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Supplier Quality Engineer II

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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

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