Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title: Supplier Quality Engineer

Division: Weir Minerals EMEA Region

Location: Alrode, South Africa

Onsite

Purpose of Role:The purpose of the role is to ensure suppliers within the Weir Minerals network meet quality standards and requirements through effective management, evaluation, and development. This includes conducting audits, analyzing performance, and supporting procurement to optimize efficiency and compliance.

Why choose Weir:

Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supplier Quality Management: Overseeing supplier quality for various products and commodities (casting, machining, fabrication, rubber parts, and purchased products) within the supplier network and Weir Minerals facilities. This includes ensuring compliance with Weir Minerals standards through audits and improvement actions and managing the supplier first article inspection process.
• Evaluation and Development: Assessing and approving new suppliers, developing existing ones according to Weir Minerals Supplier Quality Manual and ISO 9001:2015 requirements, and supporting capital projects and fabrication evaluations
• Quality Assurance and Compliance: Conducting supplier audits on existing compliance, additional product lines, and continuous improvement, as well as monitoring compliance, investigating non-conformances, and implementing corrective actions.
• Performance Analysis and Reporting: Analyzing supplier performance reports, validating corrective actions, and optimizing turnaround times for quality issues.
• Support and Coordination: Assisting procurement with product rationalization to optimize efficiency, performing dimensional inspections of parts, and occasionally acting as Supplier Quality Manager.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
  
  

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• National Diploma – Engineering or related (Preferred: Mechanical Eng/ Physical Metallurgy).
• 5 years related experience, with 2 years in a Quality role.
• Valid Driver’s License for a manual transmission vehicle Mandatory.
• Quality Core tools and/ or ISO 9001 training or experience.
• Experience working in machining or fabrication facilities or Foundry process.
  
  

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world-leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient, and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water, and waste at a lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low-carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 countries, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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