Supplier Quality Engineer
# Positions: 1
Location: US-NY-Olean
State/Province : NY
City/Town: Olean
Category: Process Innovation
Position Level: Individual Contributor
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Position Overview/Summary:
The Supplier Quality Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for investigating, analyzing and correcting problems in quality, production and control at a supplier location. The role will also perform audits and implement new strategies.
Position Qualifications (Required and Preferred):
Required:
* BS or BA degree in Manufacturing / Industrial /Quality/Aerospace Engineering or Operations/Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience.
* 4 years experience in Supplier Quality Engineering in the oil/gas/energy or rotating equipment/turbomachinary/aerospace/heavy industry/automotive sectors.
* 3 years of Machining experience.
* Willingness to travel domestically and internationally 10-20%.
* Hands on non-academic exposure to quality system requirements of ISO 9001.
* 2 years Hands on non-academic exposure and understanding of basic quality tools such as Gage R&R, Process capability, FMEAs, and control plans experience.
* Willing to relocate to Olean, NY (75 miles from Buffalo, NY).
Preferred:
* Certified ASQ Quality Engineer
* Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
* Basic knowledge of either and compressor or turbine production.
Position Responsibilities and Duties:
* Maintain regular contact and communication with Suppliers including regular site visits as appropriate.
* Insure that supplier develop effective corrective actions on quality and delivery problems.
* Communicate manufacture ability information from supplier s to D-R engineering.
* Contribute to development, monitor adherence to and contribute to continuous improvement process innovation activities pertaining to D-R Standard Work Processes for Supplier Engagement.
* Project Manage all contracts with new suppliers and all new contracts with existing suppliers, pulling together the appropriate team members and planning for success.
* Partner with and serve as ongoing communication link between the supplier and D-R SCM, Focus Factory Managers, Quality and all other D-R personnel.
* Key interface between the supplier and D-R for all issues in the supplier engagement process, with the authority to escalate significant delivery, manufacturing, cost or quality issues to appropriate team members as required.
* Work with supplier on expedites as required to maintain D-R project schedules.
* Monitor and report on operational performance at the overall subcontract and at the individual supplier level on critical supply chain metrics including on-time delivery, cost and quality.
* Work with D-R Operations teams to determine future demand requirements and properly match with supplier capability and performance.
* Track supplier performance on schedule and quality
* Hold periodic meeting with supplier managers and quality professions to discuss and drive improvement in performance
* Audit supplier to insure they have process well defined and that they are following the processes.
* Work with suppliers to insure that measurement systems are adequate and to achieve a Cpk=1.6 on critical to quality characters.
* Insure that proper control plans are in place for changes in the new parts, changes in old parts and change to the supplier process.
* Insure effectiveness of supplier root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Dresser-Rand is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
No agency submissions please. NOTE: Resumes submitted to any Dresser-Rand employee without a current, signed and valid contract in place with the Dresser-Rand Recruiting team in Houston Texas will become the property of Dresser-Rand and no search fees will be paid
