Principal Quality Engineer

Bristol

A phenomenal permanent opportunity has arisen to join the Maritime Weapon System Quality Assurance team supporting projects in the development & production phases of the life cycle at Bristol.

Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments

Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

You will play a pivotal role within an established team with the aim of ensuring all core Quality Assurance activities are met, as well as the potential to work with domestic and international colleagues on projects involving transfer of technology.

This is an outstanding opportunity to network with and see a large variety of MBDA's functions and activities across all sites. The role will involve working on a multi-national project, as well as with an established Quality network preventing/minimising product non-conformance, supporting smooth equipment delivery, assuring reliable products in Production and continually growing the happiness of our customers.

• Review, give and maintain Project Quality planning documentation.

Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness, efficiencies and proficiencies within the Project teams.

Provide support to the transfer of technology process.

What we're looking for from you:

• Ideally HNC/HND in Engineering or Quality Assurance is desirable, or equivalent work experience
• Ideally a practitioner of current QA problem solving and improvement methods (8D, RCA, DMAIC, etc.)
• A high degree of self-motivation, autonomy and ability to work proactively, with excellent organisation, communication & social skills
• An ability to inspire change, a respectful great teammate, comfortable working in a matrix organization
• Strong analytical skills; ability to run reports in Excel, use SAP QM system, and document management tools
• Continuous improvement awareness and initiative to deliver improvements
• Ability to understand and respect cultural differences
  
  
  

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