Job Title: Project Product Assurance Engineer
Requisition ID: 9848
Location: Abingdon, ENG, GB, OX14 3ED
Home-based Position: No
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Description:
EnerSys is the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. EnerSys complements our extensive lines of Motive Power, Energy Systems and Specialty Power, including Space, Defence and Aviation, with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products. We continue to grow in our industry by ensuring all employees possess our core values: customer focused, team player, engaged, ethical, strong communication skills, and works safely.
This position will be based in our EnerSys Advanced Systems (EAS) Space line of business, which will be part of a team delivering international space missions for satellites, launchers, and interplanetary vehicles. The company works with both national and international space agencies like NASA and European Space Agency as well as working across the commercial marketplace supporting missions that include Earth observation, internet of things (IoT) satellite constellations and global positioning and navigation systems. This is a role that can truly be said to impact people across the globe.
Job Purpose
This job role acts as a Project Product Assurance (PA) Engineer for product assurance requirements on assigned space projects throughout the project lifecycle (design, manufacture, test, and delivery). The Project Product Assurance Engineer will work with a dedicated Project PA Manager and a team of colleagues from other disciplines (e.g., Project Management, Project Engineer, MAIT) and will support production of documentation and hardware for delivery to the customer. The role supports the Project Product Assurance Manager for the assigned project(s).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Health and Safety
* The role is accountable for the safety of all employees, workers, visitors, and hardware of EnerSys ABSL.
Strategy Delivery
* The role is responsible for on time and on quality Product Assurance activities delivered within EnerSys ABSL.
* The role is responsible for supporting prevention, investigation and resolution of non-conformances on assigned projects.
Programmatic control of work on the project(s)
* The role is responsible for schedule adherence of product assurance tasks on the designated project(s).
* The role supports product assurance inputs to risk management of the project.
* The role is responsible for the timely completion of assigned project documentation to the necessary standards held by ABSL.
Performance and Design
* The role is responsible for the production of project documentation to meet internal PA requirements (e.g. NCRs, EIDPs, Inspection Reports).
* The role is responsible for in-build and in-test inspection points and sign-off of associated reports or checkpoints.
* The role is responsible for the production of specialist Product Assurance analysis and documentation (PM&P, EEE, RAMS, Safety) as agreed with the Project PA Manager.
* The role supports the documentation of compliance of delivered product to customer specification.
* This role does not have direct responsibility for cost or expenditure, but is expected to support the Project Manager(s) in cost control.
Cost control and improvement of the department
* The role supports department cost reduction and improvement strategy and implementation.
* The role supports departmental purchasing requests.
* Note: The role shall not authorise expenditure on behalf of the business but can request items through their Department Manager.
Quality Control
* The role is accountable for its knowledge, understanding and application of the Business Management System (BMS) documentation.
* The role supports departmental level Quality Control documentation and monitoring within the department.
* The role supports Quality Control documentation and monitoring within the function.
* The role supports non-conformance control on assigned projects.
* The role supports continuous improvements across the function (from process improvements through to developing new methodologies and techniques of working).
* The role supports the Lessons Learned processes, ensuring they are followed and implemented on project.
Resources
* The role is accountable for personal time-management on project tasks.
* The role is accountable for participating in assigned training for the role.
* The role is accountable for inputs to Continuous Personal Development targets.
* The role is accountable for completing weekly time sheets, overtime request and annual leave forms.
Reporting and communications
* The role supports the delivery of Business level Items of Interest (IOIs) each week to the Technical Solutions Manager.
* The role is responsible for clear communication of technical issues within the project team.
* The role is responsible for internal EnerSys ABSL communications on Product Assurance matters (for example, arranging Key Inspection schedules).
Qualifications
* A BTEC in a STEM subject, equivalent qualification or industry experience.
Knowledge / Experience
* An appreciation of European Space Industry standards (to be further developed as part of the role).
* Experience inspecting and accepting spacecraft hardware (to be developed as part of the role).
* Experience producing inspection documentation (to be developed as part of the role).
* An understanding of configuration control principles and associated project documentation (e.g. CIDL).
Skills / Competencies
* A commitment to safety as top priority.
* A keen interest in working on space projects.
* A commitment to accurate reporting and root cause analysis of problems.
* A desire to be responsible for product quality and mission risk reduction in accordance with customer specifications.
* An ability to work in a multi-project environment; to effectively prioritise and work to detailed scheduled plans and tight deadlines.
* Excellent people skills; a proven team worker but with an ability to work independently.
* The ability to support team members working on multiple projects.
* A pragmatic, business minded and process driven attitude.
* Strong skills with MS Office / Office 365 suite of programmes.
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