Principal Product Assurance Engineer - Manufacturing

Henlow
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience
What we can offer you:

• Company bonus of up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Paid overtime
• Up to 15 additional days flexi leave
• Our 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.
• Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role

Dynamic (hybrid) working: We trust our people to agree, within their teams, where and when they can be most effective. Our Dynamic Working policy allows individuals flexibility around the hours they work and where they work. Typically for this role you will work 3 days on-site.
The opportunity:
Our team provides independent visibility and therefore quality assurance that manufacturing and related processes are applied across all UK projects. We provide support and advice on all aspects of quality including the identification and implementation of sustainable process improvements to existing methods and processes. This role will support UK Manufacturing to identify and reduce project risk or issues associated with process application, process effectiveness or compliance.
We apply quality expertise to critical business issues to support business excellence, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
We assist Manufacturing UK to ensure manufacturing excellence including development and delivery of quality awareness and other process and quality-related training. This ensures all programmes achieve cost, time and quality targets.
We own a programme of independent assessments and audits that processes and quality requirements are being successfully implemented, applied and improved. We deliver reports to management that identify the outcome of audits and issues, monitoring and facilitating the progression of any improvements from audit activities and the timely closure of identified issues.
The Product Assurance team provide advice and help in the use of SAP as the non-conformance management tool and identify SAP improvement with respect to the Quality Module.
Part of the role involves management of SAP non-conformances and analysis of defect data and acting on this data to undertake problem solving investigations identifying defect root cause and corrective action implementation.
What we're looking for from you:

• Ideally qualified to minimum HNC/HND or equivalent experience
• Quality professional, experienced in process-based integrated management systems and business improvement in an engineering/manufacturing environment is ideal
• Experience using both risk management and practical problem solving tools e.g. 8D, 5Y, PFMEA etc. is ideal
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to adapt to people at all levels within all areas of the business
• Good planning and organising skills to ensure multiple tasks are prioritised and monitored to deliver set objectives
• Capability to identify sustainable business improvements and ensure effective implementation
• Recognise and understand internal and external customer and regulatory and certification requirements, and respond to them professionally

Our Business:
We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential. MBDA is proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more...
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.
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Please Note: MBDA UK Limited requires all employees to achieve the required medical and national security clearance for their role. Further restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may also 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.
Due to the nature of our business, this particular vacancy requires the applicant as a minimum to be a British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship and capable of achieving the clearance levels mentioned above.
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