Vendor Contact Field Representative

Provides liaison with suppliers to assure the quality and reliability of purchased materials. 75-100 domestic travel is required.

• Checks suppliers work and progress to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Perform complex electrical and/or mechanical inspections
• Plans, performs, and reports results of evaluations of operating practices in production, inspection, and supporting departments.
• Maintain an assigned vendor base as well as provide backup across various suppliers
• Evaluates accuracy and verifies implementation of reported corrective actions.
• Maintains appropriate records, initiates various inputs for management summaries, and assures that survey history documentation is complete and maintained to meet applicable requirements.
• Performs special evaluations, audits, and appraisals as required.
• Prepares reports and makes recommendations as appropriate.
• May perform other duties as required.
• Conducts activities in a safe and healthy manner and works in accordance with established HS&E requirements to ensure the protection of employees, the public, and the environment. Takes actions necessary to "stop" work when an unsafe condition or action is identified. Every employee has the right and responsibility to stop work when unsafe conditions or actions are identified.
• THIS POSITION REQUIRES 75-100 TRAVEL

• Two or more years of experience in inspection, quality activities, or related technical work.
• Must possess a valid Drivers License.
• A Bachelors Degree and two years of experience or a High School Diploma and four years of experience required in a mechanical and/or electrical engineering, manufacturing, or production environment as a Quality Inspector, Auditor, Machinists, or Quality Engineering role.

• After training, must possess a thorough knowledge of and the ability to interpret the facilitys engineering and quality specifications and drawing requirements to suppliers.
• Ability to apply well established technical methodologies to routine inspections.

FMT2021