Supplier Quality Engineer II
Summary
Supplier Quality Engineer II ensures manufacturing suppliers meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards for industrial components like gears and castings, using ISO 9001:2015 and risk-based inspection systems.
CLEVELAND GEAR
Supplier Quality Engineer II
Join a well-established manufacturing team focused on quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
Location: Cleveland, OH
Salary Range: $90,000-110,000 annually
Exempt: Yes
Position Title: Supplier Quality Engineer II
Job Family: Quality Assurance
FLSA: Exempt
Reports to: Quality Manager or Supplier Quality Manager
EEO Category: Professional
Supervisory Responsibility: No
Revision Date: 04-2026
Job Summary
The Supplier Quality Engineer II works under quality management and uses established procedures to ensure supplier-provided products, materials, and services meet company, customer, regulatory, and contractual requirements. The role emphasizes ISO 9001:2015 compliance, supplier risk management, and the development and maintenance of risk-based receiving inspection systems, particularly for heavy industrial components such as gears, castings, forgings, machined parts, and heat-treated components.
Essential Functions
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Suppliers, and Customers
- Develop, implement, and maintain supplier quality requirements in accordance with ISO 9001:2015
- Conduct supplier qualification, audits, and periodic surveillance activities
- Establish and maintain risk-based receiving inspection and sampling systems based on supplier performance, product criticality, and supplier process capability/quality history
- Collect and analyze supplier quality data to evaluate performance and risk
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions related to supplier nonconformances (SCARs)
- Initiate supplier containment actions and support disposition of nonconforming material
- Review and approve supplier manufacturing and inspection documentation (control plans, PPAP, FAI, capability studies)
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, customer, and industry requirements
- Support customer, regulatory, and third-party audits involving supplier quality activities
- Support new supplier introduction and supplier development initiatives
- Review and approve quality-related changes affecting suppliers (ECOs, deviations, waivers)
- Any other task assigned by supervisor or management