Supplier Quality Engineer

GEA Process Engineering NV is looking for a Supplier Quality Engineer to strengthen supplier quality assurance across the
Halle and Wommelgem sites. The role safeguards project flow and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities / Tasks

CORE MISSION is to protect operational flow through preventive supplier quality and fast, effective issue resolution.

Supplier Quality | Audits & Development | Reports to Quality Director.

Your Responsibilities:

• Qualify and approve suppliers through capability reviews, risk.

• assessments and documented audits.

• Plan and conduct supplier process and quality-system audits,

• including follow-up of findings.

• Lead supplier NCRs, containment, root cause analysis and corrective.

• actions using 8D, 5 Why and CAPA methods.

• Define supplier quality requirements with Procurement and Engineering, including inspection criteria, control plans and first article expectations.

• Monitor supplier quality KPIs, recurring failure modes and

• quality-related delivery impact.

• Develop suppliers through coaching, performance reviews andstructured improvement plans.

• Support risk-based incoming inspection and ensure lessons learned are built into standards and supplier selection.

• Collaborate with Quality, Procurement, Engineering, ProjectManagement, Assembly and Commissioning at both sites.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related technical field.

• Typically 3-5 years of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality or quality engineering.

• Practical experience with supplier audits, non-conformity management and corrective action follow-up.

• Strong knowledge of 8D, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans and root cause analysis.

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001; ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 are an advantage.

• Able to interpret technical drawings, specifications, tolerances and inspection documentation.

• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Professional English required; Dutch strongly preferred.

• Willingness to travel to suppliers.

Our offer:

• An influential quality role across two Belgian GEA sites in an international machine-building environment.