Aircraft Production Engineer

Location: Marston Green

Morson Talent is seeking experienced aircraft Production Engineers with experience working in an aviation Production environment to join our aerospace client. This position is full to support the E7 prototype activities at Birmingham Airport UK.
The E-7 Quality Assurance Production Engineer will be part of the growing clients Quality team, working within the Fixed Wing area, reporting to the clients Fixed Wing Quality Manager and taking day to day direction from the on-site Quality Manager or Quality Lead, conducting Quality Inspections of product, QA-MRB input to Non Conformity Reports, Safety & Local investigations, Line Stock Checks and other tasks associated with activities on site.

An individual contributor providing SME QA oversight and assurance of the on-site production activities against company procedures, contractual and regulatory compliance.

The E7 prototyping will be conducted under FAA/DCMA requirements and the clients Production processes at the production site at Birmingham Airport. Previous FAA/DCMA experience would be beneficial, but not essential. The successful individuals main place of work will be at STS Aviation Services, Birmingham Airport.

Position Responsibilities:

Participates 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

Performs Quality Inspection where necessary of components and/or aircraft/aircraft systems against engineering 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/contractual 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

Performs preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance

Identifies repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiates requests for corrective action

Conducts product review with customer during product or process verification

To facilitate and sustain a Just Culture within the Boeing Defence UK organization

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.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills, Experience and Competency):

This position requires the ability to obtain a UK Security Clearance (SC).

3+ years of experience in the aviation industry performing Root Cause Corrective Action.

3+ years of experience with QMS (Quality Management System).

3+ years of experience working in a Production environment

Experience compiling and reporting statistical data.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills, Experience and Competency):

Preferably degree qualified, or equivalent, but not essential

Working knowledge of FAA/DCMA requirements

Experience working in an aircraft/product Production environment

Experience working in a prototyping environment

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