Quality Engineer

Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets.

Our expertise cover the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end; OEM Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO).

Quality Engineer
Gloucester

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell)
• Strong Pension scheme and life assurance
• Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring
• Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers
• Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

Safran - Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision

Your Role

As Quality Engineer, you'll collaborate with all areas of Safran Landing Systems Services (SLSS) to provide comprehensive support, direction and, where appropriate, personal contribution to both build, on and maintain, the SLSS Quality Management Systems in terms of people, processes and projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Implement the supplier audit programme, ensuring compliance against regulatory requirements and purchase order requirements
• Support and coach Operations to ensure rejects have robust containment, Root Cause, Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Support all areas of the business on all matters relating to the maintenance of the quality systems, including procedures and processes
• Support the development and implementation of Safety Management System (SMS) across the business
• Provide support during both internal and external audits and management of the ETQ (audit report system)
• Assist with the compilation and presenting of Policy Deployment
• Assisting the monitoring and analysis of supplier performance & execution of supplier audits

What You'll Bring

• Experience in a similar role, ideally within an aerospace AS9110 /AS 9100 environment, but other experience (e.g. automotive) may be considered
• Internal Audit qualification to an internationally recognized standard
• Experience of working with internal teams as well as customers is essential - managing complaints and problem solving with root cause analysis
• Experience of dealing with regulatory authorities
• Knowledge and experience in quality improvement and relevant tools (PDCA, Root cause analysis)
• Lean skills/experience such as Kaizen and 5s is highly desirable
• Full driving licence

At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.

We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.

Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation.