Aerospace Quality Assurance Engineer (*Not Software Quality Engineer*)

Aerospace Quality Assurance Engineer

Please note: this is NOT a Software Quality role
Salary: £35K-£40K
Location: Based close to Didcot, Oxfordshire
Job Type: Full-Time
Here at Syntech Recruitment, we are currently seeking a dedicated and skilled Quality Assurance Engineer to join our our client's innovative Design and Manufacturing business based close to Didcot, Oxfordshire.
Job Description
As part of Quality Assurance team, this role aims at establishing and adapting a value-adding, lean quality management system (QMS), and achieving a high level of process compliance across our staff, with the goal of assisting our teams in delivering exceptional performance and product quality via agile and effective business processes, while also achieving ISO 9001 certification.
This role exists to support the Business Improvement Manager with updating and maintaining the QMS, by implementing the QA action plan and identifying further opportunities for improvement. The role will greatly contribute to ensuring process compliance throughout the business with the aim of achieving ISO 9001 certification.
This role operates throughout the various business departments and aims to form a complete picture of business performance. You will have the opportunity to work across the business and will need to work with colleagues to understand and then drive implementation of best practice across the various processes.
Quality Assurance Engineer Responsibilities
* Support internal teams with root cause analysis and ensure corrective and preventative actions identified are carried out
* Gaining a detailed understanding of the QMS, propose comprehensive implementation methods for top level improvements.
* Identify and liaise with relevant process stakeholders and propose changes that will meet their requirements.
* Write and update QMS documentation, establishing and improving cross-references between documents, process flows and templates.
* Participate in team meetings to identify and implement further improvements in processes and process compliance.
* Support and participate in Internal audits
* To complete any other tasks as commensurate with the level and nature of the post as delegated by the (line manager or management team).
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
Essential
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or another equivalent discipline.

* Space/aerospace/automotive sector experience with knowledge of ISO 9001

 Personal Skills
* Logical, process-oriented with very strong organisational skills.
* Analytical thinking, able to identify sources of information, consolidate and interpret data and present conclusions.
* Great attention to detail, produces outputs of great quality.
* Excellent problem solving, demonstrating ownership and, presenting findings and solutions.
* Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels across the business.
* Seeks to understand and pro-actively support colleagues, with a willingness to learn and share knowledge.
* Ability to work on several projects/tasks at any one time.
Technical Skills
* Excellent use of MS Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word.
* Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (functions, pivot tables, macros, conditional formatting, charts, etc.)
* Excellent technical English written/verbal communication and presentation skills.
* Ability to effectively implement training & transfer knowledge.
* Comfortable with statistical analysis and presentation of findings.
* Experience with cloud-based collaboration systems (e.g. SharePoint, Office 365, Asana, Trello, Slack, etc.)
* Comfortable working with and adapting to new IT systems and software.
Desirable
* Previous experience with Quality Assurance and/or the Space Industry.
* Experience with MS Visio.
* Experience with VBA scripting on MS Excel
How to Apply
If you think you have the skills necessary to be a success in this role, please click apply.
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