Hybrid role 3 days to be worked onsite.

Helping to Build the Future of Defence

Every component our defence client produces has one mission: to perform flawlessly when it matters most. As a Quality Assurance Engineer in the missile manufacturing team, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring every product meets the most demanding standards of precision, safety, and reliability. This is your chance to work on cutting-edge defence technology, solve complex problems, and safeguard quality at every stage of production.

You will provide an independent visibility and assurance that manufacturing and related processes are applied across all Projects. Provide support and advice on all aspects of quality within UK Manufacturing. Identify and implement sustainable improvements to existing methods and processes. Identify and reduce project risk or problem areas / issues associated with process application, effectiveness or compliance.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, responsibilities include the following activities:

- Support and advice on all aspects of quality within Manufacturing UK apply quality expertise to critical business issues to support business excellence, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

- Provide quality assurance assistance to Manufacturing UK in support of manufacturing excellence. Including development and delivery of quality awareness and other training.

- Supporting Manufacturing UK on all programmes to achieve cost, time and quality targets.

- Provide appropriate level of support to improve the effectivity of processes within the Company Business Management System and ensure they are correctly tailored for Manufacturing UK.

- Confirm through a programme of Independent assessments and audits that processes and quality requirements are being successfully implemented, applied and improved. Provide reports to Management that identifies the outcome of audits and issues. Monitor and facilitate the progression of any improvements from audit activities and the timely closure of identified issues.

- Maintaining strong links with Quality Assurance colleagues across the business (UK and Overseas) to enable the dissemination and achievement of Quality Objectives within Manufacturing UK.

- Work with Quality Assurance Managers and other functions to define appropriate risk reduction strategies/action plans

- Facilitation and/or support to various levels of Non-Conformance Review Panels

- Analysis of non-conformance defect data and acting on this data to undertake problem solving investigations identifying defect root cause and corrective action implementation

Skillset/experience required:

- Ideally qualified to minimum HNC/HND in relevant subject.

- Quality professional, experienced in process-based integrated management systems & business improvement in an engineering / manufacturing environment.

- Experience using both risk management and practical problem solving tools e.g. 8D, 5Y, PFMEA etc.

- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (PowerPoint, Word and Excel)

- Quality Auditing experience

- Knowledge and experience of International standards such as EN9100/AS9100, AS9102, AS9145, AS9146, etc.

- Excellent interpersonal skills, good planning and organising skills to ensure multiple tasks are prioritised and monitored to deliver set objectives

- Capability to identify sustainable business improvements & ensure effective implementation

- Recognise and understand internal and external customer requirements, and respond to them

- Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels of the organisation

- Highly self-motivated and demonstrate a determination and persistence to deliver results despite obstacles and setbacks

- Recognise and understand regulatory and certification requirements, and respond to them

This role is initially on a six month contract which is likely to be extended.

Please be aware that this role is subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must have resided in the UK for the last five years and be able to achieve full secrity clearance.