Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that suppliers meet contractual obligations and deliver their scope on time while meeting quality requirements. This will involve requesting schedules and quality documents from suppliers, planning and organizing inspection activities, monitoring supplier progress, and reporting to the relevant departments.

• Request the schedules and quality documents from Suppliers

• Comment these documents to have correct level of detail on schedule and requested inspections planed as per contractual requisitions and regulation/construction codes.

• Plan milestones of follow-up

• Organize kick-off meetings with SQM and other departments involved (engineering, logistics, quality, procurement)

• Keep informed of engineering progress and ensure validation of design documentation from Engineering department is matching the needs of schedule (internal expediting)

• Organization and planning of inspection activities

• Plan workshop Inspections according Project Quality Control Plan and manufacturing schedule, to ensure that Suppliers deliver their contractual scope on time and meeting the quality requirements

• Participate or plan for external inspection resources (QC inspectors) to be mobilized

• Workshop Inspections

• Verify suppliers’ manufacturing qualifications

• Instructs QC inspectors regarding supplier monitoring activities

• Participate or Assign QC inspections at suppliers’ premises. Coordinate with other participants

• Ensure inspection report is produced. List all non-conformities / deviations

• Desk Expediting of Purchase Orders

• Track Purchase Orders from placement throughout delivery

• Monitors the progress of suppliers. Ensure production of reliable and clear supplier progress reports

• Coordinating & Reporting

• Inform SQM on QC & Expediting status

• Follow up supplier non-conformities / deviations (Corrective Action – Preventive Action)

• Resolve or escalates all expediting & quality issues

• Participate into Supplier performance evaluation

• Is aware of the HSE requirements relevant to their role, and implements and complies with them

• Industry experience (Oil&Gas/Energy sector/Energy from Waste/Renewable Energies) in Quality Control within an international project environment

• Very good understanding of Quality Control processes applicable to supply markets

• Knowledge of schedule analysis / critical path

• Experience in purchasing and supply chain activities is a plus

• Knowledge of non-destructive testing techniques owning recognised training certificates (ASNT, EN ISO 9712, level II)

• Experience with EN and ASME codes and regulation for machines&valves and Steelworks (EU/2006/42, AP6D)/ alternatively for pressure parts (EN 12952/13445/13480 – ASME I/VIII/IX) /alternatively for electrical parts IEC, BS, VDE

• Familiar with international standards regarding welding, dimensional checks, balancing and surface treatments (EN13920, ISO3834, EN12944, ISO1461, EN15614-1, ISO1940) / alternatively for pressure parts(PED, ISO3834, ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015, EN15614-1)/ alternatively for electrical parts IEC testing methods

• ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 lead Auditor is a plus

• Experience as Desk Expeditor for project execution (Expeditor certificate) is a plus

• Certification(s) as welding specialist or welding engineer e.g. CSWIP, IWT, IWE/EWE is a plus

• Good knowledge of MS-Office (Excel incl. Pivot, Power point)

• Fluent (minimum B2 level) in written and spoken English and Slovak, any other language skills are an advantage

• Hands-on mentality with the ability to work well under pressure

• Good effective decision-making and problem-solving skills

• Integrative thinking and ability to manage complex and challenging situations/matters and to achieve the besoutcome

• Ability to proactively collaborate across different businesses, departments and countries, including communicate effectively across cultures

• Adapted behavior on contractual relations with small to big size suppliers

• Ability to communicate internally/externally

• Responsible challenge with diversified field of activity

• Team-oriented working atmosphere in an international Company

• Personal development opportunities through own Inova Academy

• Opportunity to gain an insight into various technical disciplines

• Excellent employment conditions

• Attractive working place (central, good transport links)

• Modern infrastructure