Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

Wabtec Corporation, Doncaster

Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

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Wabtec Corporation, Doncaster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 1 Nov | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 2c8728cd09d74fdc94cf6a0818ae10d6

Full Job Description

Are you a Quality Inspector or Technician looking to advance your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer! As a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our suppliers' products. You will work with a diverse range of suppliers, assess their performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. If you have experience as a Quality Inspector, Quality Technician, and a passion for enhancing quality standards, we want to hear from you. What will your typical day look like?

  • Develop and implement a supplier audit system and schedules.
  • Evaluate and assess the existing supply base.
  • Approve and onboard new suppliers, ensuring they meet our quality standards.
  • Collaborate with suppliers to identify and address issues, considering time, process, materials, and cost.
  • Play an active role in resolving manufacturing and quality-related issues with suppliers and sub-contractors.
  • Work with suppliers and internal teams to identify the root causes of quality issues.
  • Attend reviews related to quality concerns and implement necessary corrective actions.
  • Measure and track supplier performance and initiate improvement plans.
  • Compile essential supplier documentation for final customer FAIs.

    Happy to be field based, traveling to suppliers, using your vehicle car.
  • Previous experience in a Quality Inspector or Quality Technician role.
  • Proven track record in managing and improving supplier relationships.
  • Familiarity with industry and quality improvement tools.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.

    Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems., Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
  • Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity: Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated. To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.