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Itron’s Waseca, MN location is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer who is interested in a collaborative, interactive, fast paced and high output team. The Waseca facility provides the engineering, production, testing and marketing for Itron’s gas and water mountable radio modules for the utility industry. These modules attach to meters and transmit consumption, tamper, and other pertinent data to a collection system for use in utility billing, demand management, and conservation programs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will be responsible for providing quality support to production operations and product reliability, ensuring the integrity of components and products purchased from suppliers meet Itron specification and engineering requirements. The individual will aggressively drive quality improvements, ensure company standards are adhered to, and support organizational goals for achieving zero defect performance. The individual will foster cross functional support by working with internal quality, purchasing and engineering teams to implement process improvements and problem-solving efforts for the supply base.
Qualifications:
- Emphasis in the areas of supplier process capability and product quality.
- Coordinate all necessary testing and failure analysis regarding nonconforming components from suppliers.
- Coordinate activities with suppliers on rejected components or materials received by Itron and ensure that “bad” product doesn’t continue to reach the production lines.
- Provides expert analysis, guidance and support to Production/Supplier in process improvement activities via thorough inspection equipment/techniques.
- Responsible for advanced product quality planning, roadblock remover, and successful launch of supply base components.
- Conduct training, supplier evaluation/selection and auditing at supplier’s facilities to meet Itron’s specific quality expectations/requirements.
- Review and make disposition on Supplier PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) submissions, to ensure they are submitted and approved to organizational requirements.
- Work with purchasing, quality, engineering, and all manufacturing support areas to improve cost, quality, and throughput from suppliers.
- Management of quality system, graphical analysis, data management and control utilizing centralized databases.
- Considered to be a leader within the quality group and SME regarding SCAR’s (Supplier Corrective Action Reports) and PDCA’s (Plan, Do, Check, Act).
- This position will use analytical techniques (Minitab) to make recommendations for continual improvement as well as ensuring conformance to internal and external standards.
Experience: This position requires extensive experience in supplier quality, preferably in a high volume manufacturing environment.
Education: Bachelor’s degree is preferred. A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is highly desired.
Travel: 25-30% travel expected.
Physical Demands: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment.
Itron is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, veteran status, disability, genetic information, gender identity or other characteristics protected by law. If you require an accommodation in order to apply to this position, please contact your local recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email *************@itron.com.
Itron enables utilities and cities to safely, securely and reliably deliver critical infrastructure services to communities in more than 100 countries. Our portfolio of smart networks, software, services, meters and sensors helps our customers better manage electricity, gas and water resources for the people they serve. By working with our customers to ensure their success, we help improve the quality of life, ensure the safety and promote the well-being of millions of people around the globe. Itron is dedicated to creating a more resourceful world. Join us: www.itron.com.
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