Quality Conformance Engineer

Broughton
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We are recruiting for a Quality Conformance Engineer for a leading Aerospace organisation based on site in Broughton.

An exciting opportunity has opened within the Quality Development Programmes & Major Industrial Projects team in Broughton.
This role offers the opportunity to develop skills and experience in Project Management, APQP
application, Quality standards, Industrial System Development and Operational Quality Management. Leading and driving the resolution of complex quality issues and continuous improvement projects by setting the measurement standards and identifying/facilitating improvements to increase:

Process performance and product adherence to standards
Reliability of processes
Repeatability of processes, at initial design phase, before any process changes are made and continuously through the life of a product.
Prevention/Surveillance/Inspection/Solving/Adherence
Missions

Ensure full quality industrialization of Major Mods, Synchronised Targeted Embodiment Points (STEP) Mods, Incremental Developments & Full Developments and Major Industrial Transfers to enable serial manufacture at current and rate ramp up operating levels.
Ensure focus & priority given to Production Organisation Approvals (POA) activities to ensure there is a very high level of Product Safety.
Ensure quality input into all reviews including risk, multi-function, planning & stakeholder reviewsTasks & Accountabilities:

Application and deployment of APQP and Quality Standards
Support & Facilitate Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) in Design, Process & Machine
Create & update Control Plans (CPs) to incorporate modifications as required
Plan & execute Production Process Verification (PPV) to ensure validation of all routings
Lead Cost of Non-Quality forecasting & support mitigation activities where required
Provide lineside support for local test campaigns & Head of Version (HoV) manufacturing during Start of Production (SoP) phases
Support Key Characteristic (KC) & Critical Item (CTI) cascade from Design & Manufacturing Engineering functions
Support APQP activities including; Decision Tree’s (DT), Applicability Matrix (AM), and Key Business Deliverable (KBD) assessments as both deliverable owner & assessor
This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35

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