Quality Lineside Engineer

Role: AIRBUS Operations UK Quality Lineside Engineer

Rate of Pay: Please apply for further details 

Location: Broughton, Flintshire – full time on site

Working Pattern: Standard 35 hours per week (working 4.5 days between the hours of 7am – 7pm, hours agreed at business discretion)

Length of Contract: Contract until 31/12/2023 – likely to be extended

Quality line Side Engineer. (QLS)

AGL (Assurance Group Leader)

To support the evaluation, coordination and monitoring of achieved levels of conformity in the product, process and services provided by the Manufacturing Business.

To provide specialist Quality support and advice on drawings, parts, processes and support services, and to independently assure that Quality requirements have been met.

To process confirm that operations teams staff are developed to attain the necessary knowledge / skills, performance and experience and that the tools, systems and procedures with which they work are developed to support efficient business processes.

Assures that the Quality system is being adhered to within the business by the business through surveillance activities.

Assures that certification processes are consistently defined and applied within the business.

Coordination and leadership of reported quality / technical issues from business teams and customers, ensuring that appropriate corrective and preventive action is taken by the accountable function through use of multifunctional team activities and that the originator of the issue is informed.

To perform initial investigations (e.g. Events, QLB’s, NC’s) to assess probable root cause, informing the accountable function and ensuring corrective and preventative action is taken (ambition is within one shift) preventative action to be taken through problem solving analysis through multifunctional team activities..

To perform process conformation and surveillance activities on all the product and process related activities conducted by those individuals who have been granted certification privileges.

To conduct investigations to assess the probable root cause of any deficiency noted during process confirmation activities, informing the accountable function and ensuring corrective and preventive action is taken.

The facilitation of the use of Quality tools and techniques within the business area.

Creation of customer protection and visual management of issues.

Data collection for conformance management teams.

Provide support to customers/authorities as necessary

Acts with “eyes of the customer” - Puts customer satisfaction at the forefront of decision making

Ensures product safety is secured via process confirmation both of operational staff and operating process procedures and tools as well as concurrent certification. Ensure POA is maintained.

Support Non conformity reduction using localised data analysis and root cause investigations, work with functional and operational teams to find innovative solutions to reduce non conformities.

Promotes and encourages co-operation and co-ordination between teams. Strengthen relationships between functions /operations through clear communication styles

Act as the conscience of the business. Acting as an independent advisory whilst maintaining a pragmatic response to issues as they arise. Speak up when non conformity is identified and work closely with the MFT to support swift problem resolution without a “blame culture”

In addition to core competencies, this role also requires a number of additional key behavioural competencies, as listed below.

Makes positive use of persuasion within broader relationships.

Promotes and enhances team image and opportunities.

Anticipates, and takes steps to deal with, broader / longer-term problems and opportunities utilising the power of an MFT when required

Continually extends personal standards of excellence.

Modifies own strategies to accommodate and incorporate change.

Interprets and incorporates (as applicable) the views and opinions of others.

Take reasonable care for your health, safety and that of others who may be affected by your acts or omissions e.g. including risk assessment.

- Seeking feedback

- Providing role model for behaviour

- Communicating as much and as often as required

- Ensuring that Company Health & Safety policies and procedures are observed

Ensure that task manager believe they are adequately supported

- Generate for approval relevant departmental reports

- Co-ordinating the MFT resource to work on tasks as required

- Ensuring Manufacturing Manager & Quality Operations Manager are supported - Ensuring quality of output from MFT resource group

- Contributing to work on tasks as part of a group activity where required

- Prioritisation and escalation of tasks and issues where necessary

● Ability to interpret drawings

● Ability to problem solve and use associated problem solving tool sets (PPS, 5Y, Ishikawa etc)

● Good interpersonal skills - ability to challenge appropriately whilst maintaining strong relationships

● Data analysis skills - interpret data sets, graphical data and draw conclusions

● Work well as part of an integrated team alongside operational and cross functional team members

● Quality or Engineering based background (desirable) within a major manufacturing industry

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