Quality Assurance Engineer - Mechanical Engineering

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in the UK is seeking a Product Assurance Engineering professional to support Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Equipment. The role involves driving process improvements and ensuring compliance with engineering procedures. The ideal candidate will have experience in quality assurance within mechanical or electronic engineering and strong analytical skills. This position offers a salary of circa £45,000 and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contributions up to 14%

Opportunity for paid overtime

Flexi Leave up to 15 additional days

Enhanced parental leave up to 26 weeks

Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering preferred.
• Proven track record in Product Assurance.
• Experience with QA problem solving methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to run reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead key process improvement projects.
• Ensure compliance to Mechanical & Electronic Engineering BMS procedures.
• Manage product non-conformance processes.
• Provide data analysis and summary reports.

Skills

Quality Assurance problem solving methods

Analytical skills

Knowledge of product lifecycle

Experience in Mechanical or Electronic Engineering

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Tools

Excel

SAP QM system

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Product Assurance Engineering professional to join the Product Assurance Equipment Engineering team supporting a variety of Mechanical & Electro-Mechanical Equipment's whilst driving process improvement.

Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week average 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

• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

• 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

The opportunity

This opportunity provides the chance to play a pivotal role within an established Product Assurance (PA) team embedded within Mechanical Engineering (ME) with the aim of ensuring all core PA activities are met by leading key process improvement projects and facilitating process governance whilst closely working with major project Product Assurance Managers across the business supporting equipment development, preventing/minimising product non-conformance & ensuring smooth Equipment delivery increasing Customer satisfaction.

• Lead, facilitate and influence ME process set governance ensuring correct process ownership, awareness and adherence it maintained and robustly reviewed.

• Support & facilitate key process improvement & lessons learnt activities within ME.

• Support ME development equipment projects ensuring compliance to Mechanical & Electronic Engineering BMS procedures.

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

• Manage 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 for in house equipment's with the aim of reducing risk.

• Carry out local flash audits for process adherence surveillance and continuous process improvement.

• Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness.

What we're looking for from you

• Ideally minimum HNC/HND in Engineering would be desirable

• Experienced quality professionals, preferably within Mechanical or Electronic Engineering with a proven track record in Product Assurance.

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

• Good knowledge of the product lifecycle - specifically in development

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

• Continuous improvement awareness and ability to use own initiative to deliver improvements

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

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