DWU - CESC - Supplier Quality Technician AMA - 1st Shift

Cummins•Columbus, IN

About The Position

The Supplier Quality Technician supports supplier and incoming quality processes by inspecting materials and components, managing nonconforming materials, coordinating supplier quality actions, and maintaining quality documentation and records. The role provides production support, works with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues, and helps prevent defects through containment, corrective action, audits, and continuous improvement. The position also supports quarantine-area control and uses Oracle and Windows-based applications to track material status, inspection results, and quality performance.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Must be program ready for the required curriculum.
Appropriate written and oral communication skills; basic PC skills and ability to use Microsoft Office and Windows applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
User knowledge of statistical process control, precision measurement, blueprint interpretation, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
Ability to use measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, CMM, and Faro arm; maintain awareness of equipment calibration status.
Basic shop math, including trigonometry.
Basic knowledge of COS principles and practices; engine-build familiarization.
Commitment to quality, safety-mindedness, active listening, and a sense of urgency.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and multitasking skills; self-motivated and dependable, able to handle change and follow directions.
Ability to work well with other departments and participate in required meetings and training.
Able to work long and flexible shifts, including weekends.
Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision and communicate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Comply with departmental, site, company, quality, and safety procedures, including required personal protective equipment; maintain safe and orderly work areas.
Participate in improvement projects and apply problem-solving methods individually and in teams; complete work with minimal supervision and rotate job routines as needed.
Communicate technical and quality information to internal and external customers, suppliers, management, engineering, materials, production, warehouse, and support teams.
Perform rework, scrap, external rework, and other material transactions; generate nonconformance reports and related quality documentation.
Work with suppliers and purchasing personnel to improve supplier quality and lead supplier, customer, or manufacturing quality issues to closure using methods such as 7-Step problem solving or A3.
Collect, analyze, and present out-of-process and quality data; lead containment, sorting, corrective-action, and quality-team activities as appropriate.
Maintain and update process documentation to reflect product and process changes; raise applicable quality records, including FIRGs, MNCs, CARs, and SCARs.
Prioritize and coordinate work for Quality Associates, third-party screening companies, and suppliers on site; perform line audits and overchecks and complete quality paperwork.
Perform basic part measurements, read engineering drawings, and support PFMEA and control-plan activities.
Perform visual, dimensional, and functional inspection of incoming components, raw materials, and parts; verify conformance with drawings, specifications, control plans, and customer requirements.
Maintain traceability of inspected materials, including lot numbers, certificates, inspection results, and required documentation; review supplier CoCs, material certifications, and PPAP documentation.
Administer the quarantine area by identifying, labeling, segregating, and tracking nonconforming material; maintain accurate status labels and inventory records and prevent unintended use.
Coordinate material disposition with Quality Engineering, Purchasing, and Production; support material holds, releases, deviation requests, and containment actions.
Monitor and reconcile quarantined materials and inspection status in Oracle; generate reports on incoming quality, material status, and quarantine inventory.
Monitor supplier performance indicators such as PPM and audit scores, report recurring issues and trends, and participate in supplier root-cause analysis, including 8D, 5-Why, and Ishikawa methods.
Support validation and requalification of parts following supplier-driven changes and collaborate with Quality Engineers on investigations and corrective-action verification.
Participate in internal and layered process audits and verify process controls, traceability, and material-handling practices.
Maintain supplier quality and inspection records in alignment with IATF 16949 requirements; use Windows applications for documentation, reporting, and communication.
Ensure measurement equipment is properly used, handled, and in calibration status; communicate inspection and quarantine matters and escalate critical supplier or material issues.
Support cross-functional material reviews, quality alerts, and continuous-improvement initiatives in receiving inspection and supplier quality.
Participate in training and personal development and assist with training department personnel and apprentices; perform other duties as required.