Supplier Quality Engineer

Supplier Quality Engineer About Forterra At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Our mission is to build the foundational platforms that enable an intelligent ecosystem to coordinate, adapt, and execute with speed and precision even in the uncertainty and disruption of modern conflict. In an era marked by rapid technological change and evolving threats, we design for flexibility, survivability, and operational dominance. Forterra delivers weapons, sensors, and battlefield effects through integrated autonomous networks reaching operational areas faster, safer, and without placing human lives at risk. Our systems operate with distributed control, dynamic routing, and real-time responsiveness, enabling sustained advantage across complex mission environments. About the role Forterra is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to work in a joint capacity supporting quality activities in production and supporting Quality Assurance activities, including audit management and nonconformance management for Forterra’s supply base. This will be an on-site role. Successful candidates will be creative problem solvers and process-oriented individuals who have a consistent track record of delivering results. You excel at working in a fluid environment with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and dive deep into issues to conduct data-driven problem solving. You thrive at bringing order from chaos by creating effective processes that can efficiently scale. You are an outstanding communicator who helps drive execution of plans to achieve business results. You are excellent at time and priority management and capable of using sound judgement when faced with competing tasks. You are self-driven and possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to navigate difficult situations. Safety Responsibilities Demonstrates leadership commitment to safety through ensuring reporting of incidents; timely handling of employee safety concerns in alignment with Forterra’s Just Culture program; promoting Safety Culture and values; ensuring compliance with safety-related regulations and policies; and supporting safety objectives and safety performance goals. What you'll do Responsible for working with cross functional teams in executing quality standards, deploying quality assurance processes, conducting quality reviews, and ensuring that the product meets the specified quality criteria. Partner with Hardware Engineering and Production on sustaining activities and ensure that appropriate levels of quality are met for production stages. Prepare and conduct First Article Inspections following AS9102 methodologies. Conduct inspections, as required, to ensure any Quality inspection bottlenecks are promptly addressed. Work with Manufacturing Engineering and Production to ensure that Quality inspection points are incorporated into planning and work instructions. Respond to production stoppages due to quality issues and ensure timely triage and problem solving. Support the resolution of nonconforming material issues and drive root cause analysis and corrective action, as required. Work with Supply Chain to ensure that appropriate supplier quality requirements are flowed to suppliers via the purchase order process. Work closely with Supply Chain and Quality Management Systems Manager to ensure key suppliers are audited and/or assessed according to established criticality levels. Support the timely resolution of supplier quality issues and perform/implement root cause and corrective actions with suppliers as needed. Assist in the development and improvement of supplier performance data. Provide recurring reports on the status of supplier quality performance. Drive Supplier Corrective Action Requests when necessary. Act as the lead for scheduling/chairing Supplier Audit pre-assessment meetings as well as completion of Supplier Assessments and associated closing meeting documentation. Act as a support ... (truncated, view full listing at source)