Product Assurance Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Product Assurance Engineer to join our defence client’s team in the UK. You will be responsible for providing professional quality support to the Manufacturing team, ensuring the highest standards are adhered to and processes are continuously improved.

The role can be worked as hybrid with three days minimum onsite, ideally at the client’s Henlow site but candidates with a preference to work at the Stevenage site could be considered.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide expert guidance and support on quality aspects within our UK Manufacturing division, contributing to business excellence, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.

Supporting Manufacturing UK on all programmes to achieve cost, time and quality targets. Assessing and controlling the product assurance quality processes and the resulting outputs.

Work with Product Assurance Managers and other functions to define appropriate risk reduction strategies/action plans

Support the development and implementation of the Process Effectiveness Review Programmes

Interface with Customer Representatives (DQAFF), when required, to support the mitigation of quality issues

Provide advice and help in the use of SAP as the non-conformance management tool and identify SAP improvement with respect to the Quality Module.

Facilitation and/or support to various levels of Non-Conformance Review Panels

Analysis of non-conformance defect data and acting on this data to undertake problem solving investigations identifying defect root cause and corrective action implementation

Skillset/Experience

Ideally qualified to minimum HNC/HND in relevant subject.

Quality professional, experienced in process-based integrated management systems & business improvement in an engineering / manufacturing environment. Experience using both risk management and practical problem solving tools e.g. 8D, 5Y, PFMEA etc.

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (PowerPoint, Word and Excel)

Quality Auditing experience required

Extensive knowledge and experience of EN9100/AS9100

Excellent interpersonal skills

Good planning and organising skills to ensure multiple tasks are prioritised and monitored to deliver set objectives

Capability to identify sustainable business improvements & ensure effective implementation

Recognise and understand internal and external customer requirements, and respond to them

Recognise and understand regulatory and certification requirements, and respond to them

Understanding of AS9102 –First Article Inspection Requirements

Security Requirements

• The role is subject to full Security Clearance (SC) with no caveats.  Due to the specialist nature of the role, it is expected that the individual may need to view confidential material subject to “UK Eyes Only” and therefore the vacancy is only available to UK nationals only.