Group Supplier Quality Engineer

Location: Larbert

Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.

Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.

What does that mean for you?

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A half day on a Friday. Giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love with the people you love.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. Your health and wellbeing are important to us.

Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!

Your dream role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer to join the team and help us to support Operations, Commercial and Engineering with product quality.

Duties and responsibilities in detail:

• Lead qualification of all new ADL suppliers within a specific region and ensure periodic re-certification as required. Maintain an up to date ASL.
• Following new supplier acceptance, agree required PPAP level on selected products and take initial PPAP to conclusion utilizing the AD Workbook
• Previous experience of operating APQP would be advantageous.
• In Line with All NPD projects and Group Procurement cost down activities develop and implement a supplier audit schedule and travel to Suppliers to complete audits.
• Evaluate and improve supplier quality management systems and procedures with new suppliers to ensure supplied quality consistently meets expectations and where required feed into the audit schedule.
• Develop and implement continuous supplier audit schedule supporting Group Procurement cost down objectives.
• Set individual supplier quality improvement targets and manage performance.
• Lead crisis-management of all major supplier related in-service and in-factory quality incidents. Be able to respond quickly to field or site escalation and implement emergency supplier containment measures as required.
• Work Closely with AD Reliability and support where required reliability failure investigation with Suppliers, driving to root cause preventive action and possible service rectification plan (Campaign)
• Prepare Supplier Quality and reliability performance data for Supplier QBR / ASR meetings and follow up on output actions.
• Where required, work with AD cross functional teams and suppliers on alternative specification product selection, testing and implementation, to ensure it meets AD quality requirements.
• Lead all RCCA and continuous improvement activities with new and problematic suppliers.
• Ensure prevention of repeat defects through promotion and utilization of 8D methodology
• Assess and improve supplier process capability.
• Develop and publish supplier performance reports and metrics via QlikView.

What you will bring:

• HND/Degree in mechanical, Electrical, or quality engineering
• QA audit/engineering experience in automotive environment
• Understanding of key quality standards ISO9001, IATF 16949 etc.
• Knowledge of supplier quality management systems and procedures – SPC, RCCA, PPAP, 8D, 5S, 6-sigma, DFMEA, PFMEA etc.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Report writing skills.

Next steps:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you!

As this role is unlikely to meet UKVI criteria for sponsorship under the skilled worker route, you will be required to have the right to work in the UK from the proposed commencement date.

We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on (phone number removed) or send an email to (url removed) IND-M