Senior Quality Engineer in Wimborne, Dorset

Senior Quality Engineer

Permanent position

Wimborne based

You will be working as a Senior Quality Engineer for a leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly striving to improve and grow. They also understand that work/life balance is crucial to you and aim to offer benefits to accommodate this by implementing hybrid working amongst various other benefits.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be involved in:
Acting as the voice of the Customer to ensure the agreed requirements are met
Drive up standards and foster a right first time culture
Provide preventive, corrective action and containment activities
Assure delivery of conforming product to end Customer.
Act as Quality focal within Integrated Product Team delivering Quality solutions
Responsible for Quality Management System compliance and improvement

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Quality input into new bids and contract reviews
• Generation and implementation of Quality plans to meet Customer requirements.
• Drive product and process non conformance investigations and associated root cause analysis activities including concession management.
• Manage and host Customer audits and source inspection activities.
• Own the management of Quality escapes and Customer investigations.
• Ensure Quality Management System compliance throughout the Product Lifecycle
• Completion of required First Article Inspections (AS9102) and ensure smooth transition of new products into production.
• NCR and FRACA management
• MRB ownership and facilitation
• Generate Quality metrics and associated tracking to met set targets.
• Determination and implementation of Quality improvement initiatives.
• Inspection process adherence and associated support for physical and document sign-off of product prior to despatch.
• Co-operate with management to meet the employer's legal duties; read and comply to the site Safety Health & Environment Policy; and take reasonable care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions

Qualifications:

• Proven background in Quality Assurance and thorough understanding of Quality tools and techniques
• QMS implementation and auditing to recognised aerospace standards
• Proven ability to understand and effectively flow down Customer Quality requirements and ensuring delivery of conforming products.
• Excellent root cause analysis and corrective action understanding.
• Core competency demonstrated within one or more of the following specialities: Software, Mechanical, Electrical, Metrology, Systems, Composites.
• Further competencies will be provided via the competency matrix, and linked to the relevant job level
• Engineer - HND/HNC or equivalent experience
• Good working knowledge of Quality Standards such as AS9100, AS9110, Part 21 (G), Part 145, DAOS
• Good working knowledge of AS9145, APQP, PPAP, FAIR, PFMEA, MSA, Control Plan

Key Behaviours:

• Attention to Detail
• Deliver to Promise, Pace
• Data based decision making
• Team working
• Knowledgeable & willing to learn
• Problem solving
• Voice of the customer/standards
• Independence
• Passion for Quality, doing the right thing
• Right first time approach
• Proactive engagement
• Passion to improve continuously
• Actively implemented structured problem solving and robust Root Cause and Corrective Action techniques eg 8D, RCCA, 5-Why
• Actively implemented proactive and preventive Quality techniques

Senior Quality Engineer

Permanent position

Wimborne based

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.