Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter.
We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people.
Draken also believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Supplier Quality Engineer to support the business with supplier quality related activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Processing new supplier requests, working closely with other departments to ensure the supplier has the capability and appropriate approvals and certification to satisfy requirements.
- Assisting with the monitoring and maintenance of the supplier approvals
- Processing supplier quality related issues, working with other departments to ensure Failure Reports are satisfactorily completed within time.
- Supporting suppliers with quality related issues, generally related to corrective action responses
- Providing performance measures and analysis on failure report related activities e.g. trend analysis and root cause analysis.
- Co-ordinating the Supplier Review Board (Supplier performance review).
- Maintaining and improving the Approved Supplier Management procedure and related documents.
Experience / skills / qualifications
- Good knowledge and understanding of ISO 9001:2015
- Formal lead auditor qualification (ISO9001:2015/AS9100D)
- 3 years minimum proven experience in a supplier quality assurance role within the civil and / or military aviation sector or a similar, regulated, environment
- Knowledge of continuing airworthiness regulations (UK Part 145 / Part CAMO) and initial airworthiness regulation (UK Part 21 sub part G) – desirable.
- Good problem solving skills with thorough understanding of root cause and corrective action reporting and analysis
- Good communication skills
- Motivated, organised with attention to detail and able to complete tasks with minimal supervision
- Good knowledge and application of MS Office applications
- A formal qualification in Quality Assurance or Engineering
Our employee values
Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.
At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken Europe team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect.
We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications.
In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required.