Aerospace Quality Manager - Lead Quality Team

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP; Coventry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Pension scheme

Internal growth

Collaborative culture

Fortune 250 company

Job summary

Parker Aerospace, part of Parker Hannifin Corp, is seeking a Quality Manager based at the Ansty Park facility in Coventry to lead the site quality function and drive continuous improvement. You will oversee the Quality Management System, implement AS9100/AS9110, and develop the local quality team of about 25 engineers to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Reporting to site leadership, you will champion quality performance, supplier and product quality, audits, corrective actions, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of aerospace quality standards, including AS9100/AS9110.
• Knowledge of FAA, EASA, CAAC Part 21 and Part 145 regulations.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Operational Quality Management.
• More than 3 years’ experience in a senior quality leadership role, such as Quality Manager.
• Trained auditor status, with AS9100 Lead Auditor approval.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent experience; Black Belt is an advantage.
• Knowledge of relevant quality tools and methods, including DFMEA, PFMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP, APQP, 8D, and other aerospace or automotive core tools.
• Experience in project management and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the plant Quality function, ensuring effective processes, systems, and standards are in place.
• Establish, maintain, and optimise the Quality Management System to meet customer, regulatory, Corporate, Group, and Division requirements.
• Implement AS9100/AS9110 standards, prevention methods, problem-solving tools, and continuous improvement techniques.
• Communicate customer, regulatory, industry, and organisational requirements to ensure product quality, contract compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead, develop, and support the local quality team to strengthen technical capability and performance.
• Coordinate internal, customer, and third-party quality system audits.
• Maintain corrective action processes to investigate, analyse, and resolve nonconformities and complaints.
• Monitor quality performance, customer satisfaction, Cost of Poor Quality, supplier quality, and product/service trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Work with site leadership to ensure employees performing quality-related activities are trained, competent, and achieving required performance standards.
• Assess supplier capability and drive supplier quality improvements where needed.

Skills

Aerospace quality standards AS9100/AS9

Six Sigma Green Belt

Quality leadership

Project & change management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related discipline

Tools

DFMEA

PFMEA

MSA

SPC

PPAP

APQP

8D

Job description

Parker Aerospace, part of Parker Hannifin Corp, is seeking a Quality Manager based at the Ansty Park facility in Coventry to lead the site quality function and drive continuous improvement. You will oversee the Quality Management System, implement AS9100/AS9110, and develop the local quality team of about 25 engineers to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Reporting to site leadership, you will champion quality performance, supplier and product quality, audits, corrective actions, and