Quality Engineer – Supplier Quality

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Adelaide, South Australia | Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our team of more than 125,000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Quality Engineer – Supplier Quality who enjoys solving problems, working collaboratively and turning quality challenges into lasting improvements.

Based at our Adelaide site, you’ll have the opportunity to work across supplier quality, engineering and manufacturing. You’ll partner with suppliers and internal teams to improve component and product quality, investigate technical issues, reduce risk and strengthen the processes behind our products.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on quality engineering with supplier engagement, data-driven problem solving and continuous improvement in a global scientific technology organisation. You’ll have the opportunity to influence how we work, lead improvements and see the impact of your decisions from supplier through to finished product.

Whether your background is in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, quality engineering or a related engineering discipline, this role offers an opportunity to broaden your experience within a global scientific technology organization.

What You’ll Do

• Build strong supplier partnerships and work collaboratively to improve quality, capability and performance.

• Lead and support supplier qualification, onboarding, audits and ongoing performance management.

• Investigate supplier and product quality issues and turn root causes into effective, sustainable solutions.

• Lead or support corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and ensure improvements deliver the intended results.

• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Operations and Quality to solve technical challenges and prevent recurring issues.

• Use supplier and quality data to identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.

• Lead and contribute to continuous improvement projects focused on reducing defects, variation and quality risk.

• Apply practical quality tools such as FMEA, 8D and root-cause analysis.

• Support new product introductions and engineering changes, bringing a quality and supplier perspective into decisions early.

• Develop meaningful supplier quality measures and help teams translate data into action.

• Support supplier quality agreements, specifications and quality documentation.

• Contribute to the ongoing effectiveness of our Quality Management System and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Share your knowledge and help strengthen a culture where quality, continuous improvement and customer outcomes are everyone’s responsibility.

Keys to Success

You’ll bring sound technical acumen, an analytical mindset and a collaborative approach to finding practical solutions that make a real impact.

Education

• A qualification in a relevant technical discipline such as Mechatronics, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent relevant industry experience would be advantageous.

Experience

• Relevant experience in quality engineering, supplier quality, manufacturing quality, process engineering or a related technical quality role.

• Demonstrated experience investigating technical or quality issues and implementing sustainable corrective actions.

• Experience working with suppliers and/or cross functional engineering, manufacturing and procurement teams.

• Experience with supplier auditing, CAPA, new product introduction or continuous improvement is highly regarded.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to interpret technical information, specifications, drawings, quality data and supplier performance information.

• Understanding of quality engineering principles, risk management and structured problem solving.

• Knowledge of quality tools and methodologies such as FMEA, 8D, root-cause analysis is advantageous.

• Strong analytical skills and confidence using data to identify trends, assess risk and support decisions.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work constructively with suppliers and stakeholders at different levels.

• Audit experience or certification is desirable but not essential.

• Knowledge of metal fabrication and coating processes would be advantageous

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

This is primarily a site-based role to support supplier audits, supplier quality management and quality activities.

Benefits

Join our team and take advantage of these great benefits! Apply now to learn more about the full range of benefits we offer.

• Health & Wellbeing: Join a company that prioritizes your health & wellbeing with comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, and an Employee Assistance Program providing confidential support for personal and work-related issues.

• Flexibility: Balance your work and personal life with flexible arrangements.

• Extra Leave: Benefit from generous leave policies, including the option to purchase additional leave, paid birthday leave, and company paid parental leave.

• Charitable Giving & Volunteering: Make an impact with paid volunteer time to support non-profit organizations that matter to you.

• Learning & Development: Advance your career with access to online courses via Thermo Fisher Scientific University Plus and LinkedIn learning, workshops, and mentorship programs for continuous learning and skill development.

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