Aerospace Quality Engineer | AS9100 & Continuous Improvement

Gap Technical Ltd; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Technical Ltd represents a manufacturing business near Welwyn Garden City seeking a Quality Engineer. The role focuses on maintaining product integrity, supporting AS9100 compliance, and driving continual improvement within a low-volume aerospace environment.

The ideal candidate has extensive aerospace QA experience, audits knowledge, and strong incident/concession handling skills to support customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing or Operational qualification or relevant proven experience.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in the Aerospace Industry.
• Internal auditors' qualification (or minimum 3 years' experience conducting internal audits to aerospace standards).
• Understanding of Quality Systems and documentation control.
• Experience dealing with non-conformances and concessions process.
• Direct customer contact experience and ability to respond to complaints.

Responsibilities

• Preserve the integrity of the product at every stage of production.
• Support company compliance to AS9100 and accreditations.
• Be responsible for QA tasks issued by the Senior Quality Engineer.
• Assist with customer complaints and non-conformances in a timely manner.
• Manage internal non-conformances and ensure NCRs are closed on time.
• Assist in internal audits to meet AS9100 requirements.
• Prepare for AS9100, NADCAP and customer audits; compile concessions for customers.
• Participate in document control and interact with customers on quality issues.

Skills

Quality engineering experience

Internal audits experience

Concessions process

Customer contact experience

Change Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

HNC or Degree in Engineering or Quality

Job description

Gap Technical Ltd represents a manufacturing business near Welwyn Garden City seeking a Quality Engineer. The role focuses on maintaining product integrity, supporting AS9100 compliance, and driving continual improvement within a low-volume aerospace environment.

The ideal candidate has extensive aerospace QA experience, audits knowledge, and strong incident/concession handling skills to support customers and internal teams.