Job Description

United Holdings Oklahoma City is Now Hiring a Manufacturing Supplier Quality Control Engineer located at 10000 NW 2nd, Oklahoma City, OK 73127. The Manufacturing Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) will be responsible for ensuring that all materials and services provided by external suppliers meet the company's quality standards. This role involves implementing quality assurance processes, conducting audits on fabrication, and collaborating with suppliers to address and resolve quality issues. The SQE will work closely with the production in fabrication, engineering, quality, research and development, and procurement teams to ensure seamless integration of supplier quality into the overall manufacturing process. This role is an onsite role either at Oklahoma City, OK or Houston, TX.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Any one position may not include all the listed duties, nor do all the listed examples include all tasks which may be found in positions within this job description.

Quality Management Systems (QMS):

• Develop and enforce supplier quality plans to ensure consistent quality of supplied materials and components.

Supplier Evaluation and Approval:

• Assess, support, and process supplier approvals and re-approvals.
• Conduct comprehensive reviews of potential suppliers to ensure they meet required standards before approval.

Auditing and Compliance:

• Develop, implement, and audit risk-based annual quality control audit plans and schedules.
• Conduct and lead supplier, internal, and external compliance audits (e.g., GMP, ISO).

Product Development Support:

• Function as a key member of the product development team, representing the Supplier Quality function.
• Support design control aspects of product quality, program management, and quality planning from product design through manufacturing.

Process Verification and Validation:

• Provide input on appropriate statistical methods, test methodologies, and equipment.
• Coordinate testing and manage resulting documentation, including process validation and equipment qualification.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in supplier quality processes.
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement corrective actions and preventive measures.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Must meet project deadlines and maintain several concurrent tasks working independently with direction from more senior department members.
• Must possess the ability to work independently and in a team setting.
• Must be self-motivated.
• Must work safely and follow all company processes, core values, and procedures.
• Interacts and communicates with customers as needed in a professional manner.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• Able to take direction from senior members within the department and be able to follow tasks with supervision. In Essential duties
• Must be able to follow instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Expected to travel up to 35% to Kirby Corporate subsidiaries
• Must be able to complete and maintain certifications and/or safety training.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license.

Competency:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, preferably in the oil and gas or energy generation sectors.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to lift to 50lbs.

Ability to occasional climb ladders and crawl underneath equipment

Work in the office, shop floor, and test site settings.

Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, and crouching.

Occasionally exposed to cold, heat, noise, mechanical/electrical fumes, or odor.

Manual dexterity sufficient to work with fingers.

Normal vision with or without corrective lenses.

The job description describes a general category of duties and responsibilities and should not be considered an all-inclusive list of work requirements. Employees may be assigned additional duties in lieu of those described above and are subject to change according to the needs of UE Manufacturing & Stewart & Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies.