• Manage and fulfill data and documentation requests between the organization and supplier partners.
• Lead supplier change request initiatives to ensure controlled and effective implementation.
• Review-redact as necessary and manage supplier Certificates of Analysis (COAs) for customer distribution.
• Issue, track, and verify supplier corrective actions through full closure and effectiveness validation.
• Communicate supplier quality issues to Supplier Quality Technician for scorecard tracking and reporting.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Supplier Quality Manager.