SQA ENGINEER

Req ID:476132 

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide

JOB TITLE & JOB CODE

Job Title (Job Code):         Supplier Quality Serial Life Engineer / Professional (QC-SQ-04_001; QC-SQ-04_002)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Apply and deploy Serial Supplier Quality Assurance policy in collaboration with Procurement.
• Responsible for Non-Conformity Report management and Supplier performance for a precise scope of suppliers/projects, after the product validation, the First Article Inspection (FAI) + 3 deliveries.
• Perform inspections for low-critical parts
• Manage Quality performance of assigned Suppliers
• Manage Incoming Inspection activities when appointed SQ inspection leader for the given site

ORGANISATION

Organization structure (job belongs to…)

• Site location/Quality/Supplier Quality

Reports directly to

• Supplier Quality Manager Site (QC-SQ-01)

Other reporting to:

• N/A

Direct reports:

• N/A

Network & Links

Internal

• Procurement,
• Supplier Quality
• Industrial organization, Industrial Quality
• Supply chain

External

• Suppliers
• Sub-contractors

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Depending on the size of the site and the teams to be managed, roles and responsibilities described below can be assigned to one person or split over several SQ Serial engineers. There must be one single person in charge of leading incoming inspection (one single interface towards Industrial), which can have also the SQ Serial Performance management role.

SQ Serial Performance management
 

• Non- Conformities Management:

• Responsible for Non-Conformity day-to day management, insuring reactivity to inform supplier of Non-Conformity Report (NCR), to replace defective parts and to implement securization.
• Animate Non-Conformities Report treatment by setting-up relevant actions plan to reach Non-Conformity Report (NCR) target.
• Invoice the Cost Of Non-Quality (CONQ S1) to the suppliers.
• Ensure management of Supplier’s waiver requests for assigned scope and Suppliers

• Containment actions:

• Organize the retrofit to be performed by the supplier.
• Decide quality wall if necessary.

• Solving issues & Continuous Improvement:

• Secure in a timely manner strong and complete supplier containment actions plan to secure the Manufacturing line
• Challenge our suppliers to enforce relevant corrective and preventive action plan, challenge reactivity.
• Check the effectiveness of the corrective and preventive action plan of the Supplier, ask for evidences, challenge them and perform supplier’s visit. Ensure control plan sustainability (regular follow-up on main suppliers).
• Set up and manage Supplier improvement roadmap for non-performing Suppliers according to Supplier Quality escalation process (Green / Yellow / Red status)
• Organize reviews with suppliers and visit suppliers’ premises as necessary.

• Inspection of low-critical parts:

• Ensure performance of inspection for low critical parts (parts non-included Supplier Part List)
• Check the effectiveness of the corrective and preventive action plan of the supplier (ask for evidences, challenge them, and perform supplier’s visit do supplier’ visit). Ensure control plan sustainability (regular follow-up on main suppliers).
• For ‘trusted’ suppliers: to take part of the Return Of experience (REX) analysis.

• Top Issues Dashboard:

• Prepare and monitor supplier Quality review at unit level to tackle the Top issues.