Supplier Quality Engineer

JOB TITLE: Supplier Quality Engineer REPORTING TO: Senior Quality Manager Date: November 2026 PURPOSE OF JOB Ensure purchased products, processes and services meet contractual, technical, quality and regulatory requirements.

Work with suppliers, Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality to maintain a capable, compliant and reliable supply chain through supplier approval, monitoring, audits, corrective action and continuous improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES Support supplier selection, assessment, approval and re-evaluation, and maintain the Approved Supplier List and quality records. Assess supplier capability, identify risks and agree controls and improvement plans.

Support the qualification of new suppliers and processes. Ensure suppliers understand purchase orders, drawings, specifications, contractual and quality requirements. Review certificates of conformity, material certificates, inspection records and special-process certification.

Support First Article Inspection to AS9102 where applicable. Check controls for special and outsourced processes, material traceability, configuration control and counterfeit or suspect parts where applicable. Investigate supplier non-conformances and manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).

Liaise with suppliers on concessions, deviations and non-conforming products. Lead or support root-cause investigations using 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa/Fishbone, PFMEA and Pareto analysis. Check corrective actions address the cause, are effective and prevent recurrence.

Set and monitor supplier quality KPIs, prepare reports and scorecards, and take part in supplier reviews. Coordinate improvements for poor-performing or high-risk suppliers. Analyse defects, rejections, non-conformance trends, corrective-action response and closure, right-first-time results and delivery performance where applicable.

Conduct supplier audits against QMS, contractual and technical requirements. Support ISO 9001, AS9100 / BS EN 9100 and customer-specific compliance. Support internal and external audits of supplier controls and purchasing processes.

Keep evidence of compliance and help close audit findings. Work with Purchasing to communicate supplier quality requirements, and with Engineering on drawings, specifications, technical queries and manufacturing issues. Support Production and Inspection with supplier problems.

Contribute to contract and technical reviews, purchased-product and outsourced-process risk management, and new products, projects and customer requirements. HEALTH & SAFETY It is your responsibility to work in a safe manner to promote personal safety and the safety of others to prevent accidents occurring and report all near misses.

Move materials safely and carefully using the correct mechanical lifting method. Use the appropriate PPE and ensure it is in good condition, replace when required. Follow the company’s Hea...

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