At a Glance
- Tasks: Collaborate with teams to enhance supplier performance and drive cost-effective solutions.
- Company: Join L3Harris, a leader in aerospace innovation with a strong mission.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hours, generous holiday, private medical insurance, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Exciting career growth opportunities in a company committed to innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in aerospace while developing your skills in a dynamic setting.
- Qualifications: Experience in procurement and engineering, with knowledge of quality planning processes.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Job Location – Brighton. Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK: Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms. We design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
What the role will involve: The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Interface with Procurement, Project, Engineering & Quality teams to prioritise supplier development needs by component to improve cost competitiveness or supply constraints.
- Research external market information and entrepreneurial companies to identify potential sources and suppliers.
- Drive supplier selection through robust qualification processes.
- Assess new and existing supplier capabilities to meet product, cost, quality, capacity, and fulfilment ensuring suppliers can meet requirements for performance, quality, cost and delivery of components, including AS 9100, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other applicable customer and internal quality system requirements.
- Drive improvements utilising Lean methodologies, supplier scorecards and supplier audit, ensuring supplier compliance, whilst driving systematic problem solving and process improvement plans to deliver value.
- Develop positive relationships and work closely with sourcing leaders to manage, implement and track supplier/engineering, design changes, capacity studies and New Product Introduction, and transfers.
- Provide technical expertise and leadership to sourcing and development of suppliers with respect to technology, performance, quality, cost, logistics and delivery.
- Responsible for leading the solution for supplier component concerns, driving Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), customer interaction, supplier interaction, Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) support, supplier component development and approval and supplier cost improvements.
- Perform due diligence checks supplier validation audits, with supplier support and supplier Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
What you’ll bring: The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Significant previous experience of procurement within an engineering / manufacturing biased industry. (ISO9001 and / or Defence Certified).
- Unrestricted travel on an occasional basis will be required.
- Strong knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA).
- Understanding and interpretation of engineering drawings.
Important to know: Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
Supplier Development Engineer in Brighton employer: L3Harris
L3Harris UK is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of Bristol's thriving defense and maritime sector. Employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, competitive compensation, and a commitment to work-life balance, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers in engineering.
