Supplier Quality Engineer

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Siemens Healthineers has an opening for a Supplier Quality Engineer at our In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation / reagent manufacturing site in Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales. The Supplier Quality team works cross functionally with engineering, production, and procurement with responsibilities focused on maintaining a high level of delivered quality parts from our suppliers. The Llanberis site is currently involved in new product introductions, so this is an exciting time to join an existing team of Quality professionals to help develop the future processes of the Llanberis manufacturing site. The successful applicant will report directly to the Instrumentation Quality Assurance Manager and is a member of the wider Quality Management team, collectively responsible for maintaining and improving quality & compliance in the manufacture and support of our products and services.

Your Role:

• Onboarding new suppliers and supporting existing suppliers to deliver high quality parts.
• Conducting supplier audits across our supply base in Europe.
• Reviewing supplier performance and driving continuous improvements with our suppliers through supplier performance reviews.
• Developing world-class supply chain processes to suit a low volume, high complexity multi-technology environment (diagnostic instrumentation).
• Managing our suppliers to deliver quality product to our internal customers, through product & process investigations & evaluations.
• Liaising with a wide variety of external suppliers to ensure suppliers are trained and adhere to Siemens First Articles, Quality and Regulatory requirements.
• Issuing of Supplier Corrective Action Reports and working with suppliers on Root Cause Investigations and Corrective action.
• Conducting Supplier Performance Reviews and Reporting of Key Supplier Quality metrics.

Your Expertise:

• Ideally with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience in a Quality Engineering role.
• Minimum of a third level qualification (Diploma/Degree) in an appropriate discipline (Quality Management, Mechatronics, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering) OR appropriate and commensurate experience.
• Experience in leading and being a part of teams and projects with strong communications written and verbal.
• Ability to work in technically complex multi-discipline areas across the whole supply chain, including the supplier environment.
• Inspection Methodologies such as; Fabricated/Machined Metal Mechanical/Visual inspection, Precision linear measurement, non-contact measurement, Moulded and Machined plastics inspection and measurement.
• Geometrical Tolerancing (e.g. true position, perpendicularity, concentricity, angularity, roundness etc.).
• Excellent Communication skills both oral and written.
• Lead auditing experience to both ISO 9004:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.
• Ideally have a working knowledge of Six Sigma, Statistical Analysis and Lean principles for investigations, problem solving and continuous improvement.

Our Benefits:

• 26 days' holiday with the option to buy or sell an additional 5.
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution.
• Share and bonus scheme.
• Access to our flexible benefits from private medical insurance to dental cover.
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities including 2 paid volunteering days per year and support from our 24/7 employee assistance programme.

We are a team of more than 71,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual's potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world's most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals with disabilities.

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