GE Aerospace is looking to improve product quality and supplier performance within the Casting supply chain by driving product qualifications and quality improvements for key performance indicators (KPIs).
Requirements
- A minimum of 4 years' experience in Materials Science, Engineering, or Supplier Quality related roles,
- Demonstrated experience in manufacturing or supplier quality.
- Demonstrated Casting manufacturing knowledge and experience is advantageous to the role.
- Experience with statistical process control and analysis.
- Experience with APQP tools including control plans, PFMEA and PPAP.
- Demonstrated history of problem solving, root cause and corrective action methodology, data analysis and quality experience
- Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems.
Responsibilities
- Drive product qualifications and quality improvements for key performance indicators (KPIs) of suppliers within the Casting supply chain including quality plan implementation.
- Own supplier First Article Inspection (FAI) results and drive supplier compliance with Significant Process Substantiation (SPS) or design intent verification.
- Provide supplier product release direction when part approval cycles are not complete while also being the internal quality focal for those parts.
- Collaborate with Supplier Quality, Supplier Quality Operations and New Product Introduction/Management of Change teams as required.
- Have a technical understanding of engineering drawings, Geometric Tolerancing and Dimensioning (GD&T) and will have the ability to manage suppliers and/or quality projects related projects.
- Develop in-depth knowledge of Casting.
- Communication with direct colleagues and the business on the status of First Article Inspection (FAI) and Significant Process Substantiation (SPS) plans.
Other
- Provide onsite support at suppliers, as needed (approximately 15% travel)
- Collaboration with other Engineering, Quality, and Sourcing functions to ensure joint success
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Materials Science, Engineering, or Supplier Quality related roles)
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
