Supplier Quality Engineer / Assurance Engineer (Defence) ***
Currently seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to support a program where we need to deploy someone within a supplier facility near Stockport. With a focus on ensuring that acceptable standards are met and continually achievable, the role will provide support across a number of assigned projects, monitoring progress of hardware and electrical aspects of complex system development for technical and process compliance with a focus on oversight, inspection and acceptance of system deliverables.
Responsibilities:
Conduct QA activities during initial acquisition and programme execution in accordance with company processes and procedures
Provide independent oversight on assigned programmes to ensure compliance with all required external standards, internal command media and contractual requirements
Participate in bid and programme Gate Reviews to assist the teams in achieving mission success
Work with multiple teams to assure Supplier Quality, including supplier on-boarding activities and ongoing supplier performance management, and ensuring projects complete quarterly assessments of critical suppliers
Establish effective relationships with key supplier quality personnel
Assist with the flow down of QA requirements to suppliers
Support Risk and Opportunity Management activities on bids and programmes
Support sub-contract management activities during programme execution
Develop and document an...