Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
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Job Description
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 were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.35 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Together We Rise
Its great to know youre making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play youll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant youll do just that. Established in 1993 GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities; design analysis testing certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Airbus A320 AgustaWestland AW101 Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing Airbus Lockheed Martin Bell Helicopters Textron BAE Systems Pratt & Whitney Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 370 employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking food hub and vending machines.
Based at our Luton Manufacturing site as Senior Supplier Quality Engineer youll join the Quality Engineering team and report to the Site Quality Manager. In this position you will be responsible to engineer and communicate the product/customer and system requirements to the Supplier and participate and orchestra the plan for qualification (FAI and PPAP) from the supplier to reach a conforming product on time. This will include regular monitoring and audit of the quality performance of suppliers to perform reviews and take actions depending on the cause of any problem (such as assessments problem solving activities etc) to secure continuous compliance. Manage the supplier quality performance issues serve as the liaison for suppliers suggest structural quality and process improvements and collaborate with other engineers in a team environment.
There is the requirement for International travel (approximately once a month) with this role within Europe China and USA with almost weekly National travel to visit suppliers. This is a full-time position and core operational hours at our Luton site are: 07:30 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 - 12:30 Friday.
Job Responsibilities
Review Supplier First Article
Have frequent contact with supplier to monitor actions within Quality
Analyse suppliers quality performance and identify improvement areas.
Handle supplier non-conformance including cause and corrective action in order to be up-to date with the supplier performance
Handle escape including root cause investigation containment and corrective actions Participate in 8D investigations
Create supplier audit plan and ensure adherence
Participate in supplier work transfer evaluation
Support concurrent engineering between GKN and supplier (design for manufacturing)
Support in supplier feedback
How Youll Contribute
To help us make a difference youll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills experience qualifications and attributes:
Essential:
- Experience from manufacturing engineering preferably product qualification activities or inspection control
- Experience from Supplier quality positions
- Experience of Audit either /or internal and external
- Experience in root cause analysis 8D and continuous improvement
- Experience and skilled with Microsoft office and ERP systems
Desirable:
- Experience in New Product Introduction and interaction between Purchasingand Engineering in Product Development
- Understanding of the Aerospace industry and associated regulatory requirements and standards
We are looking for people who want to make a difference talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Supplier Quality Engineer will be organised and structured with strong skills to work both independently and in a team. To be successful in this role you will be target-oriented and outgoing with good communication skills
What Well Offer
Once youre on board youll get the following perks and benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme well match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
- Life Assurance 8 x salary
- 185 hours holiday bank holidays
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
- Free onsite parking
- Local gym discount
- 50% off local travel card
- Free airport Dart
- Free airport parking
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Discount for local nursery/preschool childcare setting
- A collaborative dynamic working environment
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Well offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry who knows how far you can go
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles weve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Its a culture that won us The Best Workplace Culture Award. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
Were also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We arethe place where human dreams plus humanendeavour shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
