Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

About IMI

IMI plc, the specialist engineering company, designs, manufactures and services highly engineered products that control the precise movement of fluids. Its innovative technologies, built around valves and actuators, enable vital processes to operate safely, cleanly, efficiently and cost effectively. The Group works with industrial customers across a range of high growth sectors, including energy, transportation, and infrastructure, all of which are benefiting from the impact of long-term global trends including climate change, urbanization, resource scarcity and an ageing population. IMI employs some 11,000 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries and operates a global service network. IMI currently operates across three globally recognized Divisions: Critical Engineering, Precision Engineering and Hydronic Engineering.

About IMI CE

IMI CE is the world's leading expert in providing engineered valve, actuation, and control solutions that enhance performance and reliability in critical plant applications. Power generation, oil and gas production, petrochemical, and pulp and paper facilities worldwide all rely on IMI CE’s high integrity control systems for the safety of their operations. With nearly sixty years of providing critical service applications to clients, IMI CE has over 2200 employees worldwide and revenue of approximately $600 million. This global organization has manufacturing facilities in the United States, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, and South Korea, with sales and services offices in over fifteen countries and representatives in over sixty other countries.

IMI CE provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Position Summary

Establishes quality requirements to ensure that suppliers conform to procurement requirements and code and industry standards by performing the following duties.

Supervisory Responsibility

None.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, monitor, and support in the prompt resolution of all supplier-related non-conformities.
• Support Procurement in mitigating supplier-related documentation issues.
• Audit and survey suppliers.
• Perform yearly supplier performance reviews.
• Maintain all indicators related to Supplier Quality.
• Update the entitlement of suppliers to the Dock-to-Stock program based on their performance.
• Determine conformance to applicable standards and codes.
• Evaluate supplier assessments shared by the Nuclear Industry Assessment Committee (NIAC).
• Support Quality Management in maintaining and updating the company’s Quality Program.
• Perform internal audits.
• Analyze company Quality Assurance Manuals and Procedures and suggest possible improvements.
• Communicate with suppliers when documentation is missing or incorrect for prompt resolution.
• Support customer and industry audits.
• Review and evaluate Supplier Deviation Requests (SDR) and coordinate their disposition.
• Monitor suppliers’ performance.
• Review supplier certificates to ensure product and material compliance.
• Initiate and follow-up on supplier Corrective Actions Requests (CAR).
• Inform Procurement of any supplier chargebacks.
• Review and approve supplier’s procedures and specifications.
• Monitor all supplier-related Cost of Quality.
• Maintain and update the Approved Suppliers Lists.

Qualifications and Required Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum:

• ERP system knowledge (examples: SAP / Oracle).
• Excellent organizational and negotiation skills.
• Microsoft Office proficient.
• Detail oriented.
• Understand non-destructive testing, Inspection/Quality Control functions.
• Experience in reading engineering drawings.
• Excel advanced.
• Creative thinking/problem solving skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Travel domestically and internationally up to 20% of time.
• Knowledge of industry standards as they relate to valves.
• Familiar with inspection tools and techniques.
• Adhere to international business protocol (etiquette, time differences, etc.).
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, machining, welding, shop tools, equipment, and health/safety requirements.

Preferred:

• Experience with NIAC.
• Knowledge of quality standards (ISO 9001, ASME, 10CFR50 Appendix B, NQA-1, API 6A & Q1 and ASTM).
• NQA-1 Lead Auditor.

Education/Experience:

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or five to seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years’ experience in Quality.
• 5-7+ years’ experience in Manufacturing, Energy, Oil & Gas or Nuclear.
• 2+ years’ minimum experience in auditing.

Preferred:

• 2+ years’ minimum experience in the Nuclear Industry.
• Professional / Certified Engineer (PE/CE).

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (office/cubicle environment with computers, fax machines and printers operating) to loud (manufacturing environment with large machinery operating).