Job Description
Principal Product Assurance Engineer
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Force Protection Product Assurance team, supporting projects in the development and production phases of the product lifecycle.
You will play a key role within an established team, ensuring all core Product Assurance activities are met, while also having the potential to work with domestic and international colleagues and partners on the delivery of equipment and projects involving technology transfer.
The role offers a great opportunity to network with various business functions and activities across all sites. You will be working on a multinational project, as well as collaborating with an established Quality network to prevent or minimize product non-conformance, ensuring smooth equipment delivery, and guaranteeing reliable products in production.
* Review and maintain Project Quality planning documentation.
* Ensure compliance to BMS procedures is maintained.
* Act as Key Point of contact for Design (Project Chief Engineer & CDE) for any Hardware concerns at Bolton.
* Act as External Customer for Product/Hardware Quality issues/concerns.
* Customer interface for on- and off-site Product Acceptance activities.
* Represent Project at the Op's NCRP Level 1 & 2.
* Act as the Key point of contact for the Project PAM.
* Represent Project PA at the monthly Operations Management Certification Stamp Issuing Authority Meetings.
* Report on any escapes to our External Customers.
* Ensure product life cycle reviews are planned, carried out, and actions handled appropriately.
* Lead product non-conformance and facilitate implementation of non-conformance process.
* Support design and manufacturing defect investigations.
* Provide non-conformance data analysis and summary reports into major equipment and senior management reviews.
* Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate Quality risks and issues to reduce risk and increase customer satisfaction.
* Participate in process improvement and facilitate local flash audits, providing compliance and process improvement ideas.
* Plan and facilitate quality-focused micro-training to increase quality process awareness, efficiencies, and proficiencies within the Project teams.
What we're looking for from you:
* HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance is desirable, or equivalent work experience.
* Ideally a practitioner of current QA problem-solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.).
* A high degree of self-motivation, autonomy, and ability to work proactively, with excellent organisation, communication, and social skills.
* An ability to inspire change, a respectful great team-mate, comfortable working in a matrix organization.
* Strong analytical skills; ability to run reports in Excel, use SAP QM system, and Product Data and document management tools.
* Continuous improvement awareness and initiative to deliver improvements.
* Ability to understand and respect cultural differences.
Overview:
Position - Principal Product Assurance Engineer – Permanent
Location - Stevenage
Salary - £50k DOE (+ Bonus)
Keywords: Product Assurance Engineer, Project Quality, BMS, Quality Assurance, Hardware Quality, non-conformance, Project PAM, 8D, RCA, DMAIC.