Supplier Quality Engineer

Posting Date: 3 Mar 2025

City: Roma

Location:

Roma, IT, 144

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Sustainability and Business Innovation

Level of experience: Junior

RINA is currently recruiting for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join its office in Roma within the Sustainability and Business Innovation Division.

Mission

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure compliance with quality standards for build-to-print parts in the space and defense industries. The role involves supplier quality assessment, first article inspections (FAI), non-conformity management, and continuous process improvement for metallic and composite parts, propulsion equipment, and structural assemblies.

Key Accountabilities

Manage supplier quality by conducting assessments, audits, and approvals (documental, remote, or onsite).
Oversee First Article Inspections (FAI), from planning to execution, ensuring compliance with client requirements.
Investigate and prevent escapes through root cause analysis and corrective actions. #LI-RD1
Ensure compliance with project specifications, managing deviations (RFD) and waivers (RFW) where necessary.
Support the Material Review Board (MRB) and manage non-conformities (NCRs).
Maintain and update quality databases, supplier records, and certification databases (e.g., AS9100, Nadcap).
Participate in cross-functional collaboration with engineering, procurement, operations, and warehouse teams to ensure product quality. #LI-FS1

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering General

Qualifications

Degree in Engineering
Proven experience in Quality Management or Engineering, ideally in space/aerospace (supplier management, propulsion, composites, machining, NDT).
Strong knowledge of manufacturing and special processes (machining, bonding, welding, surface treatments, NDT).
Fluent in English (French is a plus).
Excellent data management and problem-solving skills.
Ability to travel within Europe as required.

Competencies

ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization

With over 5,800 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.