Supplier Quality Engineer -Explosives

Join Halcon to ensure the quality and safety of supplied explosive materials and processes. As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will implement quality systems, oversee testing and audits, and drive supplier improvement initiatives to meet industry and regulatory standards.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Supplier Quality Planning: Design and implement supplier quality plans, standards, and testing procedures to ensure compliance with requirements and reduce risks.
2. Design & Review: Review drawings, models, and prototypes to ensure adherence to quality standards (e.g., IATG) during the design lifecycle.
3. Supplier Improvement: Ensure suppliers have improvement plans based on data, and monitor their execution.
4. Safety & Maturity Assessments: Conduct supplier safety and maturity assessments, proposing improvements where necessary.
5. Performance Management: Contribute to Supplier Performance Management (SPM), including corrective actions and supplier ratings in coordination with Supply Chain.
6. Risk Mitigation: Perform data analysis on suppliers to identify and mitigate risks.
7. Material Review Board (MRB): Advise on necessary actions regarding supplied materials, systems, and components.
8. Supplier Audits: Conduct supplier audits, ensuring communication, reporting, and action plans are accurate and timely.
9. Incident Investigation: Lead investigations into supplier-related events and injuries, preparing action plans.
10. First Article Inspections (FAI): Ensure FAI compliance and approve supplier reports.
11. APQP Execution: Oversee APQP and ensure deliverables meet required standards and timelines.
12. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, and Programmes to meet business commitments.
13. Quality Verification: Supervise Incoming Quality verification, testing, and processing activities.
14. Safety Compliance: Ensure workflows and processes comply with safety regulations and documentation meets quality guidelines.

Job-Specific Competencies:

• Knowledge of Quality Assurance Techniques (ISO 9001:2015)
• Testing Tools & Equipment
• Mechanical Aptitude
• Quality Engineering
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) & FAI
• Explosives Safety Regulations, Codes, and Standards
• Technical Report Writing

Experience and Qualifications

Minimum:

• 8+ years in Quality Engineering and explosives environments.
• 3+ years of Lean Six Sigma or statistical process improvement experience.
• Bachelor's degree in science/engineering with professional certification in explosives.

Preferred:

• 3+ years as a Supplier Quality Engineer in explosives environments.
• Master's degree in a related discipline and certifications in Process Safety or Risk Management.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.