Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

Safran; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturer in the United Kingdom is seeking a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer to manage non-conformities and oversee quality events. Responsibilities include administering inspection reports, ensuring supplier compliance, and analyzing risks. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of quality methodologies and a background in manufacturing, particularly aerospace or automotive. This full-time position offers the opportunity to promote best practices among suppliers and work in a dynamic quality assurance environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of quality methodologies including 8D.
• Excellent knowledge of engineering drawings and geometric dimensions.
• Strong background in aerospace or automotive manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier non-conformities through investigation and corrective actions.
• Oversee quality events and processing times.
• Coordinate supplier concession requests and industrial validation processes.

Skills

Quality problem solving methodologies

Engineering drawings

Understanding of AS9100

Supply chain management

Lean Six Sigma principles

Job description

Safran, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Role

• Communicate effectively with suppliers, managing non-conformities through investigation, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Oversee quality events and monitor processing time, contributing to handling supplier deviations.
• Promote best practices and innovative improvements among suppliers through effective investigation, evaluation and feedback on supplier compliance issues.
• Administer the supplier First Article Inspection reports within PPAP and APQP.
• Ensure industrial validation process milestones are met, ensuring modifications to stakeholders are proposed based on supplier’s maturity, the component, the processes and best practices.
• Proactively analyse risks and weak signals to prevent further risks, proposing robust mitigation plans when necessary.

Desirable Experience

• Strong knowledge of quality problem solving methodologies including 8D.
• Comprehensive understanding of engineering drawings and fundamentals of geometric dimensions & tolerances.
• Strong technical background in manufacturing, ideally aerospace or automotive.
• Excellent knowledge of AS9100 and other quality standards.
• Solid understanding of supply chain management.
• Good understanding and experience of all phases of APQP.
• Ability to establish positive and proactive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Intermediate understanding of process manufacturing management and project management.
• Basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Understanding of Part-21/Part-145.
• Evidence of written English at interview stage.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage supplier non-conformities (incl. quality alerts) through investigation, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions (methods can include 8D/5 WHY'S).
2. Oversee quality events and monitor processing time, contributing to handling supplier deviations.
3. Sanction and monitor the supplier industrial validation process by administering the supplier First Article Inspection (FAI) reports within PPAP for BTP and APQP reports for BTS; ensure milestones met, propose modifications as needed.
4. Coordinate supplier concession requests.
5. Consolidate costs related to supplier quality NCs impacting production or causing customer disruptions.
6. Coordinate securing non-conformity actions in a non-escalated flow.
7. Anticipate, detect, address, and capitalize on risks and weak signals; proactively analyse them to prevent risks, proposing mitigation plans.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain