Overview

Vacancy Title: Supply Chain/Launch Quality Engineer

Vacancy Location: Ellesmere Port

Engagement Type: Permanent

Your Company

As a Supply Chain/Launch Quality Engineer, you'll be part of a high-performing team, committed to driving quality and innovation, to support sustained growth of our RFD Beaufort Ltd division, for new and existing products. Based at the Ellesmere Port facility, we are the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of life rafts, Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) and offshore rental PPE. We remain a leading supplier of fire solutions to the maritime industry and hold a market-leading position for Pilot Flight Equipment in the aerospace & defence market and know our customers value our innovation, quality and technical expertise.

Your New Role

We are looking for a Quality Engineer who is experienced and has got a good track record of working across and driving improvements for current production, supply chain and launch quality. You will play a pivotal role in developing new and existing processes, implementing systems and ensuring products exceed quality standards, meet safety regulations, delight customers and achieve on time delivery, with a chance to shape the future of manufacturing excellence.

What You Can Expect from the Role

Key Responsibilities of the Quality Engineer role:

• Be a key team member; working cross functionally across Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Design, Supply Chain and Purchasing, supporting manufacturing readiness, to achieve on time, customer order dates.
• Ensure the relevant quality controls are implemented at the correct part of a process, to deliver the required design data and customer requirements.
• Support supplier operational, technical, health, safety and environmental audits in line with Beaufort's supply chain audit calendar.
• Drive supplier quality improvements / coaching suppliers to improve capability.
• Work closely and proactively with supply chain to anticipate and react to any potential high impact quality issues, that may affect quality and customer delivery schedule.
• Be involved in the early stages of our new product development / maturity gates and use APQP principles to have the maximum impact on product robustness and validating APQP activities have been carried out to a satisfactorily level; to meet customer requirements.
• Support the creation of PFMEA's and responsible for the creation of pre-launch and production control plans.
• Support all production builds / quality loops, capturing build issues relating to process, parts and design and driving the quality improvement roadmap to achieve the required launch metrics.
• Champion/lead problem solving activities for internal quality issues, supplier quality, non-conformance and customer complaint investigations, ensuring issues are robustly contained and fixed and that findings are documented, reported and escalated appropriately.
• Monitor production scrap and RFT and drive improvements.
• Cultivate a quality-first mindset across the team.
• Applying lean principles / tools / methodologies to thinking and processes.
• Capturing lessons learnt from current production / supply chain and launch and driving prevent re-occurrence and improvement actions to standards / procedures.

What we're looking for

A degree in Engineering would be desirable. Quality experience across current production, supply chain and launch quality essential. An analytical mindset with a passion for quality, problem-solving and continuous improvement. Self-driven, flexible, adaptable, organised, uses initiative, who can work at pace under pressure. Awareness of AS9100 requirements. Training or experience in FMEA, MSA, APQP, or PPAP is highly advantageous. Proficiency in Excel and other tools; automotive sector experience is a bonus. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to engage at all levels.

Why You Should Work for Us

• 33 days holidays including public holidays
• Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
• Hybrid Working Policy
• Early finish on Friday!
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance up to 4X salary
• Pension Scheme
• Training & Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme

How to Apply

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If you would like more information regarding this role before applying, please feel free to reach out to us via Linked In or via recruitment@survitecgroup.com.

Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.

At Survitec, we want you to have the best possible interview experience with us and we are also committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are happy to make any necessary accommodations to ensure you can showcase your skills to the best of your ability, should you require any reasonable adjustments, please don\'t hesitate to let us know.