Product Assurance Engineer
Job Description
Job title: Product Assurance 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
A Truly Global Business
Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!
Making a Difference
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.
We are currently seeking a Product Assurance Engineer to join us at our modern manufacturing facility in Western Approach. This site is an International Centre of Excellence in composite wing structure design and production, manufacturing composite wing spars and Fixed Trailing Edge assemblies for some of the world’s most popular aircrafts. As the new Product Assurance Engineer you will facilitate the effective implementation of quality planning and non-conformance reduction activities, including the management of supplier and customer concerns and returns.
The successful candidate will be joining a strong team of six engineers. You will be supporting the A350 and A400M projects by working with multiple departments to ensure smooth running of processes and analyse and provide solution to problems that arise. As a new Product Assurance Engineer you will be liaising with internal and external customers advising on project improvements and logical approaches to foreseeable issues. You will strive for continuous improvement and work well within your team to problem solve.
How You’ll Contribute
Lead the development and deployment of advanced quality planning activities within GKN Western Approach, specific tasking as follows:
· Provide manufacturing support to the production areas with reference to quality issues
· 8D facilitation and resolution
· Process capability studies
· Adopt and drive/ be an advocate of Zero Defects culture.
· Manage product quality risk management through the application of PFMEA
· Drive consistent weekly corrective action board (CAB) reviews
· Support Multi-functional teams by driving evidence based decision-making.
· Operate, maintain and innovate the site quality notification (QN) database
· Support the relevant functions regarding quality non-conformance reporting and resolution
(NCR’s).
· Support and lead the deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) with a bias towards
Quality
· Review and update as required control plans (inspection and certification controls)
· Measurement systems evaluation
· Co-ordinate and manage the Non-Conformance Management System (NCMS) as follows:
· Generate product quality performance indicators – KPI’s
· Lead on problem solving activities by establishing clear problem definition, root cause analysis, customer protection and corrective and preventative action
· Support investigations into customer reported quality problems
· Where necessary, interface with the Procurement, Components and Assembly
organisations on quality issues in the supply chain
What You’ll Bring
To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential:
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent within an engineering discipline
- Knowledge of PFMEA
- Practical knowledge of manufacturing and quality management systems and processes
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical data
Desirable:
- Educated to HND Level desirable but not essential
- Knowledge / Experience of SAP
What We Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- 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
- Flexible working hours
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
A collaborative, dynamic working environment
As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and
We’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 Working
Everyone 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.
Expected salary:
Location: Bristol Area
