Lead Supplier Quality Engineer

• →This position is On-Site and will require relocation to Wilmington, NC
• →Perform Supplier Quality Engineer activities focusing on supplier approval, supplier qualification and quality control of the procurement activities.
• →Provide technical guidance to a global supplier base to assure product and process compliance with regulatory requirements and engineering drawings and specifications.
• →Development of inspection, verification, qualification plans, in addition to tests and processes to assure products and services meet the quality requirements.
• →Work proactively with suppliers to resolve quality concerns applying technical and quality expertise to avoid reoccurrences of quality issues.
• →Investigate and analyze nonconforming products to determine root cause and execute corrective actions within the supply base.
• →Work closely with Sourcing, business teams, manufacturing, and engineering to eliminate roadblocks and communication barriers that may affect quality requirements.
• →Implement changes to improve processes and product quality, optimize production of quality at the source, and eliminate failures/losses.
• →Encourage excellence in compliance, customer service, safety, quality and productivity. Drive team and process continuous improvement through Lean.
• →Write and review technical quality documents, plans and procedures.
• →Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with 5 years of professional experience in quality, engineering, nuclear operations, manufacturing, sourcing or equivalent discipline; OR Associate Degree from an accredited college, with 10 years of professional experience in quality, engineering, nuclear operations, manufacturing, sourcing or equivalent discipline.

• Ability and willingness to travel to GE sites and suppliers up to 20% of the time as required
• Ability and willingness to work at GE Hitachi’s Wilmington, NC site on a daily basis

• Engineering or other technical degree; Master’s Degree in business / engineering
• Experience working within a nuclear QA program in Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Engineering, Operations or Sourcing activities.
• Demonstrated familiarity with, 10CFR50 Appendix B or ISO-9000 requirements
• Knowledge of quality and sourcing disciplines, including supplier development / management, quality systems.
• Demonstrated technical aptitude in supplier quality, design engineering or manufacturing engineering role.
• Experience with electrical/electronic equipment procurement / quality requirements.
• Experience working with customers, regulators and suppliers
• Product quality experience in a high technology and/or highly regulated industry
• Previous or current Lead Auditor certification
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Ability to communicate & collaborate effectively at all levels; strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Suite and Oracle Enterprise Resources Planning System (ERP) systems.
• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification. Experience implementing and sustaining continuous improvement through Lean tools, including KPI/metrics to drive improvement.
• GE Program graduate, e.g., EEDP, OMLP, FEP (GE employees only).

* This role does not offer Sponsorship.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.