E&I Supplier Quality Engineer

E&I Supplier Quality Engineer

Coimbatore, IND

• ID: R-20997
• Job Category: Quality
• Job Type: Full time

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Position Summary

The E&I Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for end-to-end quality assurance of critical Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I) bought-out equipment. The role ensures that supplied equipment meets customer requirements, approved engineering documents, purchase-order specifications, inspection and test plans, applicable standards, and statutory requirements before final release.

Key Responsibilities

• Own quality activities for critical E&I bought-out items, including:
• Electric motors
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Motor Monitoring Systems (MMS)
• Transformers
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
• Unit Control Panels (UCPs)
• Other electrical, instrumentation, control, and protection panels
• Perform supplier source inspections and incoming inspections in line with:
• Customer specifications
• Approved drawings and datasheets
• Purchase-order requirements
• Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
• Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs)
• Applicable IEC, ISO, customer, and project-specific standards
• Review and witness routine tests, type tests, and Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), ensuring:
• Approved test procedures are followed
• Test instruments are calibrated and traceable
• Test results comply with specification and standard requirements
• Test reports are complete, accurate, and approved before release
• Apply IEC 60034 series requirements for electrical rotating machines and motors, including motor performance, efficiency, temperature rise, insulation, vibration, noise, routine testing, and certification requirements.
• Verify compliance of Ex equipment with IEC 60079 series requirements, hazardous-area classifications, Ex marking, protection concepts, equipment certification, and validity of Ex certificates.
• Coordinate supplier inspections, third-party inspection agency (TPI) activities, customer inspections, and internal quality requirements to meet project schedules and inspection hold points.
• Review supplier quality documentation, including:
• Approved drawings and datasheets
• Material and component certificates
• ITPs, QAPs, and manufacturing schedules
• Routine and type test reports
• FAT reports
• Calibration certificates
• Ex certificates and compliance documents
• Final manufacturing and quality dossiers
• Maintain complete traceability of equipment, components, inspection status, test records, deviations, and release documentation throughout the supply cycle.
• Identify nonconformities and raise NCRs where equipment, documents, or test results do not meet requirements.
• Coordinate with suppliers for root-cause analysis (RCA), corrective and preventive action (CAPA), corrective action implementation, and closure verification of NCRs.
• Handle customer quality queries, complaints, deviations, and NCRs associated with E&I bought-out items, providing timely and technically sound responses.
• Conduct supplier quality audits, vendor visits, surveillance inspections, and remote inspections as required by the project or quality plan.
• Support the final inspection team by reviewing E&I quality dossiers, ensuring documentation completeness, closing inspection punch points, and supporting Inspection Release Note (IRN) issuance.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Experience in supplier quality, quality control, inspection, testing, or project quality for electrical and instrumentation equipment.

• Strong exposure to motors, VFDs, transformers, PLCs, switchgear, control panels, and hazardous-area equipment.

• Strong Knowledge about product certification like ATEX, Compex etc.

• Knowledge of IEC 60034 and IEC 60079 series standards.

• Experience in reviewing engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, datasheets, ITPs, QAPs, test procedures, and supplier documentation.

• Knowledge of FAT, routine testing, type testing, inspection release processes, and quality dossier compilation.

• Strong understanding of NCR, RCA, CAPA, deviation control, and supplier corrective-action follow-up.

• Ability to coordinate effectively with suppliers, customers, TPIs, engineering, procurement, project management, and final inspection teams.

• Strong technical judgment in E&I equipment inspection and compliance verification

• Attention to detail and documentation discipline

• Knowledge of hazardous-area and Ex compliance requirements

• Supplier quality management and problem-solving capability

• Clear communication with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders

• Ability to manage multiple inspections and project priorities under schedule pressure

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• Req ID : R-20997

• Job Family Group : Quality

• Job Family : QA Quality Assurance

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