Senior Quality Engineer

Derby | Senior Quality Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to join our team at our Derby site.

39 Hours: Monday – Thursday: 8.00am - 16.45pm / Friday 8.00am - 12.30pm

Salary💷 £47,500 per annum

Benefits

* Company pension scheme

* 25 days annual leave + 8 statutory holidays, Christmas shut down

* BUPA Health care

* Free onsite parking

* Death in Service benefit

* Long Service awards

Essential:

* Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the Aerospace Industry, AS9100 requirements & NADCAP

* Experience in lean tools and practical problem solving such as 8D, Kaizen processes

* High attention to detail, good problem solver and strong communication skills

* In-depth understanding of engineering/technical documentation and specifications

* A natural leader, who can motivate and lead with excellent interpersonal skill

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills as this is a customer faced role

Knowledge and Experience:

* Previous Internal auditing experience advantageous

* Experience in a quality control environment preferred

* First Article Inspection Report experience

* Experience of Machining, Fabrications and Treatments

* Chemical and special processes knowledge

* New Product Introduction & associated tools FMEA, APQP + PPAP Awareness

* Ability to resolve issues logically and methodically using proven methods

* Self-motivated with a desire to learn

Seniority Requirements:

* A key part of this role will be interacting and communicating with shop floor operators and management, it is essential you can communicate in a clear and concise manner

* Setting staff expectation in line with department and company objectives

* Ability to prioritise work based on criticality ensuring timescales are met

* Development, coaching & Support of others

* Manage and lead a team to achieve the set expectations

* Manage all quality-related issues identified during audits, internal or external

* Support on root cause investigation on product NCRs

* Monitor and report on quality-related key performance indicators including completed internal and externa audits, along with any findings. Outstanding actions relating to audits and improvement activities.

* Communicate throughout the shop floor, with peers and management

* Carry out team supervision, development reviews & annual resource reviews

* Confident and effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Purpose of role and key accountabilities:

To provide Quality support for both existing and new business opportunities and to develop the Right First-Time philosophy required to become a leading supplier of quality components to the aerospace industry.

** Maintain quality control within the manufacturing process, in line with business standards and customer requirements

** Check and verify the compliance of components produced at all stages within business

** Identify reoccurring quality issues and communicate them to the chief inspector along with recommendations

** Assist in the 5 Why, Non-conformance procedures, RCCA & CAPA quality procedures and produce root cause analysis of product failures

** Represent the quality function at team meetings

** Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit product and processes

** To conduct product and procedure audits in line with the audit schedule

** Lead and support external audits e.g. NADCAP

** To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required.

** To support, develop, maintain and improve the company’s quality management system and conduct internal audits against the system

** To conduct root cause analyses, SPC and other appropriate quality tools and techniques to ensure that the manufacturing processes meet customer requirement

** Activities will focus on the internal Quality SQCDP requirements, including closing out actions and reporting against the company requirements

** Gardner’s key objective is to ensure Right First Time, Every time! Which is achieved by effective allocation, and any issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner

The employee must also strive to support the elements of the SQCDP framework of the wider Gardner business;

* Safety: work in line with all accredited company safety standards in order to provide a safe working environment for all

* Quality: support the quality accreditations across the business to ensure the delivery of a ‘right first time’ performance

* Cost: support the continuous improvements in cost reduction activities across the company in order to deliver increased profitability and value for money to our customers and stakeholders

* Delivery: drive improvement in delivery performance to continually exceed customer expectations and targets

* People: support organisational capability and influence cultural change by embracing diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and community

NOTE: Due to the nature of this role and the security requirements linked to projects with the UK Ministry of Defence, applicants must be eligible for UK Security Clearance