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To build our future, the best energy is ours!
Arabelle Solutions, part of the EDF Group, is a global leader in nuclear turbine island technologies, providing innovative low-carbon power solutions from the world’s most powerful operating steam turbine to modular SMR-optimized designs, along with generators, pumps, heat exchangers, and controls. Its technologies are used in one-third of nuclear power plants worldwide, supported by a team of 3,500 experts across 16 countries.
Our cultural pillars define how we work together: Team, Expertise, Ownership.
We collaborate fully and value the spirit of teamwork, where every skill is recognized to create innovative and effective solutions. Guided by safety and integrity in all we do, we take ownership of our actions and results.
Supplier Quality Engineer – Turbo-Generator Parts
Your role and impact within the team :
1. Role Purpose
The SQE Turbo Generators is responsible for ensuring that suppliers providing materials, components and manufacturing services for large Turbo Generators meet applicable technical, quality and contractual requirements.
The role has end-to-end responsibility for Supplier Quality activities throughout the supplier lifecycle, including supplier assessment and qualification, qualification workflow management, quality planning, manufacturing surveillance, inspection and testing, non-conformance management, supplier performance and supplier development.
The SQE manages supplier qualification stages within the company's Supplier Quality software and maintains visibility of supplier qualification progress, manufacturing processes, risks and open issues.
A key responsibility is maintaining a closed-loop quality feedback process between Supplier Quality, Suppliers, Engineering, Procurement, Factory/Manufacturing and Factory Quality, ensuring findings from Engineering/type tests and factory tests are translated into supplier corrective actions and sustainable process improvements.
2. Key Responsibilities
2.1 Supplier Assessment, Qualification and Approval
Perform capability assessments and qualification audits for new and existing suppliers.
Assess supplier manufacturing processes, process controls, infrastructure, technical capability, personnel competency, inspection/testing capability and Quality Management System.
Evaluate supplier capability against applicable technical and quality requirements.
Support Engineering and Procurement during supplier evaluation and selection.
Identify capability gaps and establish qualification and risk-mitigation actions.
Drive qualification findings and actions to effective closure.
Ensure supplier approval reflects the qualified product, process, manufacturing location and scope.
Initiate reassessment or requalification following significant changes, capability concerns or recurring quality issues.
2.2 Supplier Qualification System Management
Manage assigned suppliers through the defined qualification stages within the company's Supplier Quality software.
Maintain accurate supplier qualification records, assessments, actions, supporting evidence and approvals.
Track qualification progress and proactively follow up on overdue activities.
Coordinate with suppliers, Engineering, Procurement and other relevant stakeholders to progress qualification activities.
Identify qualification bottlenecks and drive resolution.
Maintain visibility of supplier capability, readiness, risks and outstanding requirements.
Manage supplier reassessment and…