Leads aerospace quality management activities, including audits, quality investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, shop-floor checks, first article reporting, supplier and customer inspections, engineering change reviews, and QMS compliance. Supports external audits, contract reviews, operator approvals, business improvement initiatives, and maintenance of aerospace approvals such as EASA, CAA, FAR, ISO, and AS standards. Manages quality professionals and helps achieve departmental objectives.
Eaton MSD Cheltenham is looking for a Lead Quality Engineer to join the Quality Management Function. The Quality Management function in Eaton ensures that Eaton's products and services meet the required standards of quality through direction of the quality assurance programmes and quality control policies and the application of the Quality Management System. It further ensures assurance that the QA Policy is performed by qualified and experienced personnel.
What you’ll do:
- Manage professionals in a defined area of Eaton.
- Develop plans for their team to ensure optimum use of time and resources. Ensures team performance is aligned and contributes to the overall plans of their area.
- Plan and carry out a schedule of audits and assessments with completion of associated documentation and activities in accordance with the QMS
- Conduct and/or facilitate investigations arising from Quality issues through to their documented conclusion, with supporting root cause analysis and solutions to prevent re-occurrence.
- Manage completion and effectiveness of Corrective and Preventative measures
- Ensuring Quality measures with associated targets are maintained for Quality Assurance
- Support of external Quality audits, assessments and visits by customers and authorities
- Ensuring that regular shop floor checks are performed, reported and any associated issues are effectively resolved
- Support in the coordination and facilitation of timely responses and resolution of quality issues identified both internal or external.
- Assist with the generation of Quality Plans and proposals
- Support in the generation of First Article Reports internally as well as any associated customer facing activities for product verification.
- Support customer or supplier Source Inspection or Delegate Product Review Verification activities
- Facilitation of concession applications and engineering change requests
- Participate in Engineering Design Project reviews and auditing these projects to ensure compliance to internal QMS requirements
- Participate in Contract Reviews and New Business Proposal launches
- Support Operators Approval Processes, including issuing of Stamps and Scopes of Approval
- Ensure the departmental objectives are achieved in line with the job holders individual objectives
- Perform duties in accordance with company policies, procedures and processes
- Develop and support of a business improvement culture and associated activities e.g. process mapping, lean, continuous improvements etc.
- Assist with the maintenance of company approvals e.g. EASA/CAA, FAR, ISO, AS etc. to maintain airworthiness
Qualifications:
- Certified Quality Auditor training
- Education linked to Engineering Qualifications
- Has worked in an Aerospace Organisation
- Experience in:
- Aerospace quality standards (e.g. AS9100, EASA Part 21, Part 145 etc)
- Other aerospace topics e.g. FOD, counterfeit avoidance etc.
- First Article / Parts Approval reporting methods (E.g. AS9102, PPAP etc.)
- Process Measurement techniques (e.g. SPC, KPIs, etc .)
- Quality Management System and Process Mapping Software
- Has a proven range of Quality/Business Improvement experience
- Proven experience working within a quality management system
- Experience with auditing, both internal and supporting external audits
- Knowledge of manufacturing environment and working with a supply chain
- Experience of liaising with internal and external customers
Skills:
- Good communication skills demonstrated both verbally and in writing in the form of presentations and recommendations for improvement
- Works effectively with others
- Demonstrated experience in building good working relationships and gaining trust and respect with internal and external customers
- Demonstrates a “Can do” positive attitude
- Use own initiative within the scope of the role
- Makes timely decisions within the scope of the role
- Proactively able to manage own work to in order to achieve objectives
- Good application of Microsoft packages and relevant software for the role (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
What we offer:
What we offer:
- Opportunity to work in a global, highly collaborative environment
- Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
- Strong focus on learning, development, and career progression
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- A culture that promotes inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement
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