Product Quality Assurance Engineer Stevenage | Permanent, Full-time | £50,000 per annum | Hybrid Working 2/3 days per week Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join a large defence organisation based in Stevenage.
In this role you will support on multi-national projects by preventing/minimizing non-conformities and supporting smooth equipment deliveries to meet our customers expectations.
The Company World-leader in defence operations, offering a comprehensive international product range incorporating today's most advanced innovations that covers all 3 armed forces across air, land and sea.
A multi-national group with more than 15,000 employees working across UK, Europe and USA.
Role responsibilities Review and maintain Project Quality planning documentation Ensure compliance to BMS procedures is maintained.
Act as Key Point of contact for Design (Project Chief Engineer & CDE) for any Hardware concerns at site.
Act as External Customer for Product/ Hardware Quality issues/ concerns Customer interface for on and off site Product Acceptance activities Represent Project at the Op's NCRP Level 1 & 2 Act as the Key point of contact for the Project PAM Represent Project PA at the monthly Operations Management Certification Stamp Issuing Authority Meetings Report on any escapes to our External Customers Ensure product life cycle reviews are planned, carried out and actions handled appropriately.
Lead product non-conformance and facilitate implementation of non-conformance process.
Support design and manufacturing defect investigations.
Provide non-conformance data analysis and summary reports into major equipment and senior management reviews Proactively identify, communicate and mitigate Quality risks and issues to reduce risk and increase customer satisfaction.
Participate in process improvement and facilitate local flash audits, providing compliance and process improvement ideas.
Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness, efficiencies and proficiencies within the Project teams.
Person Specification HND/Degree in Engineering or Quality Assurance or QBE Experienced working in defence, aerospace, government or manufacturing environment Strong analytical skills, competent in the use of SAP QM, able to run reports in Excel Practitioner of current QA problem solving (Six Sigma, Kaizen, 8D, RCA, DMAIC, PFMEA) Comfortable working in a matrix environment Company Benefits Generous annual leave Flexi-leave, up to 15 additional days per year Pension, up to 14% contribution Annual bonus, up to £2,500 Overtime, opportunity for paid overtime Enhanced parental leave, up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared leave Important Notice Due to the nature of work undertaken by this organisation, the successful applicant will be required to undergo security clearance to BPSS level.
Therefore, we are only able to proceed with applicants who ahold sole OR dual British Nationality.