Quality Assurance Engineer

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Quality Assurance Engineer on a 12-month contract. Providing QA oversight of the on-site design teams’ activities, to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance. The role will also include monitoring and support to the contracted Part 145 maintenance organisation, embodying the modification and supporting Part M oversight where required.

Role: Quality Assurance Engineer (Aircraft Production)
Pay: Competitive
Location: Birmingham Airport
Contract: 12-months, permanent late shift (Monday – Friday)
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: SC clearance required.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements to develop quality assurance strategies, plans and tests for hardware and software products, processes and services ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Development of Quality cost estimates based on Statements of Work (SOW) assigned.
• Develop and implement processes for determining, verifying and meeting Customer SOW requirements
• Verification of product conformity to design
• Verification of compliance to Customers’ requirements
• Participate in the maintenance of processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer and regulatory requirements are adhered to
• Validation of work instructions, tooling requirements, certifications, process standards, policies and procedures
• Identify and documents discrepancies, segregates and controls non-conforming items to prevent unintended use or delivery
• Verification of compliance to Regulatory requirements
• Identifying opportunities for corrective action while performing product or process verification
• Performs auditing, surveillance and monitoring against the approved audit plan, identifies and documents discrepancies and management of corrective actions to completion
• Segregation and control of non-conforming items
• Performs preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance
• Identifies repetitive or significant or non-conformance’s and initiates requests for corrective action
• Conducts product review with customer during product or process verification
• To facilitate and sustain a Just Culture within the company Maintenance/Production Organisation
• Participate with stakeholders in the analysis process of unfavourable process data, customer complaints and metric results formulating mitigation plans utilizing the closed loop preventive / corrective action process
• Represents Quality in design reviews, with regard:
• Routine verification of product conformance to design requirements, providing objective evidence of results
• Performs bench-marking and other forms of analysis to ensure specified processes capability levels are achieved

Skills / experience required:

Essential

• Maintenance/Modification experience in a civil or military environment
• Part 21 experience
• Safety Management Systems knowledge and experience
• Previous industry experience in the application of aviation safety policy
• Safety investigation and root cause corrective action experience, within the aviation industry
• Aviation Quality Management System (QMS) experience
• Ability to identify help needed and coordinate with the appropriate leaders and team members
• Qualified Auditor with experience in auditing techniques
• Experience compiling and reporting statistical data

Desirable

• Preferably degree qualified, or equivalent, but not essential
• MRB QA experience
• First Article Inspection experience
• Knowledge of MAA/CAA/EASA (Part 145/Part M).
• Experience with Data Analytics.
• Familiar with company Process and Procedures would be beneficial.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical/problem solving skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Demonstrated high level of dependability, interpersonal skills, initiative, adaptability, decision-making, and problem solving and organization skills.
• Customer focused ability to work independently or as part of a team.

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Siobhan Miller at Line Up Aviation

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