[Hiring] Technical Specialist @Cummins

Role Description

The Supplier Quality Engineer - Technical Specialist concentrates his/her product specific quality and technical skills to develop complex suppliers and products that can meet customer requirements; requires strong partnerships with the external supply base, with supply chain teams and with engineering to achieve results.

• Build strong relationships with all critical partners to improve quality and business outcomes, including:
  • External suppliers
  • External customers
  • Internal customers and stakeholders, such as Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering
• Coach and mentor Cummins professionals on how to strengthen the soft skills required to develop effective relationships.
• Support the cross-functional development of external supply base strategies and the cross-functional supplier selection process for any given component.
• Provide manufacturing consultation to external suppliers to design a Right First Time manufacturing process that enables conformance to the engineering print, engineering standards, and customer specific requirements.
• Apply industry common Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop zero defect components within the external supply base.
• Embrace continuous improvement in the external supply base by leading complex product and process focused projects that utilize industry proven methodologies, such as lean and six-sigma.
• Conduct external supplier audits in support of supplier risk mitigation, supplier readiness, and supplier performance improvement.
• Lead increasingly complex quality improvement plans within the external supply base in order to improve supplier performance.
• Ensure resolution of increasingly complex external supplier related quality challenges by leading root cause analysis, supporting development of corrective actions, and verifying the effectiveness of corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, or related Engineering field.
• 5+ years of supplier quality, manufacturing quality, or product quality experience.
• Familiar with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, and problem-solving tools.
• Strong understanding of machining, casting, forging, assembly, or engine components.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams.
• Fluent English communication preferred.

Requirements

• Preferably 7 years experience in a Manufacturing or Engineering role in the automotive industry, or a similarly regulated industry.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Company Description

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.