Quality Inspector (Defence)

Shirley, West Midlands
Adecco

Role: Quality Assurance Production Engineer / Inspector

Location: Birmingham Airport

Duration: 16 Months (rolling)

Shift pattern – Compressed 4x days a week working Early/Lates (08:00 – 16:00 and 16:00 – 02:00)

Job Description

Position Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled aircraft Production Engineer to support its UK E-7 contract. This requisition is for a contractor to support the E7 Flight Test phase. The E-7 Flight Test Quality Assurance Production Engineer will be part of the growing Quality team, working within the Fixed Wing area, reporting to the Fixed Wing Quality Manager, conducting Quality Inspections, QA-MRB input to Non Conformity Reports, Safety & Local investigations, Line Stock Checks, internal auditing against the audit plan and other tasks associated with the flight test phase.

Position Responsibilities:

• Participates in Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements to develop quality assurance strategies, plans and tests for hardware and software products, processes and services ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Development of Quality cost estimates based on Statements of Work (SOW) assigned.
• Develop and implement processes for determining, verifying and meeting Customer SOW requirements, including:
• Verification of product conformity to design
• Verification of compliance to Customers’ requirements
• Participate in the maintenance of processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer and regulatory requirements are adhered to, including:
• Validation of work instructions, tooling requirements, certifications, process standards, policies and procedures
• Identify and documents discrepancies, segregates and controls non-conforming items to prevent unintended use or delivery
• Verification of compliance to Regulatory requirements
• Identifying opportunities for corrective action while performing product or process verification
• Performs auditing, surveillance and monitoring against the approved audit plan, identifies and documents discrepancies and management of corrective actions to completion
• Performs preliminary review and disposition of non-conformance
• Identifies repetitive or significant non-conformances and initiates requests for corrective action
• Conducts product review with customer during product or process verification

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills, Experience and Competency):

• This position requires the ability to obtain a UK Security Clearance (SC).
• Experience in the aviation industry performing Root Cause Corrective Action.
• Experience with QMS (Quality Management System).
• E experience working in a Production environment
• Experience compiling and reporting statistical data.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sound working knowledge of MAA/CAA/EASA (Part 145/Part M/Part 21).