Senior Quality Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to work in a busy manufacturing environment at our Derby site Working hours: 39hours, Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 4.45pm (30 minutes unpaid lunch) Friday 8.00am to 12.30pm Salary: £42000 Benefits: * Competitive pay * Pension * 25 Days Annual Holiday plus 8 statutory days * BUPA * Long Service awards * Death in Service Core skills/attributes needed: Essential: * Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the Aerospace Industry, AS9100 requirements & NADCAP * Minimum of 10 year’s Engineering experience * Experience in lean tools and practical problem solving such as 8D, Kaizen processes * High attention to detail, good problem solver and strong communication skills * In-depth understanding of engineering/technical documentation and specifications * A natural leader, who can motivate and lead with excellent interpersonal skill * Excellent verbal and written communication skills as this is a customer faced role Knowledge and Experience: * Previous Internal auditing experience advantageous * Experience in a quality control environment preferred * First Article Inspection Report experience * Experience of Machining, Fabrications and Treatments * Chemical and special processes knowledge * New Product Introduction & associated tools FMEA, APQP + PPAP Awareness * Ability to resolve issues logically and methodically using proven methods * Self-motivated with a desire to learn Seniority Requirements: A key part of this role will be interacting and communicating with shop floor operators, management and customers, it is essential you can communicate in a clear and concise manner * Setting staff expectation inline with department and company objectives * Ability to prioritise work based on criticality ensuring timescales are met * Development, coaching & Support of others * Manage and lead a team to achieve the set expectations * Manage all quality-related issues within the manufacturing team (e.g. internal, supplier, customer) * Monitor and report on quality-related key performance indicators including scrap monitoring, rework levels, parts per million (PPM) figures, NCR status * Communicate throughout the shop floor, with peers, management and customers * Carry out team supervision, development reviews & annual resource reviews * Confident and effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills Purpose of role and key accountabilities: To provide Quality and Inspection support for both existing and new business opportunities and to develop the Right First-Time philosophy required to become a leading supplier of quality components to the aerospace industry *Maintain quality control within the manufacturing process, in line with business standards and customer requirements *Check and verify the compliance of components produced at all stages within business *Identify reoccurring quality issues and communicate them to the chief inspector along with recommendations *Assist in the 5Why, Non-conformance procedures, RCCA & CAPA quality procedures and produce root cause analysis of product failures *Represent the quality function at team meetings *Support, develop and improve the relationship with quality contacts within our customer base *Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit product and processes *To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required. *To support, develop, maintain and improve the company’s quality management system and conduct internal audits against the system *To conduct root cause analyses, SPC and other appropriate quality tools and techniques to ensure that the manufacturing processes meet customer requirement *Activities will focus on the internal Quality SQCDP requirements, including closing out actions and reporting against the company requirements *Gardner’s key objective is to ensure Right First Time, Every time! Which is achieved by effective allocation, and any issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner Measurable performance indicators/objectives of role: The Candidate must also strive to support the elements of the SQCDP framework of the wider Gardner business; Safety: work in line with all accredited company safety standards in order to provide a safe working environment for all Quality: support the quality accreditations across the business to ensure the delivery of a ‘right first time’ performance Cost: support the continuous improvements in cost reduction activities across the company in order to deliver increased profitability and value for money to our customers and stakeholders Delivery: drive improvement in delivery performance to continually exceed customer expectations and targets People: support organisational capability and influence cultural change by embracing diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and community Key Performance Indicators: *Reduction in quality escapes from the shop floor with a goal of 0.0004 parts per million *Reduction in second time manufacture failures *Reduction in rework to 0.0004 parts per million *Manage and maintain RCCA & CAPA activities