Principal Product Assurance Engineer

MBDA; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading defence organisation as a Principal Product Assurance Engineer. You will ensure compliance and quality standards in product life cycles, support multi-national projects, and actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives. The role offers opportunities for hybrid working and career development within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Maximum total pension contribution of up to 14%

Opportunity for paid overtime

Up to 15 additional days of Flexi Leave

Enhanced parental leave

Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals

Excellent career progression and training opportunities

Qualifications

• HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance is desirable.
• Practitioner of current QA problem-solving methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.) preferred.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to use Excel for reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review and maintain Project Quality planning documentation.
• Ensure compliance to BMS procedures is maintained.
• Lead product non-conformance and facilitate non-conformance processes.

Skills

Self-motivation

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Continuous improvement awareness

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance

Tools

SAP QM system

Job description

A great opportunity has arisen to join the Force Protection Product Assurance team supporting projects in the development & production phases of the life cycle. You will play a pivotal role within an established team with the aim of ensuring all core Product Assurance activities are met, as well as the potential to work with domestic and international colleagues and partners on delivery of equipment and projects involving transfer of technology.

Job Title: Principal Product Assurance Engineer

Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience

Location: Stevenage or Bristol (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)

• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime

• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days

• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.

• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

• Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

The opportunity:

This is an outstanding opportunity to network with, and see a large variety of MBDA's functions and activities across all sites. The role will involve working on a multi-national project, as well as with an established Quality network preventing/minimising product non-conformance, supporting smooth equipment delivery, assuring reliable products in Production and continually growing the happiness of our customers.

• Review and maintain Project Quality planning documentation.

• Ensure compliance to BMS procedures is maintained.

• Act as Key Point of contact for Design (Project Chief Engineer & CDE) for any Hardware concerns at Bolton.

• Act as External Customer for Product/ Hardware Quality issues/ concerns

• Customer interface for on and off site Product Acceptance activities

• Represent Project at the Op's NCRP Level 1 & 2

• Act as the Key point of contact for the Project PAM

• Represent Project PA at the monthly Operations Management Certification Stamp Issuing Authority Meetings

• Report on any escapes to our External Customers

• Ensure product life cycle reviews are planned, carried out and actions handled appropriately.

• Lead product non-conformance and facilitate implementation of non-conformance process.

• Support design and manufacturing defect investigations.

• Provide non-conformance data analysis and summary reports into major equipment and senior management reviews.

• Proactively identify, communicate and mitigate Quality risks and issues to reduce risk and increase customer satisfaction.

• Participate in process improvement and facilitate local flash audits, providing compliance and process improvement ideas.

• Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness, efficiencies and proficiencies within the Project teams.

What we're looking for from you:

• HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance is desirable, or equivalent work experience

• Ideally a practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.)

• A high degree of self-motivation, autonomy and ability to work proactively, with excellent organisation, communication & social skills

• An ability to inspire change, a respectful great team-mate, comfortable working in a matrix organization

• Strong analytical skills; ability to run reports in Excel, use SAP QM system, and Product Data and document management tools

• Continuous improvement awareness and initiative to deliver improvements

• Ability to understand and respect cultural differences

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