Supplier Quality Engineer
About The Position
PTC is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing, and fabricated parts and precision components. We at PTC value our employees’ health and wellness. We offer the following: FREE Healthcare HSA option Dental Vision Life Insurance Dependent & Spouse Life Insurance Long Term Disability Critical Illness & Accident Coverage 401K plan with company match Referral Bonus Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC employees Tuition Reimbursement eligibility Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to support both corporate quality systems and supplier quality activities across multiple manufacturing locations. This role plays a critical part in strengthening our Quality Management System (QMS), reducing risk, and ensuring suppliers and internal teams consistently meet requirements. This is a hands-on, manufacturing-focused role. The right candidate understands how quality systems work in practice, is comfortable on the shop floor, and can work effectively with suppliers, plant teams, and leadership.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field equivalent and or a combination of education and work experience.
- Years of Experience: 5+
- 5+ years of quality experience in a manufacturing environment
- Automotive or automotive-adjacent experience strongly preferred
- Hands-on experience with ISO 9001 and IATF 16949
- Experience conducting QMS, process, MPA, and supplier audits
- Strong working knowledge of AIAG Core Tools: PFMEA Control Plans PPAP MSA (GR&R) SPC (Cp/Cpk)
- Experience working with: Stamped steel, tubing, fabricated metal, or similar products Secondary processing suppliers (plating, coating, heat treat, welding, assembly)
- Strong Excel skills (filters, pivot tables, trend analysis)
- Willingness to travel and support multiple sites
- Willing to participate in company-sponsored training and development
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Must be computer literate and able to work with programs such as Word, Excel, etc., and be able to learn and use HP programs such as e-mail, ERP system, etc.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, and/ or walk, and/ or use arms and hands to load and unload material for extended period of time.
- Must be able to safely lift and load 50lbs.
- The employee must also be able to work outside in a variety of conditions.
- Candidates must be able to tolerate any climate, must be flexible with shifts (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) during the week and weekends.
Nice To Haves
- Lead Auditor experience (ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949)
- Certifications such as CQE, CQA, CSQP
- Experience supporting multiple manufacturing locations
- Experience with ERP/QMS systems (PLEX, SAP, Oracle, or similar)
- Layered Process Audits (CQI-8) experience
Responsibilities
- Quality Management System (QMS)
- Apply and support ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 requirements across multiple sites
- Develop, revise, and maintain clear, usable procedures and standard work
- Support certification and surveillance audits
- Ensure consistent application of the process approach and risk-based thinking
- Prevent local workarounds and “this is how we’ve always done it” behaviors
- Supplier Quality
- Manage supplier nonconformance and corrective actions end-to-end
- Conduct supplier audits, including QMS and process audits
- Review and approve PPAP submissions
- Hold suppliers accountable through data-driven, professional communication
- Support new supplier onboarding and supplier process changes
- Auditing & Compliance
- Plan, conduct, and follow up on: Internal QMS audits Process audits and MPAs Supplier audits
- Ensure audit findings result in real corrective action and behavior change
- Support registrar and customer audits as needed
- Problem Solving & Risk Management
- Lead internal and supplier corrective actions (8D/CAR)
- Verify true root cause and systemic fixes
- Identify and reduce both internal and supplier risk
- Translate audit findings, customer complaints, and supplier issues into improvement actions
- Data & Performance Monitoring
- Analyze quality data such as PPM, trends, and Pareto charts
- Use data to justify escalation, containment, and improvement decisions
- Support quality KPIs and dashboards
- The incumbent is expected to understand that all employees have a shared responsibility for the quality of products and related services provided to our customers. Duties and responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with the PTC Quality Management System and its policies, procedures, and work instructions as applicable to the job or function being performed.
Benefits
- FREE Healthcare
- HSA option
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent & Spouse Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Critical Illness & Accident Coverage
- 401K plan with company match
- Referral Bonus
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC employees
- Tuition Reimbursement eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
