Quality Assurance Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by Morson Edge
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Marsden Height, Burnley (BB10), BB10 2TQ
Summary: The Quality Assurance Engineer role at Morson involves supporting the Operations team to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products that meet customer expectations and regulatory standards. The position focuses on driving quality improvements, reducing customer escapes, and implementing effective quality and continuous improvement tools. The engineer will also be responsible for compliance with internal and external quality standards and preparing for audits. Strong analytical skills and experience in quality assurance within a technical or manufacturing environment are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Operations team in delivering products on time and to quality standards.
- Conduct data analysis and utilize Excel for quality assessments.
- Implement root cause analysis to reduce customer escapes and concessions.
- Ensure compliance with internal processes and external regulatory requirements.
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment and organize 5S initiatives.
- Adhere to the group Quality Management System and regulatory standards.
- Prepare for and contribute to external audits with customers and regulatory bodies.
- Schedule and manage product and process audits, addressing non-conformances.
- Develop and lead customer escape prevention and concession reduction plans.
- Apply key quality tools such as PFMEA, Gauge R&R, 8D, and SPC.
- Prepare Quality plans for new products and customers.
- Ensure accurate completion of first article (FAI/PPAP) reports.
- Support operations in eliminating waste in production processes.
- Operate within the Quality budget.
Key Skills:
- Engineering related Degree or HNC, or equivalent experience.
- Quality assurance experience in a technical and/or manufacturing environment.
- Complex problem-solving skills and experience in delivering improvement projects.
- Experience with key quality tools (PFMEA, 8D, 6 Sigma).
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience in Quality planning for new product introductions.
- Knowledge of Aerospace quality standards and regulations.
- Working knowledge of French is beneficial but not essential.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Burnley
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Morson are seeking a highly motivated Quality Assurance Engineer to support our Operations team in delivering high-quality products on time and in line with customer expectations and regulatory standards. In this role, you will be instrumental in driving quality improvements, reducing customer escapes and internal/external concessions, and supporting the implementation of robust quality and continuous-improvement tools.
Job description
- To support the Operations team in delivering products on time and to the quality standards required by our customers
- Data Analysis experiece and understanding of Excel
- Root Cause Analysis experience
- To continually reduce customer escapes, internal and external concessions and the overall cost of non-quality through the application of appropriate Quality and continuous improvement tools.
- To ensure compliance with internal processes and procedures and external customer and regulatory requirements
- Maintain a clean, organised and safe working environment and organise 5S initiatives
- To ensure adherence to the group Quality Management System and compliance to the national and regulatory requirements including ESAA Part 21, EN 9100 and NADCAP
- To prepare for and contribute to external audits with Customers and regulatory bodies
- To schedule and manage product and process audits and any resultant non conformances and corrective actions
- To develop and lead customer escape prevention plans
- To develop and lead concession reduction plans
- To apply key quality tools such as PFMEA, Gauge R&R, 8D, SPC and to support others in the application of these tools.
Candidate skills & requirements
- To support the preparation of Quality plans for both new products and new customers:
- To develop and lead zero concessions plans for new products at entry into service:
- To ensure that first article (FAI/PPAP) reports are correctly completed for any new or modified parts:
- To develop and lead non quality cost (CoNQ) reduction plans:
- To support Operations to eliminate waste in the production processes:
- To operate within the Quality budget:
- Engineering related Degree or HNC, or equivalent experience:
- Quality assurance experience in a technical and/or manufacturing environment:
- Experience of complex problem solving and the delivery of improvement projects:
- Experience of the application of key quality tools (PFMEA, 8D, 6 Sigma):
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written:
- Experience of Quality planning for the introduction of new products:
- Experience of Aerospace quality standards and regulations:
- Working knowledge of French while beneficial is not essential
If you are interested in the position please submit an up to date CV.