Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Role Purpose
Responsible for the administration and review of all Quality related tasks within the Prestwick Program Team. Ensuring that Quality is maintained through adherence to Internal, Customer and Regulatory requirements. Governance of manufacturing processes and the use of problem solving and improvement tools. To execute and provide support for the key project Quality activities and ensure that associated issues are effectively reported and managed. Support the Quality Team Leader in discharging the people issues such as the PDR, training/development, and the related responsibilities.
Senior Quality Engineer
Salary: From £41,520.00
This opportunity, based at our Prestwick site offers:
* 37 hour working week (half day Friday)
* Overtime at time and a half, where applicable
* 33 days holiday per year, rising with service
* Annual Bonus related to company performance
* Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4% employee and 8% employer)
* Virtual GP Service 365 days per year
* Employee Assistance Program
* A wide range of flexible benefits
* Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary)
* Professional development and growth
* Free car parking
* And more!!
Responsibilities
* To actively review and develop manufacturing processes, ensuring they are maintained within “control” limits and product Quality is achieved.
* Ensure that critical processes such as Quality Management Review, Concession/Non-conformance Analysis and Archiving are managed effectively in accordance with formal processes.
* Take the appropriate action to review and maintain the project QMS, compile and communicate Quality procedures and assist the Department to ensure that project procedures are developed, maintained, and deployed in line with Business requirements.
* Assist in the deployment of the Quality Policy strategy effectively within the project and ensure that it is reflected and delivered within the product and supporting processes.
* Report regularly on the quality performance of the project, establish targets for improvement, analyse the data being generated to identify areas for improvement and implement effective solutions.
* Liaise with internal and external Customers and Suppliers on quality issues and defect investigations. Provide data in relation to non-conformance and supplier metrics.
* To support and contribute to the project Quality review mechanism ensuring focus on improvement and ensure that all key Quality issues are escalated within the business review structure to drive root cause correction.
* Manage the Material Review Board (MRB) process ensuring that all items are appropriately dispositioned, and concessions are expedited in a timely manner.
* Ensure that the project manages non-conformance and corrective action effectively.
* To ensure appropriate inspection planning, Last Article Inspection (LAI) and First Article Inspection/Verification (FAI/V) and delegated source inspection programmes are generated and maintained by the project.
* To ensure robust review of Supplier Gap Analysis against the appropriate databases in line with Product and Project requirements.
* To ensure all associated Supplier APQP Deliverables are analysed and met in line with Project Requirements.
* To ensure Quality staff ‘people processes’ are managed by the project as required.
* Provide support to the project in terms of being the Quality focal point for Customer, Supplier and Regulatory Authorities as appropriate.
* Support the identification of training and development requirements of Quality Engineering staff through the PDR process.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Preferably be qualified to HNC level in a related Quality and Engineering discipline.
* Have 5 years relevant engineering experience, within a Quality Engineering environment.
* Should also possess knowledge of AS 9100 as well as regulatory authority approval, and certification requirements.
* Good communication skills – interface with customers and Suppliers.
* Knowledge of engineering systems and the ability to deploy the Quality Toolset.
* Awareness of drawings and systems as applied within our major customers such as Boeing and Airbus.
* A good working knowledge of Smartsheet & Microsoft Packages – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access.
* Ability to travel to support Suppliers/Customer as per Project requirements.
Decision Making Authority
* Guidance is typically available from established policies or from related procedures. In addition, guidance is also available from well-defined procedures (what to do, not how to do it).
* Reviews will typically only occur at the completion of defined projects (or project stages) and therefore will not occur with any degree of fixed regularity.
* Decisions which affect their own job seldom requires approval. Decisions which impact on a work team or a department will require occasional approval by the Team Leader.
* Decisions which impact on other projects or functions will require regular approval from the Team Leader. In addition, decisions which impact on the customer or suppliers will require occasional approval from the Team Leader.
* The job holder is likely to responsible for direct reports, indirect reports and contract staff. Will generally be responsible for the leadership of others, for co-ordinating or supervising a team member or team; scheduling hours, checking results, taking actions to ensure quality standards are met and conducting performance assessments on others.
Closing Date; 16th May at 4pm
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
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