Senior Quality Engineer

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

 

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

This position will provide day-to-day focus on the proper execution of actions necessary for the on-time delivery and first-time quality of products and services. To provide technical and administrative leadership to ensure that performance and quality of products conform to established company, international and governmental regulatory standards, agency guidelines, and customer requirements by implementing and maintaining quality assurance policies, processes, procedures and controls.

Job Responsibilities

•    Lead and maintain Quality Plans (to include Inspection Plans/ Techniques, Statistical Process Control Plans, Process Mapping, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, etc.) for your products and processes.
•    Create and maintain inspection procedures and plans that align with customer requirements and program specific quality plans.
•    Lead problem solving activities and events and ensure that issues affecting product quality have effective, data-based, problem resolution plans to include, containment, root cause, corrective , and preventive actions, as well as statistical validation of corrective action           effectiveness to minimize both product quality and delivery impact.
•    Serve as point of contact with Management and Program Team for program progress and monitoring.  
•    Represent the Quality organization by performing and/ or leading specialized processes, such as contract evaluation and planning; data preparation, data analysis and reporting; development of quality tools, techniques and methods; process improvements; special investigations and audits: material review support; preventive and corrective actions; developing quality engineers and quality technical writers, customer interface, liaison and support; product delivery; and audit of manufacturing and test data for quality system requirements.
•    Make recommendations that improve products’ and processes’ quality, throughput and/or costs.
•    Perform initial MRB reviews and document nonconformance concession submittals to customer
•    Provide technical expertise to company employees, suppliers, customers and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements. 
•    Provide education and coaching on the company’s quality system to program and process team mates.
 

Job Qualifications

Education
Requires a BS degree in engineering or related discipline. In lieu of a degree, 8 years of work-related experience is required.
 

Essential 
•    U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance and site SSA requirements
•    Have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in quality and/ or manufacturing; an Aerospace manufacturing environment is preferred.
•    Have a fundamental understanding of quality philosophies, principles, systems, methods, tools, standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction, supplier relations and performance, leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems and professional ethics.
•    Understand elements of a Quality Management System and its development, documentation and implementation to applicable domestic and international standards and/ or requirements.
•    Demonstrate ability to perform audits, understand the audit process and its role within a Quality Management System; including types of audits, planning, preparation, execution, reporting results and follow-up.
•    Develop and implement quality plans, including tracking, analyzing, reporting and problem solving.
•    Demonstrate ability to lead problem-solving and quality improvement events and utilize tools and techniques. This includes knowledge of management and planning tools, quality tools, preventive and corrective actions, and how to overcome barriers to quality improvements.
•    Will be able to acquire and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvements.
•    Possess strong written, communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Demonstrate ability to facili