Outstanding Supply Chain/Materials Engineering opportunity in alternative energy

Occupation: Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Do you want to save the world?  You can be a hero by joining one of the world’s leading solar photovoltaic (PV) companies!  At SolarWorld, you will have the opportunity to help develop one of the world’s cleanest and most environmentally-responsible forms of sustainable energy production.   We are looking for everyday heroes who are highly-motivated to grow North America’s largest Solar PV production capability under one company!  If you are a proactive, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic about sustainable energy, we invite you to “Come Shine with Us!” As our first Supply Chain/Materials Engineer you have a unique opportunity to develop and manage a robust supplier quality program supporting our full manufacturing process, from silicon crystal growing through final assembly of finished solar panels, partner with the production management team as their key technical liaison to vendors, and manage mission-critical vendor quality issues.  In this pivotal role you will act as the single technical resource on the procurement team charged with managing supply chain quality for all manufacturing inputs, and build a scalable platform for managing supplier quality as we scale operations and grow as a professional team. Primary responsibilities for this position include:·         Utilize your detailed understanding of the production process to analyze manufacturing issues arising from material/product inputs, develop an action plan for addressing root-causes, and pursue resolution through production engineering, and/or the vendor.·         Manage mission-critical/high spend supplier quality issues in partnership with production managers, procurement team members, and the vendor team, working toward solutions which maintain productive vendor relationships and minimize production interruption/costs/quality issues over time.·         As a core deliverable, develop a robust supplier quality program which delivers opportunities for cost reductions, more productive vendor management, fewer production issues resulting from materials quality issues, etc., deploy this system in concert with production and procurement management and teams, and manage all quality engineering as our production capacity more than quintuples over the course of the next 2+ years.  ·         Provide organizational leadership regarding all materials/supply-chain quality initiatives, staff, processes, applications etc.  While not directly managing people, this role will immediately provide oversight, and as we grow will mature into key leadership or management, dependent on organizational size, expansion etc. The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:  Not less than 5 years of directly related experience in high-volume manufacturing environments, ideally PCB/IC or other highly automated, complex manufacturing.  Those with experience in silicon production environments have a distinct advantage. Desire to join a highly entrepreneurial, fast moving, rapidly changing, cohesive team of peers, production managers and engineers and others working within a start-up environment with few established practices, processes, applications etc. Demonstrably appropriate background with statistical quality/process control and change control. Ideal candidates will have in-depth experience applying continuous improvement methodologies, with the ability to adapt core concepts into an unstructured, fast moving, and highly entrepreneurial environment. BS in Industrial/Manufacturing/Chemical Engineering or related field highly desired. Please forward your resume either as text in the body of your e-mail, or as an attachment (.doc, .pdf, .rft, .txt preferred) to: solarjobs-hillsboro@solarworld-usa.com SolarWorld offers a competitive benefits package, designed for the “green collar” worker including a minimum of 4 weeks annual vacation, 401k, medical, dental, life, employee referral bonus, and more!   SolarWorld is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/D/V. All offers of employment are contingent upon a candidate’s successful completion of SolarWorld’s pre-employment drug testing, and background investigation, which includes employment and criminal histories.