Join MBDA as a Quality Assurance Engineer based in Stevenage, United Kingdom. This is a full-time, hybrid role offering an average of 2 days per week on-site with a salary of circa £45,000. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring core QA activities are met, leading process improvement projects, and supporting equipment development.
Requirements
Required: Experience as a quality professional within Mechanical or Electronic Engineering.
Required: Knowledge of QA problem-solving methods such as 8D, RCA, and DMAIC.
Required: Strong analytical skills including Excel, SAP QM, and document management tools.
Preferred: Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering.
Security Clearance: Must be a British Citizen or Dual UK national eligible for BPSS checks.
Skills & Responsibilities
Problem-solving and Quality Methods: Utilize techniques like 8D, RCA, and DMAIC to manage product non-conformances and support design and manufacturing defect investigations.
Data Analysis and Reporting: Leverage strong analytical skills, Excel, and the SAP QM system to provide data analysis and summary reports for senior management.
Process Governance: Lead, facilitate, and influence Mechanical Engineering process governance, conduct local flash audits, and drive continuous improvement.
Equipment Development Support: Support major equipment projects ensuring compliance with BMS procedures and managing product lifecycle reviews.
Potential transition routes: People from manufacturing engineer or project quality roles may bring relevant compliance and problem-solving skills, alongside meeting technical engineering requirements.
Job description
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Quality Assurance Engineering professional to join the Quality Assurance Equipment Engineering team supporting a variety of Mechanical & Electro-Mechanical Equipment’s whilst driving process improvement.
Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week average on-site due to workload classification.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking, gym facilities and much more…
The opportunity:
This opportunity provides the chance to play a pivotal role within an established Quality Assurance (QA) team embedded within Mechanical Engineering (ME) with the aim of ensuring all core QA activities are met by leading key process improvement projects and facilitating process governance whilst closely working with major project Product Assurance Managers across the business supporting equipment development, preventing/minimising product non-conformance & ensuring smooth Equipment delivery increasing Customer satisfaction.
Lead, facilitate and influence ME process set governance ensuring correct process ownership, awareness and adherence it maintained and robustly reviewed.
Support & facilitate key process improvement & lessons learnt activities within ME.
Support ME development equipment projects ensuring compliance to Mechanical & Electronic Engineering BMS procedures.
Ensure product life cycle reviews are planned, carried out and actions managed appropriately.
Manage 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 for in house equipment’s with the aim of reducing risk.
Carry out local flash audits for process adherence surveillance and continuous process improvement.
Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness.
What we're looking for from you:
Ideally minimum HNC/HND in Engineering would be desirable
Experienced quality professionals, preferably within Mechanical or Electronic Engineering with a proven track record in Quality Assurance.
Practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.)
Good knowledge of the product lifecycle - specifically in development
Strong analytical skills; ability to run reports in Excel, use SAP QM system, and document management tools
Continuous improvement awareness and ability to use own initiative to deliver improvements
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