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Quality Assurance Engineer (Supply Chain)
R16472

Contract type

Full time

Discipline

Quality and Assurance

Location

Stevenage

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01 Job Description

Opportunity for an experienced Product Assurance Engineer to join the Quality Supply Chain team in support of non-conformance management and audit of the missile production supply chain.

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer (Supply Chain)

Salary: Circa £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience 

Location: Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

  • Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)

  • Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

  • Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime

  • Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days

  • Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.

  • Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

  • Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

The opportunity:

Opportunity for an experienced Product Assurance Engineer to join the Quality Supply Chain team in support of non-conformance management and audit of the missile production supply chain. This opportunity provides the chance to work within a new dynamic quality team providing quality assurance activities with our supply base. Handle major equipment supplier Product Non Conformance. Facilitate implementation of the non-conformance defect investigation process with the supplier to ensure that adequate and appropriate corrective actions are implemented .Provide supplier Non-Conformance data analysis and summary reports. Identification of improvements with respect to the supplier non-conformance management process and its implementation within SAP. Working closely with our internal customers to identify candidate suppliers for surveillance planning activities, and the schedule of activities to be performed.

Conduct Quality audits/assessments in line with the surveillance plan and against the Suppliers contracted Quality requirements, reviewing the Supplier's corrective action progress, conducting product acceptance,

with the aim of reducing project risk

  • Opportunity to join a vibrant quality organisation and further develop as a quality professional;

  • Gain knowledge of deploying the latest quality tools and techniques;

  • Opportunity to identify process improvements to aid on time and on quality delivery of products during the product lifecycle;

  • Management of quality assurance activities associated with an international supply base.

What we're looking for from you:

  • Engineer with experience of quality management systems, techniques and processes especially during industrialisation and manufacturing phases.

  • Experience of working within quality supply chain environment and able to operate effectively as part of the team.

  • Auditing experience covering product and or quality system audits

  • Good knowledge of key external standards, such as EN9100 and ensure it is maintained

  • Experienced in Quality Tools & Techniques (8D, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Kaizen, PFMEA).

  • Practical knowledge of non-conformance management process and SAP business tool an advantage,

  • Ability to travel and work in a team environment

  • Ideally qualified as a minimum to HND or HNC with experience within Engineering or Quality Assurance.

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02 Benefits & Rewards

Annual Bonus

Annual Bonus

Every year in February, we reward our dedicated employees with an annual bonus. Exact amounts and percentages will vary by job grade and on business performance. This can be discussed/explained further with a member of the Resourcing team during your application process. 

We are proud to say that we were able to award our annual bonus to employees even through tough economic times in recent years, when other employers were less fortunate. 

 

03 Information

Development of our people is of vital importance to us at MBDA, which is why we ensure everyone has access to the teams, tools and resources needed to achieve their goals. This includes our dedicated in-house Learning & Development team, our Apprenticeship programmes, a variety of online learning platforms, and much more.

We encourage new learning and will provide up to £150 in financial support per year if you wish to participate in further study in your own time.

If you lead a team, or hope to do so in the future, we offer a range of management training opportunities, with paths designed for people of all experience levels. 

We want our people to work when and where they feel they can be most effective. For most of our employees, we have a flexi-time scheme that allows you to choose, within certain parameters, when you start and finish each day and how you can use time you have accrued.

For roles that do not have to be based on one of our sites full-time, you will have opportunities to work from home as part of your agreed Dynamic Working arrangement.

If you have worked the time, you are also able to accrue and take up to 15 days of Flexi-leave per annum, in addition to the 25 days of annual leave provided and bank holidays.

All employees at MBDA are required to hold UK Security or BPSS Clearance. 

For further information, please view our Security & Vetting page.

    

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