Supplier Quality Engineer in Wolverhampton

As an established quality professional you will drive supplier performance to reduce PPM and escape events. Working alongside the internal value stream to ensure compliance and reduce impact to production. Works as an individual contributor to achieve objectives that have a significant impact on the supply chain. Uses experience and knowledge to influence the development and application of improvement tools and process control.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for quality performance across a portfolio of suppliers, generate and lead improvement initiatives relating to the supplier.
• Implement the Collins Zero Defect Plan with focus suppliers to reduce Supplier PPM and escape events.
• Ensure containment for Quality issues arising from the portfolio of suppliers.
• Drive root cause, permanent corrective actions and read across for verified quality issues.
• Audit suppliers to the site audit schedule (Compliance to AS9100 & Collins flow down requirements).
• Influence and engage key stakeholders to resolve complex supplier related issues and improvement opportunities.
• Remote and onsite visits with suppliers to build relationships, identify root cause and verify corrective actions.
• Ensure reject notes and investigation reports are actioned in a compliant and timely manner.
• Ensure compliance and quality improvement of suppliers' products and processes.
• Support the Collins Quality Clinics as issues arise.
• Drive resolution to supplier escapes and prevent re-occurrence.
• Support the Quality Management System to ensure compliance to all applicable requirements e.g. AS9100, & Customer.
• Providing reports and corrective action status for management reviews.
• Ensure critical non-conformances are actioned through 8D's and other problem solving tools.

Job Requirements:

37 hour working week over 4.5 days with a 1pm finish on Fridays (role dependant). 25 days' holiday + bank holidays (plus the option to buy an additional 5 days). 10% employer pension contribution (5% employee contribution with the option to increase via salary exchange). Flex-time scheme that allows you to take two half days or one full day off per month. 4X life insurance benefit as a member of the pension scheme. Non-contributory BUPA private medical insurance plan. Excellent training, education, and development schemes. Enhanced sickness, maternity, adoption and paternity leave. Option to purchase Safran shares with additional free shares from the company. Excellent on-site catering facilities providing subsidised hot and cold meals. Corporate membership at the Crow Wood Hotel & Spa: Use of fitness suites, classes, pool & sauna, offering 54% discount as a gold member. Wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme: 24/7 mental health support, access to remote GP appointments, medical second options, and physiotherapy. Cycle to work scheme, along with a range of flexible benefits chosen by you!

Company Information:

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking. Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.