Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

For more than 100 years, our passionate mission of safety empowers us to protect lives.

MSA Safety is a global leader in the development of safety equipment and pioneering technology that helps protect people and facility infrastructures around the world. We are committed to providing the latest in innovative, best-in class safety solutions that feature integrated systems capability and allow our customers to return safely to their families and friends. Every day our customers place their lives in our hands. In response, we provide them with protection they can trust. It is gratifying to lead the way as a source of inspiration. Would you like to join our team of more than 5,000 employees world-wide dedicated to this purpose? We hope so.

Purpose of Position (Summary):

Reporting to the Plant Quality Manager, this role supports the quality vision and strategy for MSA. The SQE will work with MissionOps, Global Supply Chain Sourcing, Engineering and other internal functions. The focus will be on supplier activities for new product introductions and supplier performance improvements for both NPD and day to day operations support.

These strategies will ensure MSA’s ability to meet its plants demand plans and therefore our customers’ evolving expectations. The role holder will follow global standards, processes and tools to ensure the consistent quality of MSA products throughout their lifecycle, including enabling effective resolution of inquiries related to supplied parts quality

The role is to ensure that the above can be realized.

Responsibilities

Product Development Support

• Drives use of APQP / SPAP preventive quality tools
• Translate MSA quality expectations to potential suppliers, make sure they are understood
• Review documentation provided by supplier proving they comply with our expectations
• Identify gaps and work with suppliers on improvement action plan.
• Provide feedback to project team concerning risk & ability of potential supplier to fulfill our expectations. (travel at supplier may be required for this evaluation)
• Document risks related to supplied parts and communicate them to NPD teams.

Supplier Development

• Supplier relationship management and maintenance
• Collaborates with MSA Global Sourcing counterparts across our regions
• Conducts Supplier auditing – Process and QMS type audits and compliance to the MSA Code of Conduct, MSA Supplier Handbook and related Corporate & Social responsibilities
• Standardizes use of iAuditor with our suppliers and develops the best practices around it
• Maintains agreed Supplier Scorecard Systems used at MSA

Continuous Improvement

• Work on supplied part continuous improvement projects and teams (VA/VE, Kaizen, VSM)
• Supports material cost reduction efforts in collaboration with Global Sourcing
• Reports actual dollar savings from supplier / supplied parts related continuous improvement
• Promote the MSA Operating System and its tools
• Personal Development & Training

Operations Support

• SQN – Supplier Quality Notification resolution support incl. 4D / 8D report coordination
• Support troubleshoot of production and assembly process deficiencies caused by supplied parts and join problem solving activities and definition of resolution action plans
• Product testing support
• Provide essential cover and support for peer positions within the department and supervision of QA functions during holiday / absence

Qualifications

Experience (Required):

• Minimum 5 years within a Quality function focused internal activities (Inspection/testing)
• Able to read engineering drawings and understand and disseminate engineering information to the supply base.
• Knowledge and experience with Lean and problem-solving tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa Diagrams, Poka Yoke, FMEA, Kaizen, 6s, SPC & Six Sigma.

Experience Preferred:

• To be able to demonstrate experience as a process or product engineer and a trainer.

Education Required:

• Lead Auditor
• Higher National Diploma in an Engineering/Quality discipline
• Six Sigma Green Belt

Education Preferred:

• Degree in an Engineering / Quality discipline
• Six Sigma Black Belt

What we offer:

• 25 days annual leave
• Group Life Assurance
• Company Pension Scheme
• Perkbox