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Job Overview
SUMMARY: The Value Stream Supervisor MQE is responsible for leading quality activities within an assigned Value Stream and ensuring the achievement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity, and Cost objectives. The position supervises MQ Technicians and MQ Technician Team Leader while partnering closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, Planning, and Manufacturing Quality Engineering (MQE) to ensure products, processes, and documentation comply with customer, contractual, regulatory, engineering, and Quality Management System requirements.
The role provides leadership for day-to-day quality operations including receiving, in-process, final, and source inspection activities; nonconforming material control; containment actions; root cause analysis; corrective actions; audit readiness; and continuous improvement initiatives. The supervisor drives customer protection and operational excellence through effective problem solving, data-driven decision making, employee development, and cross-functional collaboration.
The position reports directly to the Value Stream Manager with a dotted-line relationship with the Manufacturing Quality Engineering (MQE) Manager to ensure alignment with customer requirements, quality objectives, regulatory compliance, and long-term quality improvement strategies.
Job Requirements
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- Lead daily quality performance reviews within the Value Stream.
- Participate in Tier meetings and Daily Management System activities.
- Own Value Stream quality metrics including Customer PPM, Internal PPM, Scrap, Rework, FPY, COPQ, and Audit Findings.
- Supervise Quality Inspectors and Quality Technicians.
- Lead quality containment activities and customer protection actions.
- Coordinate MRB activities and nonconforming material disposition processes.
- Lead RCCA, 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, and other structured problem-solving activities.
- Partner with MQE to drive systemic corrective actions and quality improvements.
- Support customer audits, registrar audits, and regulatory assessments.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, customer specifications, and internal procedures.
- Drive employee quality onboarding, development, training, qualification, and competency assessments.
- Support Value Stream capacity planning and staffing decisions from a quality perspective.
- Champion Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, and defect prevention initiatives.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position gives work direction to Quality Control technicians and Quality Leads and assists with performance evaluations.
COMPETENCIES: To perform this job successfully, individuals should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Integrity and Accountability; Manufacturing Quality Leadership; Customer Focus; Building Effective Teams; Technical Problem Solving; Decision Making; Continuous Improvement; Cross-Functional Collaboration; Results Orientation; Communication; Coaching and Development.
- Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
- Motivation and Planning/Organizing - Measures self against standard of excellence. Use time efficiently.
- Innovation.
What your background should look like
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Must be eligible to work under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) compliance.
- Minimum 5 years of manufacturing quality, inspection, quality engineering support, or related manufacturing experience.
- Minimum 2 years of leadership, supervisory, team lead, or coordinating experience.
- Experience supervising or directing Quality Inspectors, Quality Technicians, or manufacturing personnel.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, travelers, manufacturing work instructions, and customer requirements.
- Working knowledge of NCM, MRB, CAPA, RCCA, document control, and traceability.
- Experience using ERP and quality systems.
- Strong communication and data analysis skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, Business Management, or related discipline.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, marine, medical device, automotive, or other regulated industries.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001, IPC standards, and customer-specific requirements.
- Experience leading 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Pareto, and DMAIC investigations.
- Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience.
- ASQ certification is preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $86,300 – $107,900 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
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Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.