Highlights
Known for innovation, quality, and operational excellence, the organization offers employees the opportunity to make a direct impact while supporting products where reliability is non-negotiable. Our client is a long-established manufacturer supporting highly engineered products used in demanding and highly regulated industries.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Middletown, CT |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $80,000–$950,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
Description
Join a Mission-Critical Aerospace & Defense Manufacturer
Our client is a long-established manufacturer supporting highly engineered products used in demanding and highly regulated industries. Known for innovation, quality, and operational excellence, the organization offers employees the opportunity to make a direct impact while supporting products where reliability is non-negotiable.
Job Description
Develop, implement, and maintain supplier qualification and approval programs. Manage supplier scorecards and performance metrics focused on quality, delivery, and total cost of ownership. Conduct supplier audits, surveys, and source inspections to assess compliance and capability. Perform First Article Inspections (FAI) and support new supplier onboarding activities. Lead supplier corrective action initiatives and ensure timely issue resolution. Investigate supplier-related nonconformances using root cause analysis methodologies. Initiate supplier containment actions, production stoppages, and rejection of defective materials when required. Evaluate supplier manufacturing processes and identify continuous improvement opportunities. Support lean manufacturing initiatives and collaborate with suppliers to improve operational performance. Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal stakeholders and suppliers. Coordinate supplier manufacturing readiness reviews and variance request activities. Analyze supplier quality trends, defect data, and delivery performance metrics. Ensure supplier compliance with customer requirements, industry standards, and quality management systems. Partner with Quality, Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to resolve technical and quality concerns. Maintain approved supplier lists and drive supplier development initiatives. Develop and deliver supplier quality training for internal teams. Travel up to 25% to supplier facilities for audits, assessments, and improvement initiatives.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline. 5+ years of Supplier Quality Engineering experience within aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments. Strong experience performing supplier audits and supplier qualification activities. Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality systems. Experience conducting root cause investigations and implementing corrective actions. Ability to evaluate manufacturing processes, supplier capabilities, and product quality. Background managing supplier corrective action reports (SCARs). Experience with First Article Inspection (FAI) processes and supplier performance metrics. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Willingness to travel up to 25%.
What's on Offer
Industry-leading aerospace and defense manufacturing environment. Significant ownership over supplier quality strategy and performance. Collaborative cross-functional exposure with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams. Direct impact on mission-critical products and customer success. Competitive compensation, strong benefits, 401(k) match, and generous PTO.
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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