Quality Conformance Engineer

Broughton – onsite requirement
£31.56 per hour Umbrella
£23.85 per hour PAYE
P Grade & below – Entitled to paid overtime over 35 hours at a premium rate – 25% Mon-Fri and 50% Sat-Sun
(APQP) Advanced product quality planning

• Looking at preventative and quality methods
• Looking at modifications on the aircraft
• Defining APQP methods
• Ideally aviation experience but would consider automotive industry

Initially working on a standard day shift but candidate would need to be open to the possibility of a different shift further down the line (notice would be given of any shift change)

This role offers the opportunity to develop skills and experience in Project Management, APQP
application, Quality standards, Industrial System Development and Operational Quality Management. Leading and driving the resolution of complex quality issues and continuous improvement projects by setting the measurement standards and identifying/facilitating improvements to increase:
• Process performance and product adherence to standards
• Reliability of processes
• Repeatability of processes, at initial design phase, before any process changes are made and continuously through the life of a product.
• Prevention/Surveillance/Inspection/Solving/Adherence

Missions
• Ensure full quality industrialization of Major Mods, Synchronised Targeted Embodiment Points (STEP) Mods, Incremental Developments & Full Developments and Major Industrial Transfers to enable serial manufacture at current and rate ramp up operating levels.
• Ensure focus & priority given to Production Organisation Approvals (POA) activities to ensure there is a very high level of Product Safety.
• Ensure quality input into all reviews including risk, multi-function, planning & stakeholder reviews
Tasks & Accountabilities:
• Application and deployment of APQP and Quality Standards
• Support & Facilitate Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) in Design, Process & Machine
• Create & update Control Plans (CPs) to incorporate modifications as required
• Plan & execute Production Process Verification (PPV) to ensure validation of all routings
• Lead Cost of Non-Quality forecasting & support mitigation activities where required
• Provide lineside support for local test campaigns & Head of Version (HoV) manufacturing during Start of Production (SoP) phases
• Support Key Characteristic (KC) & Critical Item (CTI) cascade from Design & Manufacturing Engineering functions
• Support APQP activities including Decision Tree’s (DT), Applicability Matrix (AM), and Key Business Deliverable (KBD) assessments as both deliverable owner & assessor