Supplier Quality Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 25,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us

**Job Description**:
**Position Summary**

Provide support to the Rockwell Automation Supplier Quality Program, which includes New Product Introduction Execution, Plant and Customer Support, Supplier Assessments and Approvals, Supplier Issue Resolution, Supplier Development and Improvements, Advanced Quality Planning for process and part approvals, and project management for supplier continuous improvement, May have project leadership responsibility. This job may require 25% travel.

**Information Processing Capability**:

- Read and interpret Engineering drawings and technical documentation with understanding of mechanical fabricated parts and products
- Lead Supplier Quality Engineering early preventive activities including drawings requirements, risk assessment and mitigation, supplier audits and qualification activities, control plan development, inspection plan, first article review.
- Analytical and problem-solving competency to drive performance results
- Uses dashboards and metrics to drive on-going commodity performance continuous improvement
- Lead and address any supplier related corrective, preventive actions, and improvement, addresses true and systemic root cause, and eliminates repeats
- Applies quality methodologies, tools, and techniques (e.g. 8D, SPC, Cp/Cpk, GR&R, Design for Six Sigma, Cost of Poor Quality, Failure Mode Effect Analysis, etc.) incrementally and throughout product development and release.

**Temperament**
- Pursues tasks with a sense of urgency, and develops/implements timely actions
- Focus on prevention, timely issue resolution and contributing to team
- Demonstrates collaboration and partnership with peers, Key Stakeholders (KSHs) and team
- Works well in a matrix organization and accepts shared accountability
- Balances priorities and communicates well to team, stakeholders, and management

**Accepts Role Requirements**:

- Maintains accountability for high supplier quality performance
- Presents and communicates quality and projects readouts to appropriate leadership as required
- Manages varying priorities and collaborates across multiple KSHs and disciplines, internal and external customers
- Participate and support key employee initiatives including the employee engagement survey, culture of inclusion initiatives and ethics

**Minimum Qualifications**
- 3-5 years or more experience working in manufacturing, supplier, or quality engineering functions
- Knowledge of manufacturing and production processes
- Comprehensive knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA.
- Proficient at RCFA and problem-solving techniques (8D-5Why)
- Experience at leading quality audits on suppliers to assure products and services meet ISO standards.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to write technical reports and presentations.
- Strong project management and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate the work of peers effectively.
- Self starter capable of working with some supervision. Can effectively balance workload and priorities and can escalate effectively to get management support and guidance prior to missing milestones or critical deadlines.
- Strong team building, leadership, decisiveness, and communication skills are essential.

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