Supplier Development Engineer
Peterlee SR8 (working full time onsite, unless visiting suppliers)
Initial 24 month contract - likely to extend for the right person
36.5 hours a week; Mon - Thurs 8am-16.30, Fri 8am-12.30 lunchtime finish!
Up to £31.51 PAYE hourly rate plus holiday and pension contribution OR Umbrella hourly rates up to £42.77 - depending on experience
What will the Supplier Development Engineer do?
- A diverse SDE role for the Fabrication and Tubes category, for suppliers across Europe
- Responsible for supplier quality, technical performance, delivery metrics, and issue resolution
- Full ownership of assigned suppliers, ensuring production continuity and quality standards
- Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism.
- Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates
- Research potential vendors, assess their manufacturing environment, practices and procedures; Conduct supplier quality control audits to ensure compliance with policies/standards
- Support suppliers in improving their performance through process enhancements, implementing process controls, and developing quality assurance plans
- Some travel required: up to 30% Mainly UK supplier visits. Occasional travel to Europe.
What skills and experience does the Supplier Development Engineer need?
- 5 years’ experience working with suppliers. You’ll have high technical knowledge in manufacturing & quality systems + Fabrications (e.g. Metals, welding, painting, assembly, machining)
- Welding understanding and how it works is key. Desirable: machining and painting processes and technical standards experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills dealing with both internal and external partners
- Attention to detail, route cause analysis expertise, problem solving and process improvement
- Knowledge and understanding of Quality Management & Metrics: supplier audits, PPAP, APQP, PPM, Engineering specifications, Supplier quality tools
- Corrective Action Management experience: Gap identification, Root cause analysis, Corrective action implementation
- Supplier Assessments & Audits: Conducting supplier audits, developing inspection processes, Establishing quality gates
- PC literate: used to using MS Office suite – you’ll be trained on our client’s software.
If you’re interested, please apply now with an up-to-date copy of your CV that clearly shows your relevant experience; suitably qualified candidates will be contacted immediately.
The above represents a summary of the contract assignment. A full description of this contract assignment is available. A full explanation of this rate and all deductions will be explained in a key information document (KID) supplied to registered candidates.