What to Expect
We are recruiting for a SQD Engineer to join our fantastic Supplier Quality Assurance team in Woking. As the SQD Engineer you will work closely with the Suppliers allocated within a Commodity Group, to ensure the Supplier’s Management Team are fully supporting McLaren Quality and Capacity requirements.
What You'll Do
- Ensuring new supplier site Sourcing is well researched to build and maintain a competent supply base.
- Supporting Supplier selection & development processes to achieve a self-sufficient supply base IATF 16949.
- Ensuring Non IATF16949 suppliers deliver their certification qualification to the approved nomination plan.
- Supporting the implementation of APQP for all new tooled parts.
- Supporting Robust Manufacturing Feasibility strategy deployment and reviews.
- Ensuring that allocated suppliers meet launch / delivery commitments in line with APQP
- Driving Supplier / Part Risk Assessments and develop risk mitigation actions.
- Identifying Critical suppliers / parts that require full cross functional team engagement with the supplier.
- Providing supplier progress reporting to Purchasing and SQA Program team for: APQP open issues, PPAP part pedigree prior to each build phase and PPAP delivery forecast / actual confirmation.
- Tracking and managing PPAP part approval to agreed delivery plan.
What You'll Bring
- Ability to interrogate Programme plans and evaluate supplier’s ability to deliver, quality on time to meet company milestones.
- Must be capable of planning manufacture of their components at the supplier from goods in to goods out, if required.
- Capable of carrying out effective scenario planning to establish potential mitigation actions, if required
- Technical Engineering qualified to Degree standard, or equivalent experience.
- Must have previous experience in SQA, including multiple new model launches.
- Experience of leading suppliers through new model launches
- Have a working understanding of: PPAP, MSA, APQP, FMEA, SPC,
- Demonstrated structured approach to Problem Solving (8D)
- Practical use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP and CATIA
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:
Who Are We?
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