Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Norfolk

Salary: Competitive

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, you will lead in developing, improving and implementing best practices and activities to help improve overall supplier performance, help reduce costs and build a more robust Supply Chain process. You will be responsible for Supplier selections, assessments, appraisals, approvals, development, monitoring and control activities along with involvement in Supplier audits and have the scope to take ownership to flow down applicable requirements (company, regulatory, international standards, customer etc) and ensure and verify compliance.

Our SQA will be part of a very collaborative process, managing relationships both internally and externally, particularly with suppliers with a focus on improvement of product quality. You will help perform supplier audits ensuring suppliers meet their contractual obligations and will play a vital role in building strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform supplier audits / surveillance to verify compliance to Part 21 Subpart G, AS9100, ISO 9001 and specific customer requirements, using MIRUS internal processes
• Operate in a risk-basked way, proactively identifying potential risks to the supply chain and to communicate this to stakeholders
• Work with the engineering team and suppliers as part of the industrialisation process to support the deployment of the NPI - APQP tools , FAI, DFM
• Support supplier business reviews with supply chain category buyers as required.
• Support series production and the review and approval of FAIRs (First Article Inspection Reports) In accordance with AS9102.
• Review and investigate deviation requests (concessions and production permits) from suppliers.
• Support the management of NCR’s (non-conformance records) to closure through the MRB (material review board) process.

Skills and Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, gained within a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of aerospace AS9100/ IS09001 requirements.
• An ability to use the crucial quality tools necessary to continually increase the performance of manufacturing from our suppliers (FMEA, RCA, SPC, Process capability studies/ MSA Gauge etc)
• An attention to detail, and ability to develop, document and audit processes and procedures.
• The ideal candidate will also hold an IQA accreditation, or Engineering degree.

Benefits

• Knowledge of AS9100
• Worked in the aerospace industry.
• 'Lean’ manufacturing knowledge
• Kiazen /continuous improvement awareness
• Has worked in a supply chain environment.
• Customer focused.
• Able to communicate well at all levels.
• Team player / working team contributor.
• Enjoys a challenge.
• Able to challenge the 'norm’.

To Apply

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