TXM Recruit are working in partnership with a engineering business in Bicester to recruit a Senior Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer to regulate, control and improve the quality of incoming materials, sub-assemblies, kits and major assemblies from various vendors.

Key Tasks:

• Respond to material complaints, putting in place containment/quarantine actions and returning defective materials.
• Completion of root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventative countermeasures
• Reduction of reject quantities, rejects costs, quantity of R2s and indirect costs caused by poor supplier quality issues.
• Implementation of solutions in conjunction with suppliers to solve field service and warranty issues.
• Implementation of all relevant processes and procedures within the Quality Management System
• Communicate with personnel at all levels, internally and externally in relation to critical quality concerns.
• Provide support to Production by elimination of rejects from stock identified by QA or Shop Floor personnel.
• Inspection and testing of material at Goods Inwards, manage inspection team on critical parts.
• Ensure that all in-house systems and procedures are updated, revised and modified to meet the requirements of external providers and SQA business requirements.
• Undertake supplier on-site audits in line with the supplier audit schedule including the managing of  any corrective actions that arise through problem solving exercises.
• Undertake internal QMS audits and process audits at suppliers.
• Supervision of quality personnel with regards to the resolution of internal / external material quality concerns, problem resolution
• Establish, update and implement quality sign-off instructions, standards and documentation for all bought-in materials.
• Ensure that all rectification/rework of materials is carried out and meets the agreed standards.
• To work in conjunction with the QA/QC function to reduce the effect of non-conforming supplier materials
• Report against agreed Quality and SQA metrics
• Work with suppliers to development zero defect opportunities and improvement ideas