At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive quality assurance activities and support continuous improvement in defence manufacturing.
- Company: Leading UK defence engineering organisation with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible 4-day work week, and exposure to cutting-edge programmes.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in the defence and aerospace sectors.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team ensuring high-quality products in a fast-paced environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in QA within AS9100-regulated environments and strong problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 55000 £ per year.
Are you an experienced Quality Assurance professional looking to join one of the UK's leading defence engineering organisations?
We're recruiting for a QA Engineer to support complex defence manufacturing programmes based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a fast-paced, highly regulated engineering environment, helping to ensure products meet the highest quality and compliance standards throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.
You'll play a key role in driving quality assurance activities across manufacturing and engineering teams, supporting continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring robust non-conformance management processes are in place.
The Role
- Generating control plans from engineering drawings for manufactured parts and assemblies.
- Managing the non-conformance process from containment and quarantine through to effective Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA).
- Participating in design and drawing reviews to ensure quality requirements are captured early in the product lifecycle.
- Supporting manufacturing teams to maintain compliance within an AS9100-regulated environment.
- Driving quality problem-solving activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Working collaboratively with engineering, manufacturing and programme teams to resolve quality-related issues.
- Ensuring quality documentation and processes are maintained in line with company and industry standards.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong understanding of Quality Assurance principles and best practices.
- Experience working within an AS9100-regulated manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience managing non-conformance and RCCA activities.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications and manufacturing documentation.
- Experience developing and maintaining Control Plans.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organisational and communication abilities.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience within the Defence or Aerospace manufacturing sectors.
- Knowledge of AS9102 First Article Inspection requirements.
- SAP experience or familiarity with ERP systems.
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
- Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality-related qualification (HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent).
- Working Arrangements
Primarily on-site, working four days per week in Ampthill.
Limited hybrid working may be available depending on business requirements.
Flexible 4-day working week (Monday to Thursday).
Security Requirements
Candidates must be eligible to obtain Security Clearance (SC).
BPSS clearance is required prior to starting.
What's on Offer?
- 12-month fixed-term contract with a leading defence organisation.
- Flexible 4-day working week.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge defence programmes.
- Collaborative and supportive engineering environment.
- Exposure to advanced manufacturing and quality assurance processes within the defence sector.
This role would suit an experienced QA Engineer from a defence, aerospace or highly regulated manufacturing background who enjoys working closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to deliver high-quality products.
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