Dura-Line Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) (REMOTE) at DURA LINE CORP. in Knoxville, Tennessee

Job Description:

At Dura-Line, we aspire to create a more connected world, because we believe every company, every community, every person deserves the chance to advance their lives through better access to high-speed broadband. We take pride in our state-of-the-art quality products and being recognized a key partner with all of the major telecommunications companies across the world. In one year, Dura-Line produced over 1.4 billion feet of digital network infrastructure. Dura-Line creates what connects us. Every time you pick up your cell phone, log into the internet, or use your i-anything, it's because our HDPE pathways protect that delicate string of glass called a fiber optic cable that carries everything from precious pictures of your puppy to the latest sports scores. Your safety, health, family, work, entertainment...your whole life; that's our connection.


Part of the foundation of the Dura-Line Quality Program is data-based Continuous Improvement. We take a team approach to problem-solving and improvement efforts. We practice and encourage open communication about the business through a variety of channels, including communicating on business priorities and situations, as they develop, towards a shared vision of growth.


Dura-Line is currently hiring a NEW Supplier Quality Engineer to play a key role driving quality and performance improvements with the supply base, proactively make improvements related to internal processes, and assuring that suppliers meet customer contractual and regulatory requirements. You must bring your demonstrable experience working with suppliers to reduce quality defects, proactively identifying and managing risks, support supplier/materials qualification, and lead procurement cost reduction initiatives to assure that applicable requirements are met and help improve our manufacturing plants quality performance.




What you will be doing in this role?

• Implement sound, systematic problem solving and risk management protocols and tools with suppliers to identify, prioritize, communicate, and resolve quality issues


• Monitor and measure supplier performance related to quality and costs of nonconformance.


• Perform data analysis to identify and evaluate trends in product and process conformity and identify/assign appropriate corrective actions.


• Evaluate contract proposals to ensure that the appropriate requirements are flowed down to the supplier as needed


• Execute internal control processes including, but not limited to incoming materials quality requirements definition and flow down, material inspection and test reporting and reviews, procedure reviews, and quality inspection plans as needed.

This is a great position to help elevate Dura-Line supplier quality mentality and culture, thus you need to be able to drive and engage people in cross functional teams and partner with internal and external customers on Supplier Quality matters. You must have at least 5 years in a Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) role in a manufacturing environment where you have participated in both organizational process improvements or similar activities with suppliers and lead suppliers through resolving discrepancies, including corrective and preventive actions as well as recovery plans.



What else can help you succeed in this role?
Strong understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ISO standards, and national/international regulation will be key to build trust and credibility as you influence and partner with different stakeholders and drive long term success. A QMS Lead Auditor Certification or ASQ-CQA is preferred but not required; However, you must have some background in auditing manufacturing facilities and operational processes as you will lead or participate in Internal Quality Audits and Supplier Audits.


We need a change agent, and enabler of people to foster a culture of high compliance to quality standards and create, maintain, and implement the standardized supplier quality policies for the company as well as the procedures to align with the standardization strategy.



JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM TODAY! Apply on our website at: www.dura-line.com


We offer medical, dental, vision, relocation assistance, tuition reimbursement, holidays, paid time off as well as many other benefits in a collaborative culture that focuses on innovation and teamwork.


Dura-Line is a team-oriented environment where we all help each other to make sure our product gets out the door to our customers on time. We offer all our employees an exciting work environment, training and opportunities to grow and cross-train within the company. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce that represents our global customer base.


At Dura-Line, we aspire to create a more connected world, because we believe every company, every community, every person deserves the chance to advance their lives through better access to high-speed broadband. We take pride in our state-of-the-art quality products and being recognized a key partner with all the major telecommunications companies across the world.


Dura-Line is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in the federal E-Verify program to verify the work eligibility of all new hires.



Join Our Team:Dura-Line offers all its employees an exciting work environment and provides career opportunities in a continuously growing company. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce that represents our global customer base. Check out our products, history, and testimonials atwww.Dura-Line.com


Dura-Line is part of a community of companies, known asOrbia, bound together by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia's business groups have a collective focus on insuring food security, reducing water scarcity, reinventing the future of cities and homes, connecting communities to data infrastructure, and expanding access to health and wellness with advanced materials. The business groups include Precision Agriculture, Building and Infrastructure, Fluor, Polymer Solutions, and Data Communications, which collectively pursue human centric solutions to global challenges. Apply Now