Quallity Conformance Engineer

Guidant Global; West of England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global is recruiting a Quality Conformance Engineer to join Airbus at its Filton site. You will turn quality data into meaningful improvements across aircraft manufacturing and take ownership of quality improvement activity across the plant.

Working with lineside quality and multifunctional teams, you will analyse performance trends, lead improvement projects, and help maintain build and quality standards while ensuring safety and airworthiness requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality conformance or quality engineering in manufacturing/aircraft environment.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to present data in graphs/spreadsheets.
• Excellent communication and report-writing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyse quality data, produce KPIs, and identify trends for quality improvement.
• Lead quality improvement projects and drive actions to resolution.
• Collaborate with lineside quality, functional and multifunctional teams to implement opportunities.
• Identify emerging issues affecting quality performance and operations.
• Coach manufacturing teams in quality tools and techniques (APQP, error proofing, problem-solving).
• Ensure environmental, health and safety and airworthiness requirements are met.

Skills

Data analysis

Quality improvement

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Math skills

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Quality Conformance EngineerFiltonFull-time, on-site35 hours per week, worked across 4.5 days or a four-day pattern£23.41 per hour PAYE£31.30 per hour UmbrellaOccasional travelBPSS+ clearance requiredTurn quality data into meaningful improvements across aircraft manufacturing.

Guidant Global is recruiting a Quality Conformance Engineer on behalf of Airbus to join the Quality Conformance Team at its Filton site. This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of quality improvement activity, analyse performance trends and help reduce the Cost of Non-Quality within a complex manufacturing environment.

You will work closely with lineside quality, functional and multifunctional teams, using data and recognised quality tools to identify issues, implement improvements and maintain the standards required across the plant.

What You'll Be Doing

• Analyse quality data, produce business KPIs and identify trends that support measurable quality improvements
• Work alongside lineside quality, functional and multifunctional teams to identify, implement and report improvement opportunities
• Facilitate and lead Quality Improvement Projects, establishing clear ownership of actions and driving their resolution
• Identify and emerging issues that could affect quality performance or wider business operations
• Implement and coach manufacturing teams in quality tools, processes and techniques, including APQP, error proofing and problem-solving
• Create, review and monitor operational surveillance and inspection criteria
• Help maintain consistent build standards, quality standards and operator competence across the plant
• Lead investigations into complex technical, business and customer quality issues
• Ensure suitable corrective and preventative actions are implemented using recognised problem-solving techniques
• Support the reduction of Non-allocated Concessions within the plant
• Coordinate the timely clearance of plant QSRs, SARIs and events, engaging the appropriate functional teams
• Ensure environmental, health and safety, and airworthiness requirements are achieved
• Provide quality support to customers and authorities when required

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience within quality conformance, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering or a closely related environment
• Good knowledge of aircraft manufacturing, with aircraft industry experience strongly preferred
• Experience of process improvement within a manufacturing or engineering setting
• Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to interrogate datasets and present information through graphs and spreadsheets
• Lineside quality or inspection experience
• Experience working with and leading multifunctional teams
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• A good general level of IT capability, including Microsoft Excel and Word
• Recognised training in problem-solving techniques and methodology
• Strong English and mathematics skills
• Ability to demonstrate professional workplace behaviours
• A practical, experience-led approach to quality improvement

Desirable

• Experience of aircraft quality attestation
• Previous responsibility for quality investigations or corrective and preventative actions
• Knowledge of APQP, error proofing and other manufacturing quality techniques
• Experience creating spreadsheet macros or coding solutions
• Experience working directly with customers or regulatory authorities

Why Join?

• Contribute directly to aircraft manufacturing quality and plant performance
• Take ownership of visible, business-critical quality improvement projects
• Develop your experience across data analysis, lineside quality, problem-solving and multifunctional working
• Work with a range of manufacturing, engineering and quality stakeholders
• Complete a one-stage virtual interview, with an on-site option available

Guidant Global is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will work with you to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

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