Senior Quality Engineer
Job Description
Job title: Senior Quality Engineer
Company: GKN Aerospace
Job description: Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.Job Summary“Together We Rise”
It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant you’ll do just that. Established in 1993, GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities; design, analysis, testing, certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection, military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including: Boeing 787, Dreamliner, Airbus A320, AgustaWestland, AW101, Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed, Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopters, Textron, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 400+ employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking, food hub and vending machines.Based at our Luton Manufacturing site and working across both our Civil and Defence Business Lines the Senior Quality Engineer will join the Quality team to lead quality activities aligned with the strategic direction of the organisation in relation to all topics related to product quality. As deputy to the Site Quality Manager you’ll lead the development and deployment of advanced quality planning activities within GKN Aerospace and support the evaluation, co-ordination and monitoring of achieved levels of conformity.This is a full-time position and core operational hours at our Luton site are: 07:30 – 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 – 12:30 Friday.Job Responsibilities
- Manufacturing process flow charts
- Provide support and guidance and by the use of Quality tools, lean tools and techniques to enable them to independently assure that Quality requirements are met
- Ensure compliance to process and procedures to support an efficient business
- Process FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analysis)
- Control plans (inspection and certification controls)
- Measurement systems evaluation
- Process capability studies
- Production part approval, through First Article Inspection
- Assures that the Quality system is being adhered to within the business
- Assures that certification processes are consistently defined and applied within the business
- The facilitation of the use of 8 Disciplines (8D) within the business area.
- To perform initial investigations to assess probable cause, informing the accountable function and ensuring corrective and preventative action is taken.
- Provide support to customers/authorities as necessary
- Provide product quality performance indicators
- Establish problem definition, root cause analysis, customer protection and corrective and preventative action
- Lead investigations into customer reported quality problems
- Where necessary, working with supporting departments such as Procurement and Operations on quality issues
- Act as a guide and point of contact for customer and airline quality representatives as necessary
How You’ll ContributeTo help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential:
- Educated to HND/Degree level in Engineering or similar or completed Apprenticeship
- Experience within a Manufacturing Environment
- Practical knowledge of manufacturing and Quality Management Systems
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical data
- In-depth experience of problem solving using appropriate quality tools and techniques
- Demonstrated practical knowledge and deployment of quality tools and techniques
- In depth knowledge of regulatory approvals relating to the site deployed in
- Experience of Microsoft tools such as Excel, PowerPoint etc.
Desirable:
- Experience relating to auditing techniques and management of RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action)
- Knowledge of APQP (Advance Product Quality Planning) activities
- Practical experience in the execution of new product introduction
We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Senior Quality Engineer will possess excellent and effective communication skills for liaising with a wide range of people and departments both internal and external at all levels. The successful person will be a committed team player while working within in a fast-paced customer focused environment.What We’ll Offer
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
- Life Assurance 8 x salary
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
- Free onsite parking
- Local gym discount
- 50% off local travel card
- Free airport Dart
- Free airport parking
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- A collaborative, dynamic working environment
Join us and keep the world moving … click on the link below to apply#LI-ONSITE#LI-CH1We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of WorkingEveryone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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Location: Luton
