Lead Supplier Quality Engineer

GE Renewable Energy Power and Aviation; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company located in Gloucester is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to manage supplier quality assurance and development. This role involves driving supplier quality, managing qualifications, and developing performance indicators, alongside ensuring compliance with AS9100 standards. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, come from a manufacturing background, and possess critical experience in supplier quality engineering. The company supports flexible working arrangements and emphasizes work-life balance.

Benefits

Non-contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Group income protection

Private medical cover

Flexible holiday options

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing and supplier quality engineering is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for developing supplier relationships.
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively.
• Manufacturing experience in aerospace, automotive, or defence is ideal.
• Lead auditor certification for AS9100 is a key requirement.

Responsibilities

• Drive quality for assigned suppliers through quality plan implementation.
• Manage supplier qualifications and performance monitoring.
• Develop and implement supplier monitoring key performance indicators.
• Work within a complex team environment to AS9100 standards.

Skills

Supplier Quality Engineering experience

Interpersonal skills

Knowledge of AS9100

Manufacturing environment experience

Job description

Job Description Summary

Due to continued growth Dowty Propellers (a GE Aerospace company) have a new opportunity for a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their team at our cutting edge new build manufacturing site at Brockworth, Gloucester.

In this role you'll have responsibility for driving the quality for assigned suppliers, including quality plan implementation. You'll be able to select suppliers through qualification processes, you'll own supplier results while driving improvements utilizing supplier scorecards.

Roles and Responsibilities

• This opportunity includes both Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality Development responsibilities.
• The role will cover supplier qualifications, action plans, audits, performance monitoring, and assisting key suppliers towards industrial standards of excellence.
• Broadening knowledge of theories, practices and procedures in your own discipline in order to execute functional policy / strategy.
• You’ll establish extensive understanding of key business drivers and be able to use this understanding to accomplish your goals and objectives, developing and improving supplier monitoring key performance indicators.
• The role will have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework.
• Resolves issues in situations that require good knowledge and judgment within established procedures.
• Working within a complex team environment to AS9100 and regulatory standards.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in the Sourcing & Supplier Quality Engineering space is an essential requirement for this opportunity.
• This position requires excellent interpersonal skills. For customer facing roles, you'll be able to develop strong supplier relationships and serve as the interface between supplier, customers and GE.
• You’ll be able to tailor your communication to your audience, to explain technical information in a way that’s accessible to team members, internal stakeholders, customers and vendors alike.
• This role will suit someone coming from a manufacturing environment - ideally aerospace, automotive, and defence industries.
• Experience of working to AS9100 is a key requirement, holding lead auditor certification.
• Experience of working on the manufacturing shop floor is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of working to NADCAP and operating ‘special processes’ is highly desirable.

Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

• As a new joiner to GE Aerospace we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;
• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and / or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance : BPSS

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Additional Job Description

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

LPB2

Relocation Assistance Provided : No