Quality Engineer

Job Title: Quality Engineer
Location: High Wycombe

The Assurance function is responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and fulfilment of Quality Policy, which is to comply fully in the conduct of the Company's business with all applicable regulatory and customer required specifications, and to maintain an effective Quality Management System, working in partnership with the Operations and Engineering teams to ensure that products and processes conform to applicable standards and specifications, and the incidence and costs of quality non-conformances are constantly monitored and improved, while maintaining the highest practicable standards of manufacturing productivity and efficiency.

Wherever possible, we will consider a variety of working options to suit your lifestyle, whether that be hybrid home/office working, flexible working employment. It's the 'innovating' and 'empowering' values that we ASPIRE to be. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.

The Quality Engineering function verifies compliance to company processes and documented procedures to ensure a robust Quality Management System is in place throughout the business. The function identifies, maintains and recommends quality business improvement processes required to maintain company quality approvals, working closely with all levels of internal and external customers including approval authorities.

A professional at this grade possesses knowledge for specific fields and performs structured work assignments. Uses established procedures to solve problems by making judgments and gets work done with quality under moderate supervision. Has limited discretion to vary from established procedures.

Purpose of Role:

The purpose of the role is to ensure all assurance activities related to your Programs and projects within your portfolio are carried out both efficiently and effectively throughout the whole lifecycle. This is a high-profile role so stakeholder engagement is fundamental to ensuring this role can be correctly executed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all assurance activities related to your assigned Project/s
• Responsible for the delivery of Material Review Boards
• Responsible for the effective delivery of Non-Conformance Review Panels
• Ensure all relevant Project metrics are provided and maintained
• Work with your Product Assurance Manager to ensure Workload forecasts are accounted for and maintained
• Create, review and maintain each project quality plan
• Support with 1st, 2nd and 3rd party audits ADHOC needed
• Advocate positive working relationships with the wider audience including customers and supplier assurance
• Where Delegated, being the signatory for product assurance within design reviews
• Ensure product assurance is represented in all design reviews related to your assigned projects
• Support portfolio specific customer visits including any assessments identified by the customer
• Provide guidance to your specific project teams
• When delegated, being the CofC release signatory for related portfolio project / programs
• Provide product assurance awareness training
• Ensure risk management and those associated tools are being maintained and reviewed effectively
• On site present 3/5 days per week
• Carry out independent assurance assessments against, for example: project plans, safety aspect letter adherence, internal portfolio audits, project maturity assessments, functional capability, control of change management, risk management, control plans, log books, standard operating procedures, equipment calibration, customer contractual adherence….
• Proactively address customer quality issues and concerns within a cross functional team relating to your projects
• Skills, Qualification and Experience
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Working Knowledge of IFS ERP an advantage
• Internal Auditor qualification. (Lead Auditor preferred)
• Working knowledge of AS9100
• Knowledge of AQAP / Def Stans an advantage
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610 / 620 an advantage
• Member of a relevant recognized chartered body

Personal Attributes:

• Logical and methodical approach to problem solving
• An ability to deliver under pressure with an appetite for measured success
• Collaborative working with people with a diverse range of backgrounds
• A positive, proactive attitude with a high level of self-motivation to deliver excellence
• Good Time management
• Reliable and able to work with minimum supervision
• Well organised and delivery focused
• Good communication skills, both written and oral

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