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Derby | Senior Quality Engineer We are looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to join our team at our Derby site. 39 Hours: Monday – Thursday: 8.00am - 16.45pm / Friday 8.00am - 12.30pm Salary💷 £47,500 per annum Benefits * Company pension scheme * 25 days annual leave + 8 statutory holidays, Christmas shut down * BUPA Health care * Free onsite parking * Death in Service benefit * Long Service awards Essential: * Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the Aerospace Industry, AS9100 requirements & NADCAP * Experience in lean tools and practical problem solving such as 8D, Kaizen processes * High attention to detail, good problem solver and strong communication skills * In-depth understanding of engineering/technical documentation and specifications * A natural leader, who can motivate and lead with excellent interpersonal skill * Excellent verbal and written communication skills as this is a customer faced role Knowledge and Experience: * Previous Internal auditing experience advantageous * Experience in a quality control environment preferred * First Article Inspection Report experience * Experience of Machining, Fabrications and Treatments * Chemical and special processes knowledge * New Product Introduction & associated tools FMEA, APQP + PPAP Awareness * Ability to resolve issues logically and methodically using proven methods * Self-motivated with a desire to learn Seniority Requirements: * A key part of this role will be interacting and communicating with shop floor operators and management, it is essential you can communicate in a clear and concise manner * Setting staff expectation in line with department and company objectives * Ability to prioritise work based on criticality ensuring timescales are met * Development, coaching & Support of others * Manage and lead a team to achieve the set expectations * Manage all quality-related issues identified during audits, internal or external * Support on root cause investigation on product NCRs * Monitor and report on quality-related key performance indicators including completed internal and externa audits, along with any findings. Outstanding actions relating to audits and improvement activities. * Communicate throughout the shop floor, with peers and management * Carry out team supervision, development reviews & annual resource reviews * Confident and effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills Purpose of role and key accountabilities: To provide Quality support for both existing and new business opportunities and to develop the Right First-Time philosophy required to become a leading supplier of quality components to the aerospace industry. ** Maintain quality control within the manufacturing process, in line with business standards and customer requirements ** Check and verify the compliance of components produced at all stages within business ** Identify reoccurring quality issues and communicate them to the chief inspector along with recommendations ** Assist in the 5 Why, Non-conformance procedures, RCCA & CAPA quality procedures and produce root cause analysis of product failures ** Represent the quality function at team meetings ** Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit product and processes ** To conduct product and procedure audits in line with the audit schedule ** Lead and support external audits e.g. NADCAP ** To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required. ** To support, develop, maintain and improve the company’s quality management system and conduct internal audits against the system ** To conduct root cause analyses, SPC and other appropriate quality tools and techniques to ensure that the manufacturing processes meet customer requirement ** Activities will focus on the internal Quality SQCDP requirements, including closing out actions and reporting against the company requirements ** Gardner’s key objective is to ensure Right First Time, Every time! Which is achieved by effective allocation, and any issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner The employee must also strive to support the elements of the SQCDP framework of the wider Gardner business; * Safety: work in line with all accredited company safety standards in order to provide a safe working environment for all * Quality: support the quality accreditations across the business to ensure the delivery of a ‘right first time’ performance * Cost: support the continuous improvements in cost reduction activities across the company in order to deliver increased profitability and value for money to our customers and stakeholders * Delivery: drive improvement in delivery performance to continually exceed customer expectations and targets * People: support organisational capability and influence cultural change by embracing diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and community NOTE: Due to the nature of this role and the security requirements linked to projects with the UK Ministry of Defence, applicants must be eligible for UK Security Clearance