Quality Improvement Engineer

Job Description

We are currently seeking a Quality Improvement Engineer, working across the Quality Assurance function. You will be working with key operational stakeholders within MBDA and in partnership with our key UK customers, maintaining, improving and standardising key quality related business processes. This will be an ideal role for anyone passionate about optimising and standardising quality processes, and leading continuous improvement.

Salary: Up to £52,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week 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 and much more…

• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

• Private Medical Insurance: Eligible employees are enrolled as standard into the company funded Private Medical Insurance benefit.

The opportunity:

This role requires working across multiple programmes and functions as well as with the customer in order to:

• Bring together, support, maintain and improve jointly agreed (with customer) quality processes - examples include: standards and their application to contract, quality risk management, joint (with customer) audits, quality metrics reporting and action follow up

• Handle joint customer and internally identified quality process improvement initiatives to completion

• Support implementation of output from Quality lessons learned into standard practice

• Support Independent System Monitoring Process (in relation to airworthiness) - governance. assessment and action / improvement follow up

The primary focus of this role is on process standardisation, governance and improvement across a range of quality related topics - a real opportunity to challenge and improve the way we assure quality to the customer working with a wide range of collaborators across the business.

What we're looking for from you:

• Engineer / Manager with experience of quality management systems, techniques and processes.

• Ideally HNC/HND level qualification with experience within Engineering or Quality Assurance.

• Excellent communication & social skills – an ability to influence change.

• Experience of developing and improving processes, and establishing robust process management controls (required) across multiple functions / programmes (desired).

• A drive for continuous improvement.

• Flexible approach and adaptability to work across a wide range of quality related topics and programmes

• Good knowledge of key external standards, such as EN9100

• Experience with Quality and Improvement Tools & Techniques (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, 8D, Kaizen, PFMEA)

• Knowledge of working within framework of key Defence Industry standards (Desirable)

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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