Quality Assurance Engineer Mechanical Engineering

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

Job summary

A leading defence organisation in the UK seeks a Product Assurance Engineer to join their team. This role involves ensuring compliance with legislative requirements, managing product non-conformance, and leading process improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will have a strong background in engineering and quality assurance, ideally with experience in Mechanical or Electronic fields. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary around £45,000, and additional benefits including a company bonus and flexibility in working arrangements.

Benefits

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension contribution up to 14%

Paid overtime

Up to 15 additional leave days

Enhanced parental leave

Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals

Qualifications

• Proven track record in Product Assurance.
• Ability to run reports in Excel and manage non-conformance data.
• Experience within Mechanical or Electronic Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead process governance and ensure PA activities are met.
• Support process improvement and lessons learnt activities.
• Manage product non-conformance and facilitate investigations.
• Carry out audits for process adherence and training.

Skills

Quality Assurance problem solving and improvement methods

Analytical skills

Knowledge of SAP QM system

Continuous improvement awareness

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Tools

Excel

Job description

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

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