Quality Lineside Engineer

Airbus; Wales; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus is seeking a Quality Lineside Engineer to join their Quality Team in Broughton, UK. The successful candidate will support quality assurance processes, conduct investigations, and ensure compliance with quality standards. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, data analysis capabilities, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team. Candidates with a background in quality or engineering within manufacturing are preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret drawings.
• Problem-solving skills using tools like PPS, 5Y, Ishikawa.
• Good interpersonal skills for maintaining relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Quality support and advice.
• Conduct investigations to assess root causes of deficiencies.
• Compile and present Quality overview to leadership.

Skills

Data analysis skills

Ability to interpret drawings

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Quality or engineering based background

Job description

A great opportunity has arisen in Airbus UK Broughton for someone to join the Quality Team as a Quality Lineside Engineer.

The successful candidate will be supporting the evaluation, coordination and monitoring of achieved levels of conformity in the product, process and services provided by the Business.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide specialist Quality support and advice on drawings, parts, processes, and support services, and to independently assure that Quality requirements have been met.
• Assures that the Quality system is being adhered to within the business by the business through surveillance activities.
• Assures that certification processes are consistently defined and applied within the business.
• Coordination and leadership of reported quality / technical issues from business teams and customers, ensuring that appropriate corrective and preventive action is taken by the accountable function through use of multifunctional team activities and that the originator of the issue is informed.
• To perform initial investigations (e.g., Events, QLB's, NC's) to assess probable root cause, informing the accountable function and ensuring corrective and preventative action is taken (ambition is within one shift) preventative action to be taken through problem solving analysis through multifunctional team activities.
• To conduct investigations to assess the probable root cause of any deficiency noted during process confirmation activities, informing the accountable function, and ensuring corrective and preventive action is taken.
• Compile and Present Quality overview to the leadership team within the business area

Required Skillset

• Ability to interpret drawings.
• Ability to problem solve and use associated problem-solving tool sets (PPS, 5Y, Ishikawa etc)
• Good interpersonal skills - ability to challenge appropriately whilst maintaining strong relationships.
• Data analysis skills - interpret data sets, graphical data and draw conclusions.
• Work well as part of an integrated team alongside operational and cross functional team members
• Quality or engineering based background (desirable) within a major manufacturing industry.

Key Qualities

• Ensure Customer Focus
• Ensure Product Safety
• Support Non conformity reduction activity
• Team Working
• Proactivity
• Adaptability