Entry level - Supplier Quality Engineer
The Supplier Quality Engineer at Confidential Client leads quality planning and improvement activities for supplier commodities related to product development and production. The role involves facilitating cross-functional quality initiatives, resolving supplier quality issues, and ensuring robust execution of quality processes such as corrective actions and audits. This position requires strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills to support continuous and value improvement projects in a manufacturing environment.
About Careertakes
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What You’ll Do
As a Supplier Quality Engineer (entry-level) supporting our Confidential Client’s Horicon manufacturing site, you will lead and support quality planning activities for assigned commodities across product development programs (PDP), current production, service parts, and continuous improvement projects.
- Facilitate and participate in cross-functional quality activities (DPARs, FMEAs, control plans, design reviews, supplier audits, risk assessments, root cause analysis).
- Identify, communicate, and help resolve supplier quality problems for PDP programs and production.
- Lead corrective action processes (8D) for PDP and supplier issues and drive closure.
- Ensure execution of Return Goods Authorizations (RGAs), Supplier Change Requests (SCRs), quality plans, and supplier improvement plans.
- Use data and statistical techniques to analyze issues and verify corrective actions.
- Support supplier performance monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives.
What Skills You Need
- 2+ years related experience in manufacturing, quality engineering, or supply management in a design/manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on experience with standard quality tools: FMEA, NCCA, SPC, Root Cause Analysis, and Six Sigma methods.
- Strong analytical ability; experience applying statistical analysis and advanced data-gathering techniques to investigate and resolve problems.
- Comfortable reading and interpreting drawings, product models, and GD&T.
- Ability to work independently, lead priorities, and facilitate cross-functional teams.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Practical experience using supplier quality tools (Supplier Audits, DPARs, Design Reviews).
- Familiarity with SAP-PAG and SAP-PDM.
- Audit experience (e.g., JDS-G223, Process Verification Audits, Special Process Audits).
- Experience in riding lawn equipment or utility vehicle production processes.
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles.
Education & Additional Information
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technology-related discipline, or equivalent related work experience.
- Shift: 1st shift.
- Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position now or in the near future.
Compensation (Estimated)
- Estimated annual pay: $107,624 (per source). Actual pay will depend on experience and site-specific factors.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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