About the role
STS Technical Services is hiring a Supplier Quality Engineer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This role supports a growing manufacturing client and is focused on strengthening supplier performance, reducing quality escapes, and driving process-based quality improvements across the supply chain. If you know how to hold suppliers accountable while building real partnerships, this is where you make an impact.
Position Overview
Our client is a growing manufacturing company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is seeking a motivated Supplier Quality Engineer to join their team.
This role is ideal for someone enthusiastic about Supplier Quality and experienced in working collaboratively with suppliers, internal production teams, and purchasing or supply chain groups. The Supplier Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring smooth operations with minimal quality escapes by utilizing process-based thinking and risk mitigation strategies.
Position Responsibilities
Receiving Inspection: Develop and implement a robust Receiving Inspection plan based on supplier quality performance, part and process criticality, and risk. Utilize statistical sampling plans as needed.
Supplier Audits and Qualifications: Lead on-site audits and evaluate suppliers on their manufacturing and supporting processes to ensure adherence to ISO 9001 quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Supplier Performance Monitoring: Review and implement supplier performance monitoring processes in collaboration with Purchasing. Analyze trends in supplier quality escapes and recommend improvement plans to enhance supplier performance.
Problem Solving: Collaborate with suppliers to investigate and resolve quality issues. Lead resolution of complex issues using advanced problem-solving tools to identify root causes and implement effective preventive measures, including design and process improvements.
Supplier Quality PPM and DPU Improvement: Provide quality support for operations by working closely with production teams to address supplier-related issues. Formalize data collection on supplier defects and drive improvement initiatives.
Supplier Process Validation: Lead supplier process validation activities i…
