Supplier Quality Engineer (Turbomachinery)

About the Role
As an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the adequate quality of all products, including purchased products. Your role encompasses reviewing customer specifications during and after the quote stage, developing and maintaining component plans, quality plans, procedures, and specifications, as well as performing internal and supplier audits. You will also investigate and correct causes of nonconformance. This position requires approximately 40% travel to supplier locations to conduct quality source inspections to ensure parts meet EEE and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site Quality Management System (QMS) audits and risk assessments of potential suppliers providing parts and services.
• Evaluate the capability of potential suppliers to deliver quality parts and services on time and according to specified requirements.
• Support the development of a robust supply base through performance management, routine qualification audits, and proactive supplier engagement.
• Drive supplier corrective actions when nonconformities are identified using problem-solving tools such as root cause analysis, 8D, A3, etc., and manage key problems through Quality Action Reports (QARs).
• Review customer specifications as requested and provide insights on quality, inspection, and testing-related items.
• Develop and maintain quality plans and component plans for standard parts and components.
• Write and issue procedures to satisfy EEE quality initiatives, including reviews of departmental standard procedures.
• Assist in developing Special Engineering Instructions for the company's products.
• Lead audits of supplier quality systems and EEE quality systems and processes.
• Recommend and initiate corrective action requests based on nonconformance reports to prevent recurring issues.
• Create, review, and approve various reports for purchased and manufactured products, including nonconformance reports and inspection records.
• Facilitate customer witness testing and inspections.
• Sub-manage Supplier Pre-inspection meetings, technical supplier meetings, and coordinate source inspection meetings.
• Handle Customer Equipment inputs, Supplier Deviation Requests, and NCR dispositions as supplier defects.

Scope

• Engage with medium-size projects of moderate to advanced complexity and significant portions of large projects.

Technical Expertise

• Possess broad knowledge of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and procedures.
• Have thorough knowledge of EEE product specifications, features, and quality engineering principles.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of principles and practices of quality initiatives.

Business Knowledge

• Maintain a strong understanding of operational processes in your area of work and knowledge of relevant industry practices and standards.

Communication/Contacts

• Interact effectively with a range of individuals requiring social skills and the ability to influence using data and logic.
• Cooperate and work well with colleagues, vendors, and alternate manufacturing facilities across the organization.

Decision Making

• Operate under limited direction, with periodic reviews of work and exception-based oversight.
• Plan and organize projects while selecting appropriate tools and methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Quality Management, Engineering, or a related technical field with a minimum of five years of experience; or an associate degree with at least ten years of experience.
• Valid Quality Certification such as ASQ CQE, CQA, CQT, CQM, CRE, Six Sigma Black Belt, or NDE Level III in various disciplines is required.
• Ability to travel up to 40% is necessary.

Base Location & Work Schedule
This is a full-time, on-site permanent position based out of our Repair Facility in KEZAD Free Zone, Abu Dhabi.