Cleaner
About Dalkia UK
At Dalkia, we're driven by a shared purpose: tackling climate change and building a better, more sustainable future. We bring together talented people who share knowledge, challenge each other and grow together.
Backed by EDF, Britain's biggest generator of low carbon electricity, we're a people-first culture. With 5,000+ employees and £600m+ turnover, we combine the strength of a major group with a great culture, innovative mindset and inclusive values making Dalkia a great place to work and grow your career.
Accountabilities:
As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will support the Supplier Quality Manager in delivering all aspects of the Supplier Quality function. You will ensure that products and serviced provided by suppliers consistently meet project requirements.
Acting as a key liaison between the organisation and its suppliers, managing supplier performance and contribute to the development, qualification of new and existing suppliers. Working in a multiskilled and diverse team with suppliers to develop and implement best practices that emphasise defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste and provide for continuous improvements in meeting all customer requirements.
Key Deliverables:Nuclear Safety & NS Culture:
Promote and demonstrate positive Nuclear Safety leadership, building a strong and compliant Nuclear Safety Culture throughout the supply chain.
Foster adherence to nuclear safety standards and project requirements.
Supplier Qualification & Performance Management:
Support the Procurement team during the early stages of supplier down-selection. This includes evaluating and scoring quality-related questionnaires as part of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) assessments. The SQE will contribute to evidence-based decision-making by providing quality insights and risk-based evaluations to ensure the selection of capable and compliant suppliers.
Conduct Supplier Qualification activities against defined project requirements.
Conduct supply chain audits to assessment supplier compliance with project quality requirements. Ensure effective monitoring and management of audit findings closure through structured follow-up and engagement.
In case of poor supplier performance, provide targeted support by developing supplier improvement plan. Facilitate and deliver training sessions to address capability gap, reinforce quality standards. Manage and monitor suppliers' quality and delivery performance throughout the duration of the contract to ensure alignment with project expectations and timelines.
Proactively identify and address performance issues, ensuring that any non-conformances are thoroughly investigated. Collaborate with suppliers to conduct root cause analysis and ensure that corrective actions are supported by sufficient evidence before closure.
Conduct supply chain audits to assessment supplier compliance with project quality requirements. Ensure effective monitoring and management of audit findings closure through structured follow-up and engagement.
In case of poor supplier performance, provide targeted support by developing supplier improvement plan. Facilitate and deliver training sessions to address capability gap, reinforce quality standards. Manage and monitor suppliers' quality and delivery performance throughout the duration of the contract to ensure alignment with project expectations and timelines.
Proactively identify and address performance issues, ensuring that any non-conformances are thoroughly investigated. Collaborate with suppliers to conduct root cause analysis and ensure that corrective actions are supported by sufficient evidence before closure.
Quality Assurance & Contract deliverables
Ensure supplier's adherence to the requirements specified in the project specification
Review and monitor Contract Quality Assurance Plans (CQAP)provided by the supply chain
Establish and check appropriateness and completeness of Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs/FUDs) and monitor their completion.
Support the review and acceptance of Quality Release Certificate and End of Manufacturing Reports (EoMR)
Support and monitor source inspection activities.
Engaging with stakeholders to analyse non-conformities within the supply chain
Facilitate manufacturing kick off meetings
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work with Engineering, procurement and construction teams to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective to meet product and process requirements
Use a risk-based data driven approach to capitalise opportunities and mitigate risks to the supply chain performance
Minimum Qualifications/ Experience:
Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead auditor with extensive experience auditing to the standard
Good understanding of core manufacturing and inspection processes and protocols such as Fabrication, extrusion, coating, NDT
Understand the concepts and applications of problem solving and improvement tools.
Ability to lead and facilitate improvement projects
Degree qualified or minimum 3 years Quality/Supplier Quality or equivalent experience within a regulated industry
Our Values
People First - It starts with health, safety and wellbeing
Better Together - A collaborative team
Trusted Partners - Dedicated to our clients' success
Taking Responsibility - Making a positive difference
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
We're committed to an inclusive and fair recruitment process. If you need any adjustments please let us know, in confidence, our team is here to support you.
