Quality Assurance Engineer

Job description

  Location
Ulverston, Cumbria
·  Salary
£ 30000 - £ 35000 / Year
·  Category
Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive - Electrical & Electronic Engineering
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
Engineering, Aerospace and Automotive
·  External Reference
JN-072019-77976

Summary

Reporting to the Group Quality Manager the Lead Quality Assurance Engineer will manage all aspects of Quality as they relate to the business. This includes quality procedures, processes, programs, and practices to assure the continuous conformance with appropriate standards and regulations. The role is very much 'hands - on' getting fully involved in producing internal and external documentation to satisfy the requirements of our customers.

Duties and Responsibilities

·  Oversee the continued implementation and improvement of the Quality System and assure compliance to standards

·  Report on the performance pf the system and promote awareness of customer requirements as appropriate

·  Provide support as Quality lead on design and development contracts (throughout the life cycle) with large OEM customers (e.g. Boeing / Airbus / Gulfstream)

·  Perform regular supplier audits to promote continuous improvement

·  Review Non-conformance date ensuring these are documented properly and identify root cause and appropriate corrective and preventative actions

·  Analyse returns data to identify failure trends and quality issues and prepare the associated statistical reports for management to act upon

·  Provide input to Design and Development and Production Departments to assist in the development of products, assuring that regulatory and customer performance specifications are observed and included

·  Plan, control, review and document verification and validation testing in order to demonstration that the product definition meets the specification for all identifies operational conditions.

·  Manage first article inspection to verify the production process, documentation and tooling are capable of producing parts that meet specified requirements

·  Support the Group Quality Manager in the motivating, training and development of Quality staff, according to company policy and practice, to ensure strategic and individual goals are attainable.

Qualifications / Experience

·  Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering with at least two years' experience in a Quality Engineering / Manufacturing Environment

·  Formal Qualifications in Quality Assurance management

·  Knowledge and practical experience of ISO 9001, AS9100

·  An understanding of EASA Part 21G requirements

Skills

·  Technical report writing

·  Strong verbal and written communication skills

·  Proficient in statistical techniques

·  Planning and managing projects so as to meet deadlines

Personal Attributes

·  Proactive, analytical, result orientated and willing to take on new challenges

·  The ability to problem - solve

·  Able to work equally well as a part of a team, or as an individual

·  A good team leader, with excellent communication skills, who is able to manage multiple projects and priorities

·  Well-presented and business like

·  Sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel

·  Keen to adopt new experiences, responsibility, to develop new skills and expand knowledge base

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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