An opportunity has arisen for a Quality professional to join the Quality Assurance programmes team! Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may 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. What we can offer you: Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements 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 Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more… The opportunity: In this role, your primary responsibility will be to provide quality assurance support to the manufacturing team to help achieve ramp up and offload, while ensuring adherence to our Customer requirements. If you wish to take on a fresh challenge, then come and join our team as we commence our journey through the series production. Main purpose of role: Mitigate quality issues/risks internally, and within the supply chain for key project milestone, achieving a higher quality on deliverables. Provide assurance on the Supplier Industrial Validation activities to ensure an effective transition from development to the production phase. Improve Customer Satisfaction on quality related issues. Identify and provide support to wider stakeholders to improve Supplier performance. Ensure effective management of non-conformances across the Project including supporting engineering teams with defect investigations. Provide non-conformance data analysis and summary reports into engineering/senior management and customer reviews. Support the delivery of the Product Life Cycle Gate review process, ensuring gates are undertaken to schedule, and timely closure of actions. Certify and release product to our customer in accordance with the contractual requirements. Identify and share opportunities for business improvement through participation in Learning Reviews. Undertake root cause analysis of critical non-conformances using industry wide problem solving methods. Additional role responsibilities: Ensure adequate flow-down of Quality requirements to Suppliers according to programme requirements. Review and agree contractual deliverables including the Supplier Project Quality Plan. Conduct risk based surveillance planning and monitoring against the Suppliers contracted Quality requirements with the aim of reducing project risk. Conduct product acceptance Manage and implement the project non-conformance process on Supplier related non-conformances. Ensure timely implementation of corrective action and closure. Act as the Quality interface to work with the Supplier to mitigate & offer potential solutions. Provide an independent quality assurance view at design reviews, and progress reviews. Identify and share opportunities for business improvement through participation in Learning Reviews. What we're looking for from you: Engineer with experience of quality management systems, techniques and processes. Practical knowledge of non-conformance management process and SAP business tool. Ideally HNC/HND level qualification with experience within Engineering or Quality Assurance. Excellent communication & interpersonal skills – an ability to influence change. Experience of working within project environment and able to operate effectively as part of project team. Ability to identify risks and critical issues and drive forward suitable mitigation solutions with the aim of reducing rework and increasing Customer satisfaction. Ability to understand and respect cultural differences. Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given 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. We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability 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. Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information. What we do matters. Because defence matters. As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future. We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce. Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets. Whatever your background, we welcome your application to MBDA UK and look forward to speaking with you soon.

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