Title:  Supplier Quality Specialist

Job Description: 

In this role, the Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) will support and interface across functional disciplines including Program Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Engineering personnel. The SQE will be an active and significant contributor in the evaluation, development and monitoring of key Suppliers and Subcontractors, create Quality requirements, participate in the generation and review of requirements, and validate flow down of expectations. The SQE will communicate and ensure our Suppliers and Subcontractors understand stated requirements, have the capability to consistently and predictively meet, and provide conforming products and services. The SQE supports the day to day operations and is responsible for tactical issue resolution for supply chain related quality issues; both internal and at the customer. 

Essential Responsibilities

This position will have responsibilities and perform tasks in the following areas:

·         Implement IMS policies, procedures and standards for Supplier Management that drive a preventive, zero defect culture of quality, supplier excellence and customer satisfaction.

·         Assess and audit new and existing supplier capabilities and ensure suppliers meet L3Harris and customer requirements. 

• Visit suppliers to review product & process issues and perform investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to drive improvements into their processes. 

·         Initiate and drive supplier corrective action requests (SCAR’s).  Train suppliers as required and ensure effective containment plans are defined and implemented, that the that root cause corrective action (RCCA) is robust and effectively implemented in the timeframe required. 

• Analyze in-house and supplier performance and develop improvement plans for identified problem areas to drive down cost of poor quality, supplier DPPM and other non-conformance rates. 

·         Review flow down of Program Quality requirements and ensure that they are included in the requirement documents to suppliers.

·         Review and disposition First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) and ensure that product meets factory, customer and program requirements. 

• Support the internal MRB process when supplied material is identified as nonconforming and take appropriate corrective action(s) with the supplier.

·         Collaborate with supply chain to maintain the approved supplier list

·         Perform other Quality Engineering tasks as assigned to support Maritime Power, Tulsa

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• Experience in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain and/or Quality.
• Able to travel up to 30%

Preferred Additional Skills:

• APQP, SPC, FMEA, Control Plan, Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and PPAP experience
• Six Sigma and/or RedX Certified
• ISO9001/AS9100 or equivalent quality management system and process audit experience
• Proven problem-solving experience   
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.