Visium Resources, Inc. ยท 1 month ago
Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
Middletown, CT
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$39/hr - $46/hr
5+ years expVisium Resources, Inc. is seeking a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure suppliers meet quality standards for parts and materials. The role involves conducting audits, analyzing supplier processes, and driving corrective actions to maintain compliance with ISO/AS9100 quality standards.
Human ResourcesProfessional ServicesStaffing Agency
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredHiring Manager
Miguel Angel Martinez Suarez
Responsibilities
Maintain the supplier rating system, which will define the total cost of ownership of products procured from suppliers
Implement and maintain a supplier approval system that will, in a cost-effective manner, qualify suppliers to do business with the company and meet varied purchase order requirements
Evaluates lean initiatives at supplier facilities and assists in implementing lean as necessary
Assures the means for procurement to issue purchase orders to qualified/approved suppliers and all requirements are included in the purchase orders
Manage the supplier corrective action system to identify and correct supplier problems in a timely manner
Coordinate Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews and manage Supplier Request for Variance (when applicable)
The Supplier Quality Engineer will conduct capability assessments that verify supplier qualifications, travel to assigned suppliers, and lead multiple projects to completion
Act as primary interface between the company and suppliers in resolving technical problems and performing source control inspections
Coordinate with functional departments and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely manner
Aid in determining the responsibility of discrepant hardware already received into the company and issued to the shop or shipped to customers
Establish and maintain effective communications with other operating departments and suppliers to facilitate problem identification/resolution and compliance with various specification requirements for supplier control
Prepare and maintain reports such as supplier performance, survey results, specification compliance, corrective actions, etc
Your responsibilities will include conducting audit, analyzing defect trends
Monitoring supplier performance and response times to ensure production continuity
Managing supplier corrective action reports
Developing and implementing supplier quality-related training programs for the quality and sourcing teams
Interface with cell managers to assure all applicable inspections/tests are performed and to assure that only acceptable hardware is received into the company
Collect and analyze supplier quality and delivery data
Develop and implement cost-effective intervention plans to improve quality and on-time-delivery ratings
Maintain a list of approved suppliers
Monitor suppliers for continuous improvements
Maintain personal productive and quality standards as determined by supervision
Follow standard departmental/company practices and procedures, as outlined by management
Where required to access DOD classified information, must be qualified for appropriate security clearance
Maintain area in a clean and orderly condition
Perform similar and other related duties, as required
Qualification
Required
BS degree in related engineering field required
Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as electrical, mechanical, industrial engineering
Thorough understanding of ISO 9000 regulations certification process
5+ years of related experience required
Must be consistent in accuracy, with strong attention to detail and personal sense of responsibility for the correctness of work
Duties require considerable judgment to work independently toward general results, devising new methods, modifying or adapting existing methods, techniques and procedures to meet new or unusual conditions and making decisions guided by precedent and based on company policies
Regularly works with some confidential data of major importance such as proprietary business information, must understand the importance of confidentiality
Ability to travel for supplier visits - 25% Travel
Company
Visium Resources, Inc.
Visium Resources, Inc.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase