Supplier Quality Engineer

Description


Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer Location: Orlando, FL Employment Type: Contract (12 months) Industry: Manufacturing Compensation: $55.00 /hr. Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. - (1st shift) About the Opportunity:

• Implements the agreed commodity and SQM strategy (including value, digitalization, and collaboration).
• Drives supplier performance and continuous improvement, and collaborates in supplier development programs.
• Creates and negotiates General Quality and Quality Assurance agreements and monitors supplier contract coverage rate.
• Applies preventive quality methods aimed at risk minimization.
• Designs, maintains, and improves specific quality requirements, specifications, and concepts based on supplier and product/service risk assessment.
• Supports standardized supplier qualification process according to corporate guidelines (ready for business).
• Coordinates product/service qualifications and approvals based on specific requirements/specifications (ready to order).
• Actively involved in projects to support/review specifications & requirements.
• Implements complaints managements to detect and analyze non-conformances, verifies root cause analysis, and communicates with the supplier.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:

• Supports sustainable problem-solving.
• Plans and executes supplier audits, including follow-up of audit measures.
• Continuously improves internal SQM processes (innovation, digitalization, LEAN).
• Fosters (virtual) interaction with suppliers.
• Needs to consider processes and results generated in other workflows and disciplines, implies conditions and environments, and values significance to contribute effectively to team results.
• Needs an experienced level of analytical and distinctive conceptual skills to solve issues given, which may differ in size and nature.
• These positions are expected to contribute to and deliver business processes or detailed technology solutions in a self-managed and target-oriented manner, and thus contribute to team results.
• Positions focusing on analyzing, developing, testing, or implementing processes, technologies, and systems in their specific field of expertise, from first principles.
• Targets are short to medium term (best to be characterized as milestones), and achievements are monitored.
• They provide functional advice to and integrate the services of operational staff or semi-professional colleagues.
• Focus on applying and expanding the acquired knowledge base.
• Application of knowledge in a broader professional context.
• As a Supplier Quality Manufacturing Engineer, your day will be filled with engaging interactions with suppliers, analyzing data, and driving continuous improvement.
• You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the highest quality standards are met, while fostering relationships with our valued suppliers.
• Lead Product Qualification Activities at Suppliers - Product and Process Qualifications (PPQs).
• Contain, manage, and resolve Quality issues relating to supplier non-conforming components identified at Aero-Derivative Gas Turbine (AGT) client assembly facilities, warehouses, or customers globally.
• Manage suppliers to properly handle non-conformance issues.
• Assist with process improvements.
• Lead supplier root cause investigations and corrective actions through the Problem Resolution process.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing capability issues within the supply chain to ensure business continuity.
• Identify and support cost reduction opportunities through interaction with the Supply Chain/Strategic Business.
• Audit existing and potential suppliers to determine the capability of manufacturing and ensure quality systems are in place.
• Develop supplier capability to meet current and future requirements.
• Interact with customer-facing businesses to investigate potential product non-conformances.
• Product manufacturing development and improvement via regular in-person presence at supplier sites.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Quality or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in complex manufacturing space, especially welding and complex machining.
• 3+ years of experience in working with or at manufacturing facilities.
• 3+ years of experience in working with critical parts (Complex parts such as disc, shaft, complex assemblies).

What Sets You Apart:

• Good project management skills.
• Ability to present to high-level leadership in the organization.
• Self-directed and self-motivated employee, requiring minimal oversight.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems (ISO9001), Supplier Quality Management (SQM), and Quality Control routines.
• Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of drawing interpretation (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
• Demonstrated ability to work with the design engineering organization to ensure parts are manufacturable.
• Proven ability to manage multi-problem investigations simultaneously.
• Self-motivated attitude and ownership of projects.
• Ability to project manage Product and Process Qualifications and unexpected Supplier Quality Issues from beginning to end.
• Knowledge of inspection methodologies and assessment of inspection capability.
• Proven track record of application of Quality improvement processes and tools (8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa).
• SAP experience.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• Ability to travel 20-50% to the supplier in Connecticut, as needed.

After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit.
The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you.
Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.


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