Supplier Quality Engineer

🕒 May 22

🌾 Nebraska – Remote

🌾 Nebraska – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Valmont Industries, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1946

🌾 Agriculture

⚡ Energy

Infrastructure • Agriculture • Energy

Valmont Industries, Inc. is a leading company dedicated to improving infrastructure and agricultural productivity while promoting sustainability. With a focus on safe, efficient roads and technological advancements in agriculture, Valmont strives to enhance connectivity and optimize renewable energy for a cleaner, more sustainable world. Founded in 1946, Valmont is committed to conserving resources and improving life through innovative, engineered solutions. The company works on strengthening power grids to combat climate change and connects communities by closing the digital divide, as well as provides precision irrigation and remote crop health monitoring to help feed the global population.

📋 Description

• Support and continuously improve the supplier-related elements of the Quality Management System (QMS), including procedures, standards, and documentation. • Serve as the primary quality liaison between suppliers, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Operations when supplier-related quality issues impact product or process performance. • Lead supplier nonconformance investigations using structured problem-solving methods (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone) and statistical tools as appropriate. • Develop, implement, and verify supplier corrective and preventive actions (SCAR/CAPA) and ensure sustained effectiveness. • Plan, conduct, and support supplier audits and assessments for supplier qualification, development, and ongoing performance evaluation. • Support supplier selection and onboarding by assessing quality system maturity, risk, and compliance with company and customer requirements. • Drive APQP and PPAP activities, including review and approval of PFMEAs, control plans, process flow diagrams, capability studies, gage R&R, SPC, and part layouts. • Partner with Engineering and Supply Chain to ensure quality requirements, CTQs, and acceptance criteria are clearly defined and communicated for new and existing products. • Lead or participate in supplier risk assessments for new product introductions and design or process changes. • Monitor supplier performance using scorecards and KPIs (e.g., PPM, on-time delivery, PPAP performance, audit results) and communicate trends, risks, and improvement plans. • Identify and execute opportunities to reduce cost of poor quality, including scrap, rework, returns, and inefficiencies in the supply chain. • Support internal, external, and customer audits by providing objective evidence and driving timely closure of findings. • Facilitate effective cross-functional communication; influence decisions using data, facts, and sound quality principles. • Prepare clear written and verbal communication, including reports, presentations, and supplier feedback. • Provide quality and technical guidance to suppliers and internal stakeholders on tools, methods, and best practices. • Ability to travel as business needs require (typically +50%)

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors with 3+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 5+ years relevant experience or 7+ years of relevant experience • Demonstrated experience in supplier quality, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, or a closely related role. • Working knowledge of quality systems, supplier quality methodologies, and inspection/metrology fundamentals. • Proficiency in structured problem-solving and corrective action methodologies (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone, Pareto). • Familiarity with relevant industry, regulatory, and customer standards (e.g., ISO 9001, AISC, or industry-specific requirements). • Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation. • Working knowledge of supplier/APQP deliverables such as PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, and incoming inspection strategies. • Proficiency with common workplace software (e.g., Microsoft Office) and ability to use or learn quality-related systems (e.g., QMS, ERP, SPC, CAQ). • Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across functions and with external suppliers. • Demonstrated ability to manage priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision) • 401k retirement plan with company match • Paid time off • Employer paid life insurance • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave • Work Life Support • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year • Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more