Americas MBAG Supplier Quality Certified Welding Inspector & SQE

Job Description Summary

This role requires an AWS welding inspector certification (CWI). The role will have approximately a 60% responsibility on welding focus including suppler audits, team training, and training material creation. 40% of the role will be traditional supplier quality engineering (SQE) tasks including the development and monitoring of supplier quality on assigned equipment/products/parts from supplier selection, approval, and qualification phase to final inspections in order to verify product compliance with technical and quality requirements before releasing their shipment to site.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Own the Americas MBAG team welding oversight plan
• Develop a SQE welding training program for Americas MBAG SQEs
• Train the Americas MBAG SQEs to be proficient at visual welding inspection
• Audit the Americas team suppliers to confirm compliance to welding standards and GEV welding specs.
• Participate in Core Supplier Management teams for purchase orders to MSD&BoP suppliers, together with the Sourcing/Fulfilment and Engineering representatives.
• Work with procurement teams to define / agree / communicate to all stakeholders a roadmap for supplier development activities, identifying the supplier quality tasks to ensure the right supply chain performance to meet business objectives.
• Track and drive progress against roadmap commitments, with regular reports to stakeholders and management.
• Execute activities to drive safety, quality and compliance excellence and support delivery and cost performance, within the supply base for the assigned product scope.
• Support Supplier selection process, in cooperation with Sourcing and Engineering teams, performing technical assessment, and evaluating supplier capacity and capability (manufacturing, design, EHS, ...),
• Assess suppliers QMS and manufacturing process compliance through holistic process audits,
• Record action plans and manage supplier approvals in the supplier database,
• Lead and execute first piece qualification programs with suppliers in cooperation with other functions and subject matter experts including but not limited to: during fabrication audits, special processes audit, design reviews, functional tests (if applicable) and final product release.
• Record actions plans and approve qualification requests in the supplier database.
• Attend pre-award meetings with suppliers and Sourcing/Engineering,
• Contribute to the Supplier Performance Rating process (Score Cards),
• Review and update suppliers' qualification status based on their performance assessment,
• Initiate and manage supplier development actions and Q improvement plans.
• Ensure readiness for kick-off meeting with dedicated checklist,
• Confirm supplier surveillance strategy with GE Vernova Engineering,
• Organize the kick-off meetings with suppliers and relevant GE representatives,
• Support Engineering in execution of Supplier Requirement Reviews (SRR) and Supplier Design Reviews (SuDR)
• Where applicable, review supplier quality documentation (Inspection and Test Plans, special process and NDT procedures, ...).
• Set up inspection strategy (standard quality inspection plans and additional inspections, as applicable),
• Schedule quality surveillance and witness inspections at suppliers,
• Perform surveillance and witness inspections,
• Ensure product compliance with contract requirements and applicable regulations,
• Timely review, validate and distribute inspection reports.
• Ensure all deviations are closed,
• Where applicable, review End of Manufacturing Reports (EoMR),
• Authorize shipment once all quality requirements are met.
• Continuously follow up the punch items and nonconformities resulting from the quality surveillance inspections up to their closure,
• Lead RCAs and RCIs with suppliers as per business-defined impact thresholds, support supplier to create the corrective and preventative actions, monitor their implementation and perform the effectiveness check,
• Analyze customer escapes and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) and support vendor recovery process,
• Initiate and execute Supplier Quality Improvement Programs with top offenders, and, preventatively, with other suppliers of critical MLIs.
• Organize holistic process audits,
• Monitor the closure of corrective actions based on audit findings,
• Record the corresponding reports in the supplier database,
• Facilitate supplier Technical Advisor site installation and/or commissioning support and the corresponding lessons-learned dissemination,
• Support suppliers to executes DFMEA (where applicable) and PFMEAs.
• Relentlessly monitor and manage all supplier quality key process indicators (KPI) by dedicated review of the daily management dashboard and timely updates to the KPI tracker as well as the associated tool to prevent crossing level 3 thresholds and accumulation of backlog.

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials or Quality Engineering, or equivalent technical field from an accredited university or college.
• 5+ year working experience in quality, operations/supply chain or project management, preferably in Power Generation industry, with proficiency to understand technical drawings, specifications, and standards.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes involved in the production of the intended assigned equipment (e.g. casting, forging, welding, heat treatment, coating, machining, assembly, NDT, as applicable).
• Strong safety, compliance, quality, and lean mindset, with proven use of the industrial quality toolkit for risk assessment, root cause analysis, problem solving, and manufacturing process controls.
• Capacity to organize working time in global team setting and willingness to adjust it based on meetings with stakeholders in different time zones and flexibility/willingness to travel to supplier facilities up to 30%.

• You possess excellent written and verbal English language skills, allowing effective communication across all organizational levels, departments, and functions.
• You are someone who is competent and skilled in the interpretation of engineering drawings & standards.
• You hold certifications in special processes such as coatings (NACE), welding (CWI), non-destructive testing (NDT Level 1-3) and/or certifications/evidence of training in problem solving methodologies (5-why, 8D root cause analysis) and quality management systems such as ISO 9001:2015) lead auditor training.
• You are someone who is proactive, not easily discouraged, humble, open, collaborative, diligent, respectful, assertive, customer focused, goal oriented with a passion for continuous personal growth/improvement.
• You have experience in the operation, design or inspection of power industry equipment including fluids, mechanical, or electrical skids.
• You have experience interfacing with customers and senior leadership including the preparation, delivery and sometimes presentation of supplier quality related activities.