Supplier Development Engineer in Wotton-under-Edge

Location: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire

Salary: up to £45,000 depending on experience.

A new opportunity has arisen to join the Supplier Quality Engineering team, who are part of the Purchasing Group at Renishaw. As a Supplier Development Engineer, you’ll support new product design, supplier development and project management activities with an immediate focus on our CMM and Industrial Automation product lines.

Responsibilities:

• Working with Design teams to understand critical features and performance requirements
• Working with multiple GMSD functions to capture purchased item quality problem statements
• Conducting and recording external supplier visits to both develop and manage new/existing supply
• Working with Purchasing Buyers to identify and develop new suppliers and follow commodity strategies and mitigate future production supply risks
• Working with Goods-In Inspection functions to ensure incoming goods are managed and inspected
• Generating reports to present inspection or quality investigation findings
• Supporting and/or driving and project managing item development activities
• Identifying and communicating opportunities for improved process control and/or DFM-driven cost-down
• Ownership of departmental metrics and adhering to targets of defined strategic/profile projects
• Engagement with, or ownership of, Early Careers students’ workload and personal development

Key requirements:

• Degree level qualifications in an engineering/manufacturing discipline
• Professionalism, tact, and diplomacy in dealing with stakeholders
• Driven, self-motivated and willing to learn and contribute

Desirable requirements:

• Knowledge of engineering and inspection techniques and equipment
• Aware of quality systems e.g. ISO9001

You will need a sound problem-solving mindset and a logical approach to varied technical challenges. You will need to be self-motivated and able to learn quickly, work independently and deliver with limited local support; as well as maintain a professional behaviour to interact with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Visiting suppliers is a key requirement so the individual must be prepared for some travel – UK and abroad.

Benefits:

When you join Renishaw, we are committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24-hour fitness centres (not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office-based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.