Supplier Quality Engineer - 8D/PPAP Focus

Safran Group; Howlett Cross; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran seeks a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer for a 12 Month FTC at our Pitstone site in Buckinghamshire. You will join a quality-focused team, driving root cause analysis, corrective actions and PPAP/FAI processes to ensure product quality.

Collaborating with internal stakeholders, you will manage supplier non-conformities, validation milestones and risk mitigation to support production and customer satisfaction. This role suits a detail-oriented quality professional.

Qualifications

• Proven experience solving quality issues using 8D/9S methodologies.
• Knowledge of AS/EN 9100 quality standards and related processes.
• Experience with PFMEA and risk assessment.
• Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, FAI and DVI processes.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings and GD&T.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier non-conformities through investigation, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Oversee quality events and monitor processing time, contributing to handling supplier deviations.
• 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 that the industrial validation milestones are met, with modifications proposed based on supplier maturity and process needs.
• Coordinate supplier concession requests.
• Consolidate costs related to supplier quality NCs impacting production or causing customer disruptions.
• Coordinate securing non-conformity actions in a non escalated flow.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks by analyzing weak signals and proposing mitigation plans.

Skills

8D/9S problem solving

AS/EN 9100 knowledge

GD&T interpretation

PFMEA experience

APQP/PPAP/FAI/DVI knowledge

ERP systems knowledge

Root cause analysis

Tools

SAP

M3

MFG

Job description

Safran seeks a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer for a 12 Month FTC at our Pitstone site in Buckinghamshire. You will join a quality-focused team, driving root cause analysis, corrective actions and PPAP/FAI processes to ensure product quality.

Collaborating with internal stakeholders, you will manage supplier non-conformities, validation milestones and risk mitigation to support production and customer satisfaction. This role suits a detail-oriented quality professional.