Contract Supplier Quality Engineer Supplier Quality (SQA) 6 month contract Immediate start available Hours: Option to work your hours either over 5 or 4 days i.e. Monday-Thursday (condensed) or Monday to Friday Opportunity to join a talented team within a leading design, development and manufacturing organisation as a Supplier Quality Engineer. This is a varied, highly autonomous, customer-facing Supplier Quality Engineer’s role which necessitates strong engineering and commercial acumen. With a proven background in Quality or Production Engineering within a manufacturing environment, and prior Supplier Development experience working with suppliers to improve performance, you will have responsibility for: Acting as key point of contact for Quality Assurance with suppliers Supplier Development - The development, monitoring and reporting of supplier performance metrics and initiating improvement plans when appropriate Root Cause Analysis Provide support and assistance to suppliers in development and execution of corrective actions Driving continuous improvement activities with suppliers, engineering and production Working with suppliers to develop the use of appropriate quality tools Administration, ownership and management of supplier nonconformance reports, from creation to closure, including verification and closure of corrective actions To succeed in this interesting, supplier-facing quality engineering / supplier development role: It is likely that you will either have a quality engineering or production engineering / manufacturing engineering background with an HNC/D qualification (or apprentice trained) in an engineering discipline plus: Experience in Supplier Development / Supplier Quality role Knowledge of a range of quality standards (e.g. ISO9001, ISO14001, AS9100) A mechanical / electro-mechanical engineering background as the suppliers you will be working with will range from machined parts to electrical harnesses. Please apply via the link or contact Alison Kemp for further details