Lead Quality Engineer - Supplier Quality & Lean

Acron Aviation; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Life Assurance 4x salary

Group income protection

Flexible benefits

Employee assistance program

Staff car park with EV charging

Job summary

Acron Aviation in Crawley seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to drive QMS effectiveness and supplier quality excellence. You will lead COPQ reduction, audit programs, and Lean-based improvements across the organisation to cut waste and costs while ensuring compliance with ISO9001:2015.

In this role you will collaborate with Procurement, Engineering and Production to meet quality targets, coach teams, and report progress to senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or HNC in Quality, Manufacturing or Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace or related).
• Experience in applying Lean methodologies to improve processes and reduce waste.
• Experience with supplier quality and COPQ analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the QMS is implemented and maintained per ISO 9001:2015.
• Lead supplier quality activities and COPQ reduction initiatives.
• Conduct internal and external audits and drive corrective actions.
• Champion Lean methods to identify waste and reduce cost of quality.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Engineering and Production on quality goals.
• Assess supplier First Articles for compliance and quality
• Analyze quality metrics to quantify COPQ reductions across the business.
• Prepare and present regular reports to senior management.

Skills

Lean principles

Value Stream Mapping

5S

Kaizen

COPQ reduction

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or HNC in Quality, Manufacturing or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Acron Aviation in Crawley seeks a Lead Quality Engineer to drive QMS effectiveness and supplier quality excellence. You will lead COPQ reduction, audit programs, and Lean-based improvements across the organisation to cut waste and costs while ensuring compliance with ISO9001:2015.

In this role you will collaborate with Procurement, Engineering and Production to meet quality targets, coach teams, and report progress to senior management.