Senior Quality Engineer in Fareham, Hampshire

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Located in Titchfield, Hampshire, Eaton's Aerospace business stands as a global leader in aerospace fuel systems. We pride ourselves as a premier supplier of fully integrated fuel systems for fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. The Titchfield facility boasts extensive fuel and air system test facilities, facilitating comprehensive testing across a range of conditions with various fuel types.

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to work within the Quality Engineering Team, supporting all operations areas of the Titchfield site. This position is responsible for executing the defined Strategic Quality Plan in conjunction with plant leadership.

What you'll do:

• Provide quality assurance support to customers, suppliers, partners and internal manufacturing cells and participate in continuous improvement activities in targeted areas.
• Execute the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure product flow consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and customer requirements.
• Provide Quality customer interface and expertise to proactively assure requirements are understood and satisfied, including assisting in complaint resolution and root cause and corrective action determination.
• Support Supply Chain Management organization relative to the collection and analysis of supplier quality data providing expertise and assist suppliers with product and process quality requirements.
• Execute the development, implementation, and improvement of the appropriate Quality Management Systems throughout the operation, providing advanced quality planning support in the development and launch of new products, processes and services.
• Participate in, and may lead, the auditing of internal Quality Systems and complete part approval documentation to assure that customer requirements are met in new or modified products and processes.
• Analyse organizational quality metrics and perform periodic reviews to evaluate results and recommend action plans to close gaps at an operational level.
• Develop and analyse statistical data and product/process performance to recommend and implement improvements in targeted areas.
• Contribute in the design and implementation of quality assurance training programs and conduct training in quality-related topics.
• Participate in product development and launch activities including identification of customer expectations, manufacturing and test support, reliability analysis, design reviews, evaluation of test programs, material testing.
• Provide support, and may lead an improvement team, in the development and evaluation of process capability, process control plans, analysis of out-of-control conditions and process audits.
• Develop, implement, and audit complex inspection and test plans, standards and acceptance criteria, and procedures/work instructions.
• Investigate and eliminate causes of complex or multi-dimensional quality problems and follow up on corrective actions.
• Participate in the design, procurement, maintenance, and evaluation of gages, measurement instruments, devices and test equipment.
• Coordinate with multiple Quality Engineers to prepare consolidated plant, customer, and product status information and action plans.
• At times may be asked to supervise and direct tasks of other Quality Engineers.

Qualifications:

• A degree in an engineering discipline would be beneficial but is not required.
• A Six Sigma qualification/belt would be beneficial but is not required.

Skills:

• Thorough understanding of problem solving methods-i.e: Six Sigma, 8D, root cause analysis, and the associated statistical tools used to analyze problems, evaluate and complete improvement projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of Eaton's corporate Supplier Quality Assurance requirements.
• Detailed understanding of the key phases and requirements of an effective new product development and launch methodology.
• Detailed knowledge of industry and customer specific quality registration schemes and certification processes (i.e., ISO9001, ISO/TS- 16949, AS9100 etc).
• Detailed knowledge of process auditing techniques to ensure compliance to defined quality requirements.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to process/product variability, root cause and corrective action determination.
• Detailed knowledge of product and end user application/specifications, including product testing requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of gauging and basic understanding of product material properties.
• Thorough understanding of engineering design and product reliability concepts and tool sets.
• Ability to supervise and direct other departmental personnel for specified tasks assigned by management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team.
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible.
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University.
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.