Quality Engineer Lead

Quality Engineer Lead
Cwmbran

Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.

In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran, Wales.

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:

Early finish on Fridays
Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review
25 days' holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell)
Strong Pension scheme and life assurance
Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring
Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers
Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

Safran - Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

Your Role:

As Quality Engineer Lead, you'll assure the quality of products throughout their product lifecycle by supporting the product lifecycle quality assurance, through the complete manufacturing process, and taking responsibility for ensuring that processes and procedures are in place and adhered to in relation to product quality.

The Quality Engineer Lead plays a vital role in the support and development of our Quality Engineers, and Technician, and ultimately responsible for ensuring that products and services delivered have gone through the appropriate manufacturing / repair / validation process, prior to final handover to the customer.

Key Responsibilities:

Working closely with senior managers, as well as the Quality Engineers, to define quality objectives in line with company objectives
Lead and develop the Quality Engineers, and Quality Technicians within your area
Assign workload, ensure support, and oversee activities of the Quality Engineers, and Quality Technician's within your area
Ensure that the appropriate action plans are implemented and carried out and measure their effectiveness.
Conduct audits and OJT in accordance with regulations, company procedures and customer requirements.
Lead and maintain the implementation validation process
Responsible for the analysis of all data to develop quality improvement plans, ensuring their effectiveness and efficiency
Ensure that products and services delivered to the customers have gone through the appropriate manufacturing / repair / validation process
Undertake QRQC (8D) as required to support timely operational throughput as required
What You'll Bring:

Demonstrable experience in utilising QA Tools such as APQP, Control Plans, and FMEA
Sound experience of Quality Engineering within a manufacturing environment (Aerospace/Defence/Automotive preferred)

Experience of leading other team members, providing support and expertise relating to quality activity
In depth understanding of regulatory, international and quality management standards
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to initiate and maintain relationships with challenging international suppliers and manage frequent interactions with Senior Management and other internal customers
Ability to challenge individuals at all levels to ensure compliance to business processes and standards
At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.

We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.

Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation