Supplier Quality Specialist

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a Supplier Quality Specialist on an initial 6-month contract. This role will lead and report audits and assessments of complex suppliers' systems, processes, and products, including inspections on various types of hardware and assemblies.
Role: Supplier Quality Specialist
Pay: Competitive
Location: Gosport
Contract: 6-months, remote with travel to Supplier sites across the UK.
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: BPSS
Responsibilities:

• Plans and conducts audits and assessments of supplier systems, processes and products to determine compliance with the company's technical and contractual requirements
• Conducts special process investigations in support of rejected product, notification of escapements, notices of failure.
• Documents and reports audit and assessment results
• Inspects or verifies products for compliance with requirements of various technologies and commodities
• Performs conformity inspections
• Ensures supplier notifications of quality escapes are processed as required; evaluate supplier Root Cause Analysis and proposed corrective action plans, review, and support of improvement activities.
• Assists with assessments of supplier capability and capacity to perform current or potential future work
• Provides supplier education and coaching on quality systems, regulatory compliance issues and company initiatives to develop and improve supplier performance and productivity
• Monitors quality improvement initiatives at supplier; develops training materials and other resources to support improvements in supplier performance and productivity
• Supports in the selection of new suppliers or additional approved processes.
• Work with mentoring team members on SP education with regard to succession plan.
• Supports the team with technical aspects of special processes at assigned suppliers.
• Supports regulatory agency audits (FAA)

Skills / experience required:
Essential

• Prior audit and quality assessments experience in the aerospace industry
• Working or have worked at a company or government agency providing parts or services to the aerospace industry
• Working comprehension of the requirements of AS9100 and AS9102
• Working knowledge of D1-4426 and NADCAP
• Possess knowledge of Root Cause Corrective Action methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation
• Ability and the technical skills to lead and perform source inspections on various types of hardware and assemblies.
• Fluent in English in spoken and written.

Desirable

• AS/EN9100 Lead Auditor / Aerospace Auditor (AA) / Aerospace Experienced Auditor (AEA)
• Have good understanding and experience in Quality Management Systems
• Have good understanding and experience in Special Processes
• Work directly with a special process (e.g., heat treating, composites, chemical processing, shot peening, non-destructive testing, and precision cleaning by performing the process, performing engineering on the process, or performing laboratory testing for the process).
• Ability conduct audits of suppliers to determine compliance with the company's technical and contractual requirements
• Experience developing supplier improvement plans and strategies, providing training, and coaching

If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Siobhan Miller at Line Up Aviation
Line Up Aviation has carved its own place in the recruitment of Aviation and Aerospace personnel all over the world for more than 30 years. We work with some of the industry's best known companies who demand the highest standard of applicants.
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