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JBT Corporation

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of JBT Corporation to provide equal opportunity for qualified persons and not to discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law at the JBT Corporation location to which this application is submitted. In addition, as a Federal Government contractor, JBT Corporation is an affirmative action employer. If you require accommodation during the application process, please contact the local Human Resources department. EOE-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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You may also call Megan Meagrow at 844-286-4524 if your disability or impairment prevents you from applying online. NOTE: Do not use this number unless you need assistance because of a disability or impairment. The personnel attending this phone line will not be able to give you a status update regarding your application and will not be the individuals making a decision regarding your employment.


Supplier Quality Engineer

US-GA-Alpharetta | US-NC-Apex
US-VA-Richmond


Job ID: 2025-13652
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Quality

JBT Corporation

Overview

At JBT Marel Corporation, what we do matters, we know that the contribution of our employees leads to the success of our business.

 

 

Our purpose is to transform the future of food; this guides our vision of being the global leader in food and beverage technology, by harnessing the full power of JBT Marel to partner with our customers and pioneer sustainable innovation.

 

 

Our values show who we are at our best. As we Create with Collaboration, Serve with Integrity, Grow with Excellence, and Advance with Innovation.

 

 

You will report to JBT Marel NA Strategic Sourcing Director Meats and Prepared Foods.

Responsibilities

The Supplier Quality Engineer will manage the building and maintaining of supplier quality and partnerships through quality standards and controls throughout the JBT supply base. You will ensure that suppliers implement and guide quality emphasizing on defect prevention and continuous improvements to meet JBT quality, engineering, and regulatory standards. This will be done by working directly with suppliers and internal partners to develop and implement quality procedures, promote problem solving with resolutions, and use risk assessment mitigation strategies.

 

Supplier Quality Management 30%

 

• You will provide functional leadership for Supplier Quality for the JBT Sandusky facility.
• Improve supplier quality and delivery performance.
• You will align roles and responsibilities between supplier quality and the balance of the organization to increase effectiveness by working with site Supply Chain, Quality and Operations teams.
• Support implementation of JBT's Corporate Supplier Quality Manual
• Develop and facilitate the roll out of standard practice and procedures for all supplier quality aspects to ensure set performance metrics are being achieved.
• Align with Sourcing on the approval of a new supplier to JBT and validate quality and procedures
• Conduct Supplier Quality Training at Suppliers facilities with regards to specific customer quality standards, expectations, and requirements and new product development.
• Conduct Supplier Audits to verify effectiveness of implemented corrective action plans.
• Align supply base to achieve quality goals
• Establish methods of communication using JBT established processes, dashboards, converting data into information

 

Supplier Corrective Action Review 30%

 

• Overall process ownership for resolving non-conformances using the MRR / VRMA process
• Perform risk containment for non-conformances
• Work with vendors to identify root cause(s) and sustainable corrective actions.
• Audit and identify areas of opportunity in supplier processes.
• Work with suppliers to provide a rapid response to major supplier quality issues that could improve production.
• Use the A3 problem solving methodology

 

Supplier Performance and Continuous Improvement 25%

 

• Perform failure analysis on non-conformances to identify main suppliers and components
• Initiate, aid and track supplier's continuous improvement Projects
• Work with Suppliers to aid in process improvements that focus on eliminating waste, cost reduction and lead-time improvements.
• Improve poor performing suppliers bases on quality and delivery scorecard review.
• Assist suppliers to employ VAVE (Value Analysis / Value Engineering), Kaizen activities, Lean Deployment, PDCA / Six Sigma methodologies to lead out waste.

 

Supplier First Article Submissions / NPD (New Product Development) 15%

• Support in supplier sourcing process for new programs or resourcing
• Support in smooth launch for new programs, NPD
• Coordinate and communicate critical characteristic expectations and review deliverables.
• Track and communicate conformance for those identified parts that require formal inspection, pertain to critical characteristics
• You will ensure inspection data and reports are received from Suppliers and retained

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent technical degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in technical quality support, interaction with different levels of management of clients.
• You will have experience working to IATF16949 and ISO 9000 standards.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of core quality tools including Process control plans, process flow diagrams, FMEA, SPC, and APQP
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
• Proficient in problem-solving tools (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa analysis, Six Sigma, A3 required.
• You will travel, less than 25%

Nice skills to have:

• Experience of statistical software such as Minitab or equivalent system.
• Tableau experience
• Microsoft Azure experience is great to have

This is a remote role, but you will need to travel to one of our JBT Marel office.

 

Benefits: JBT Marel offers benefits on day 1 of your employment. Including: Medical, Dental, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, family leave, vision coverage, and a matched 401(k) plan.

 

Commitment to Diversity: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging is a fundamental value to JBT Marel and critical to our future success. A thoughtful, focused, and sustained effort to work towards our DEIB goals is not just a principled choice, but also a business imperative.

 

Equal Opportunity Employment:

JBT Marel provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and qualified applicants for employment. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. At JBT Marel, we apply this policy to all our employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. We make hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit and business needs at the time. JBT Marel will reasonably accommodate applicants who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. If you require assistance or accommodation during the application process, please contact JBT Marel at 844-286-4524.

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