Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Overview

Weatherford is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to join the team in Houston, TX. In this crucial role, you will be responsible for supplier qualifications, improvement plans, audits, performance monitoring, and developing key suppliers towards achieving excellence. You will collaborate closely with various departments, including Sourcing, Category Management, Engineering, Product Lines, and Manufacturing, to ensure the successful implementation and continuous improvement of our Supplier Quality program.

Requirements:

• Interpret engineering data, including blueprints, Bills of Material, and specifications, as well as customer requirements.
• Demonstrate experience leading supplier quality audits and first article inspections at supplier locations.
• Evaluate supplier Corrective and Preventative Action Reports (CPARs) are prepared, completed with sufficient depth, and actions are monitored through to effective closure.
• Ensure effectiveness of Corrective and Preventative Action Reports (CPARs) to prevent recurrence of non-conformances.
• Review customer/project specifications and identify quality requirements.
• Develop positive relationships and work closely with Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and shop floor personnel to manage and implement supplier and engineering changes.
• Define inspection test plans and quality plans for manufacturing, sourcing, or customer contracts.

• Ensure a compliant and qualified supply base through supplier evaluations, qualifications, scorecards, improvement action plans, and audits.

• Implement quality inspection and testing requirements.

• Arrange supplier quality inspections using internal resources or third-party inspectors.

This role involves a combination of local office and field work (day trips) at supplier locations. In addition, you would be expected to do frequent travel (25-50%) within the US/Canada and potential international travel. The work atmosphere includes both indoor and outdoor settings, with exposure to shop floors and supplier sites.

Experience Required:

• 3+ years of Supplier Quality experience is essential.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality or Engineering (with Quality focus) in an industrial-related business.
• 5+ years of knowledge in ISO 9001 and API standards.
• Demonstrated experience with third parties, supplier qualifications, and audits.

Qualifications/Certifications Required:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and API standards.
• Root Cause Analysis Incident Investigation Training, Failure Mode, Effects and Critical Analysis (FMEAC) / TapRoot experience is preferred.

Skills Required:

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical notes, procedures, and specifications.
• Knowledge of various special processes including welding, coding, heat treatment and materials.
• Working knowledge of recognized standards and codes such as API, ISO, NACE, ASME, AWS, ASTM etc.
• Knowledge of NDT (non-destructive testing) methods such as PAUT, ToFD, UT methods, MT, LPT, RT, ECT.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, judgment, leadership, root-cause analysis, and team collaboration skills.
• Internal auditing experience.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to coordinate with customers and third-party inspectors.
• Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills with suppliers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with critical thinking skills.

About Us:

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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