Quality Compliance Engineer

1. Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats.
2. The purpose of this role is to collaborate with all areas of Safran Seats GB to provide comprehensive support, direction and where appropriate personal contribution to both build on and maintain the Safran Seats GB Quality Management System.
3. As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare.

Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.

At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!

In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

The purpose of this role is to collaborate with all areas of Safran Seats GB to provide comprehensive support, direction and where

appropriate personal contribution to both build on and maintain the Safran Seats GB Quality Management System.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Focus on Part 145
• Protect customers from non-quality, by ensuring that products and practices comply with regulations, customer requirements and Safran standards and promoting a culture of prevention and anticipation
• Drive continuous improvement, by capitalizing on factual data and feedback and providing the necessary support for all 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.
• Develop and implement an internal audit programme to ensure compliance against all regulatory requirements
• Support the deployment of the Quality Management System across the Business through the implementation and follow-up of internal audits, ensuring compliance with processes and procedures
• Root Cause, Corrective and Preventive Actions.
• Liaison with all areas of the business on all matters relating to quality systems, procedures, direction, processes, including Quality Assurance implementation and maintenance.
• Provide support for customer and regulatory (external) audits as required, to ensure process and procedural compliance to AS9100, EASA Part 21(G)/21(J) and EASA 145.
• Support the provision of coaching on quality improvement and relevant tools (PDCA, Root cause analysis, 8D), as well as Human Factors training, for Quality Assurance implementation throughout the company.
• Preparation of audit checklists
• Undertake both internal and external audits as required, including process and product audits.
• Raise, issue, monitor and manage audit non-conformity requests.

Job Requirements

• Sound engineering / quality background, with experience of Quality inspection within a manufacturing / engineering industry.
• Experience of working at all levels including both internal & external customers.
• Ideally AS91000 Assessor
• Ideally EASA Part 145, FAA 145 Auditor, Internal Audit

As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:

• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
• Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
• Career Progressions opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave and flexible working
• Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
• STEM engagement with schools, colleges and universities and Charitable activities for all