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Quality Engineer III, Supplier Quality

  • Irvine (Orange County)
  • Design / Civil engineering / Industrial engineering

Job description

Job Description

Building on its heritage of more than 70 years, Alcon, the global leader in eye care, is the second largest division of the Novartis Group with combined pro-forma sales of more than USD 10 billion in 2013. The division was formed by Novartis on April 8, 2011, following the closing of the merger between Alcon and Novartis. The new Alcon Division combines the product portfolios, commercialization capabilities, R&D and talent of Alcon, CIBA VISION and Novartis Ophthalmics. Today, Alcon has more than 24,000 employees with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Alcon’s three businesses - Surgical, Pharmaceutical and Vision Care - meet the diverse needs of eye care professionals and patients offering the widest spectrum of eye care products with operations in 75 countries and products available in 180 markets. For more information, visit www.alcon.com.

Alcon is currently seeking a QA Engineer III, Supplier Quality for the Manufacturing Technical Operations division located in Irvine CA. The QA Engineer will develop, modify, apply and maintain quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. The QA Engineer collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Effectively partners with suppliers in product performance, risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Lead and manage Supplier Non-Conformances to ensure corrective actions are addressed for all product performance issues.
• Conduct supplier audits to drive process standardization, and continuous improvement
• Participate in supplier approval process (questionnaires, risk assessment, audit, qualification, etc.)
• Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers and customers to eliminate recurrence of non‐conformances
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements
• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality
• This job entails travel 10-15% (primarily domestic, but might be some international)

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Desired profile

Minimum requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical) or Physical/Biological Sciences with at least one course in Quality Engineering and/or Statistics or equivalent
• 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing engineering environment with a quality function

No relocation allocated for this position

Our generous benefits package includes the Novartis Investment Savings 401(k) Plan which provides a company contribution of up to 6%. In addition, after one year of service, employees are eligible for the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), to which Alcon contributes 6% of eligible pay. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers a premier level of coverage for medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.

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