Supplier Quality Engineer
hace 1 mes
Shoreham-by-Sea
We are recruiting for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join a Supply Chain team within a leading manufacturing business based in Shoreham‑by‑Sea. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys building strong supplier relationships, solving problems, and maintaining high quality standards in a fast‑moving production environment. As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring suppliers deliver high‑quality components that meet engineering and production requirements. To succeed, you’ll bring experience from the automotive or similar manufacturing sector, a strong understanding of ISO9001, hands‑on audit experience, and solid knowledge of PPAP. As a Supplier Quality Engineer, your key responsibilities will include: • Ensure supplier capability, capacity and performance meet production requirements, • Manage supplier quality across multiple commodities, working closely with Purchasing, • Conduct supplier assessments and surveillance audits, • Review and approve PPAPs in line with project timelines, • Support suppliers in developing and maintaining Component Quality Plans, • Create and maintain component inspection plans, • Raise Defective Material Reports (DMRs) and ensure high‑quality 8D responses, • Analyse supplier quality data to identify continuous improvement opportunities Requirements for the Supplier Quality Engineer: • Previous experience as a Supplier Quality Engineer or Supplier Development Engineer in automotive or similar manufacturing, • Strong understanding of ISO9001, • Internal audit experience, • In‑depth knowledge of PPAP, • Familiarity with quality tools (8D, Ishikawa, 5‑Why, SPC, Pareto, etc.), • Good understanding of metrology and inspection methods, • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, • Full clean driving licence, • Confident presenting data clearly and accurately Benefits: • Free onsite parking, • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, • Flexible working hours, • Company pension scheme The Supplier Quality Engineer is a permanent position based in Shoreham-by-Sea, paying between £42,000 up to £45,000. The hours are between 30-37.5 hours a week and can be worked between 4, 4.5 or 5 days a week. Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy