Quality Management Specialist

Our client, an international aerospace company working in the defence sector, has an opportunity for an experienced Quality Management Specialist to join them on a contract basis. The E‑7 On‑Site Quality Assurance Engineer will be part of the growing Aircraft Programme Quality team, working within the Fixed Wing area, reporting to the Fixed Wing Quality Manager and taking day‑to‑day tasking from the on‑site E‑7 Quality Manager, providing QA inspections, MRB and design oversight during the major modification programme.

The engineer will provide QA oversight of the on‑site ASC2 design teams' activities to ensure contractual and regulatory compliance, and will also monitor and support the contracted Part
145 maintenance organisation, embodying the modification and supporting PartM oversight where required. This opportunity is to work within the Engineering Function to support existing aircraft programs.

Role: Quality Management Specialist

Location: Birmingham Airport

Hours: Mon‑Thur Early & Late Shifts

IR35 Status: Inside

Hourly Rate: tba

Contract: 12 months

Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a UK SC for which the Government requires UK Citizenship.

• Participate in Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements to develop quality assurance strategies, plans and tests for hardware and software products, processes and services ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Development of Quality cost estimates based on Statements of Work (SOW) assigned.
• Develop and implement processes for determining, verifying and meeting Customer SOW requirements, including:
  • Verification of product conformity to design
  • Verification of compliance to Customers' requirements
  • Participate in the maintenance of processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer and regulatory requirements are adhered to, including:
    • Validation of work instructions, tooling requirements, certifications, process standards, policies and procedures
    • Identify and documents discrepancies, segregates and controls non-conforming items to prevent unintended use or delivery
    • Verification of compliance to Regulatory requirements
  • Identifying opportunities for corrective action while performing product or process verification
  • Performs auditing, surveillance and monitoring against the approved audit plan, identifies and documents discrepancies and management of corrective actions to completion
  • Segregation and control of non-conforming items
  • Performs preliminary review and disposition of non‑conformance
  • Identifies repetitive or significant or non‑conformances and initiates requests for corrective action
  • Conducts product review with customer during product or process verification
• Participate with stakeholders in the analysis process of unfavorable process data, customer complaints and metric results formulating mitigation plans utilizing the closed loop preventive / corrective action process, including:
  • Represents Quality in design reviews, with regard:
    • Routine verification of product conformance to design requirements, providing objective evidence of results
  • Performs benchmarking and other forms of analysis to ensure specified processes capability levels are achieved.

• Preferably degree qualified, or equivalent, but not essential
• Must have a sound working knowledge of MAA/CAA/EASA (Part 145/Part M/Part 21).
• Experience with Data Analytics.
• Familiar with Boeing Process and Procedures would be beneficial.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical/problem solving skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Demonstrated high level of dependability, interpersonal skills, initiative, adaptability, decision‑making, and problem solving and organization skills.
• Customer focused ability to work independently or as part of a team.