Job Description
Contract Quality Engineer
Contract: 3 months
Rate: £21.56ph - PAYE
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Cheltenham – onsite
Reporting to the Quality Manager, this role is designed to work closely with all departments on-site to offer extensive support, guidance, and, when necessary, hands-on contributions to enhance and sustain the client’s Quality Management Systems across people, processes, and products.
Job description
* Locally manage and undertake both internal and external audits as required in conjunction with the relevant owner to the regulatory and local requirements.
* Performing internal audits to ensure compliance against all regulatory requirements
* Support and coach Operations to ensure rejects have robust containment, Root Cause, Corrective and Preventive Actions.
* Support all areas of the business on all matters relating to the maintenance of the quality systems, including procedures and processes.
* Support the development and implementation of Safety Management System (SMS) across the business
* Support the clients Management by providing support during both internal and external audits and management of the ETQ (audit report system)
* Support the provision of coaching on quality tools (PDCA, Root cause analysis).
* Assisting the monitoring and analysis of supplier performance and the execution of supplier audits.
Skills
* You will have experience in a similar role, within an aerospace AS9110 /AS 9100 environments, but other process driven (e.g. automotive) may be considered.
* Internal Audit qualification to a recognised standard
* A good understanding of EASA Part 145 and other aerospace regulations.
* Experience of working with internal teams as well as customers is essential - managing complaints and problem solving with root cause analysis.
* Experience of dealing with regulatory authorities.
* Knowledge and experience in quality improvement and relevant tools (PDCA, Root cause analysis).
* Lean skills/experience
* You will be confident, driven, an excellent communicator with a hands-on approach.
* Strong statistical, analytical skills.
* Good Microsoft office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
* International travel when required.
* Flexibility within the Quality Team to cover other job responsibilities.