Lead Supplier Quality Engineer

About Us:

ST Engineering MRAS is a world-leading manufacturer of complex aerostructures including nacelle systems and specialized structural components of the airframe. It supplies and supports these products for engine makers, airplane manufacturers and aircraft operators. Located on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, MRAS has a 1.4-million sq. ft. facility situated on 180 acres – where the company and its predecessors have designed, built, and equipped civil and military aircraft for over 95 years. In addition to MRAS' design, development and manufacturing capabilities, the company provides technical support, spares, and other services for its products. 

 

 

Supplier Quality Engineer Summary

• Drive quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation.

• Product, process, systemic quality review associated with the product procurement process

• Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and driving improvement plans where needed.

• Requires mastery of a body of theoretical knowledge.

• Requires developed and strong foundation of function skills and knowledge of relevant purchasing and sourcing concepts.

 

Essential Responsibilities

As the Supplier Quality Engineer, you will:

• Includes both Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development

• Includes supplier qualifications, action plans, audits, performance monitoring, and assisting key suppliers towards industrial standards of excellence

• Ownership of the compliance and conformance of all requirements from the supply base

• Partner with the sourcing organization (buyers) to ensure engineering requirements are met and compliance to all flowdowns

• Ensure product/process flowdowns are appropriate

• Develops new solutions under guidance and/or in a team setting or based upon precedents in the organization

• Coordinate with supplier to drive root cause and corrective action investigations

• Specifies needs, communicates about project approach and presents outcomes of research done

• Perform audits at the supply base

• SQEs have various levels of differentiation which are related to level of technical understanding of engineering drawings and ability to manage vendors

• Balances both tactical execution with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction projects

• Works together with high level people from the business at SPB and EB level

• Provides technical / commercial assistance to Commodity Buyers to develop awareness of manufacturing processes and improve product knowledge

• Actively participate in supplier performance reviews

• Advises Functional managers regarding projects, processes and procedures within their own field