Supplier Development Engineer

Role: Supplier Development Engineer

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Working Hours: 40 hours per week (Full-time)

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• It means more to take ownership of supplier development and performance, building capability, improving manufacturing processes and supporting reliable delivery across the supply chain.
• It means more to work closely with suppliers, manufacturing, engineering, procurement, and quality teams to identify capability gaps, resolve complex operational challenges and deliver sustainable improvements.
• It means more to build your next career step in a role where your expertise in supplier assessments, development plans, APQP/PPAP, problem-solving, risk management and continuous improvement can make a measurable impact on quality, cost, delivery and customer satisfaction.

The Role

A Supplier Development Engineer is responsible for assessing and developing supplier capability, improving manufacturing processes and performance and ensuring suppliers consistently meet quality, cost, delivery, regulatory and customer requirements.

Your responsibilities:

• Assess supplier capability and capacity, identify performance gaps and agree structured development plans with suppliers.
• Conduct supplier assessments and audits to evaluate manufacturing capability, process maturity, and compliance with quality, regulatory and customer requirements.
• Lead structured problem-solving with suppliers to contain issues, determine root causes, implement corrective actions and prevent recurrence.
• Monitor supplier performance across quality, cost, delivery, capacity, and risk indicators and drive recovery actions where targets are not achieved.
• Develop and implement improvement plans that increase supplier process capability, reduce defects and lead time and improve production stability.
• Work with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and programme teams to deliver supplier development, industrialisation and production-readiness activities.
• Support APQP, PPAP, process validation and production-readiness reviews to ensure suppliers can meet programme and serial-production requirements.
• Build effective supplier relationships, escalate risks when required and promote sustainable operational excellence across the supply chain.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

Manufacturing process - Machining, Casting, forging

• Knowledge of special manufacturing processes, including:
• Heat treatment processes such as solution heat treatment, ageing and case hardening
• Surface treatment and finishing processes such as anodising, plating and painting
• Joining and consolidation processes such as welding, brazing and sintering
• Fluorescent penetrant inspection
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing quality, inspection methods and supplier process controls
• Working knowledge of aerospace quality standards, including AS9100 and AS13100
• Practical knowledge of quality and supplier development tools, including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, 8D and root-cause analysis
• Good knowledge of engineering drawings and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Experience in project management, supplier development planning and operational risk management
• Effective communication, reporting and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly
• Strong supplier negotiation, relationship management and cross-functional stakeholder management skills

Rewards & Benefits (Default)

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com if you would like to opt in.

If you are an applicant who needs any adjustments to the application process or interview, please contact us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com with the subject line: “Adjustment Request” or call TCS London Office 02031552100 / +44 204 520 2575 to request an adjustment. We welcome requests prior to you completing the application and at any stage of the recruitment process.

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Due to the high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.

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