Procurement Engineer

Role: Procurement Engineer

Location: Loveland, CO

Job Type: Fulltime

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong experience in procurement engineering, supplier qualification, and supplier transition activities.
• Experience supporting NPI, product sustenance, and product transfer, including assembly procedures and manufacturing documentation.
• Hands-on experience creating engineering change orders, change orders, drawing updates, fixture designs, and digital work instructions.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks, with the ability to review design intent, manufacturability, tolerances, and engineering drawings, including GD&T, materials, and inspection requirements.
• Experience developing and executing equipment validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) in compliance with cGMP and FDA requirements.
• Hands-on experience planning, executing, and evaluating First Article activities and performing fit, form, and function testing.
• Experience completing and maintaining CQP, CQR, PPAP, APQP, and supplier qualification documentation.
• Experience managing supplier CAPA, Product Deviation Notices, supplier process audits, audit documentation, and supplier quality KPIs.
• Working knowledge of ASTM and equivalent international standards.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, R&D, Quality, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Supplier Quality Engineering teams.
• Ability to drive supplier activities end to end, track risks and issues, escalate unresolved concerns, and close actions within project timelines.
• Strong communication, supplier coordination, analytical, reporting, and ownership skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Execute and close supplier qualification activities through detailed engineering and supplier reviews.
• Drive engineering change orders required for qualification, testing, product transfer, or supplier readiness.
• Perform detailed drawing and engineering reviews with suppliers to identify and close technical and documentation gaps.
• Plan, track, and manage First Article execution at supplier or plant locations; review documentation and conduct fit, form, and function validation.
• Complete and maintain CQP, CQR, PPAP, APQP, validation, and supplier qualification records in line with customer requirements.
• Coordinate with Supplier Quality Engineering, Engineering, Procurement, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to support NPI and product life-cycle activities.
• Follow up with suppliers to close incomplete, incorrect, or missing engineering and quality documentation.
• Manage supplier corrective and preventive actions, Product Deviation Notices, and audit findings through formal closure.
• Act as the single-point owner for assigned suppliers and qualification scope, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, and compliance objectives are met.
• Track supplier quality KPIs, report status and risks, escalate unresolved issues, and drive mitigation actions.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methods to reduce waste and cost and improve yield.
• Ensure formal closure of supplier qualification, engineering change, validation, and transition activities.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strong ownership and the ability to drive supplier and cross-functional activities from initiation through closure.
• Clear written and verbal communication for supplier coordination, follow-up, status reporting, and escalation.
• Strong analytical and problem-s olving capability to interpret supplier quality KPIs and resolve technical or documentation gaps.
• Ability to manage multiple suppliers, priorities, risks, and timelines in a global cross-functional environment.

Continuous-improvement mindset with working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma techniques.