Quality Technician

Quality Technician
Cwmbran, South Wales

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

Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.

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

Your Role:

The Quality Technician role assures the quality of products throughout the product lifecycle. You'll support the product lifecycle quality assurance, through the complete manufacturing process, and take responsibility for ensuring that processes and procedures are in place and adhered to in relation to product quality. The skills matrix underpinning this role gives opportunity for you to cross-skill, develop new skills and to support the full quality assurance process.

Key Responsibilities:

* Support FAI (in assembly and MU), Dimensioning, Audit and Compliance, end of line inspection and release and supplier quality inspection.
* Protect customers from non-quality, by ensuring that products and practices comply with regulations, customer requirements and Safran standards, promoting a culture of prevention and anticipation
* Drive continuous improvement, by capitalizing on data and providing the necessary support for company functions
* Undertake other reasonable duties, in line with business needs and objectives, which are consistent and commensurate with the overall purpose of the position
* Verify the conformity of product and part quality to agreed product quality standards and requirements
* Work to a standard inspection process in a consistent manner in line with specifications and standards agreed with the customer

What You'll Bring:

* Apprenticeship level or equivalent in an Engineering discipline (essential)
* Sound engineering / quality background, with experience of Quality inspection within manufacturing
* Internal Auditor AS9100 trained (desirable)
* Ability to use Verniers and micrometers
* Support customer inspection activities
* Ability to assist as a team member in problem-solving activities for manufacturing product quality issues and measures (Using 8D Techniques)

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.