Quality Engineer Lead, Cwmbran
Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets 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, Wales.
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:
- Competitive salary
- 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
- Pension Scheme, leading salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%
- Private Medical Cover (upgrade to cover family members)
- Salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work
- 4 x Life Assurance
- Interactive benefits platform (tech, retail benefits & income protection)
- Enhanced family friendly policies & employee assistance programme
- Annual share-save schemes
-Career advancement - Safran University and internal -Training and Development Schools
- Corporate Social Responsibility activities
Your Role: As Quality Engineer Lead, you'll assure the quality of products throughout their product lifecycle by supporting the product lifecycle quality assurance, through the complete manufacturing process, and taking responsibility for ensuring that processes and procedures are in place and adhered to in relation to product quality.
The Quality Engineer Lead plays a vital role in the support and development of our Quality Engineers, and Technician, and ultimately responsible for ensuring that products and services delivered have gone through the appropriate manufacturing / repair / validation process, prior to final handover to the customer.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working closely with senior managers, as well as the Quality Engineers, to define quality objectives in line with company objectives
- Lead and develop the Quality Engineers, and Quality Technicians within your area
- Assign workload, ensure support, and oversee activities of the Quality Engineers, and Quality Technician's within your area
- Ensure that the appropriate action plans are implemented and carried out and measure their effectiveness.
- Conduct audits and OJT in accordance with regulations, company procedures and customer requirements.
- Lead and maintain the implementation validation process
- Responsible for the analysis of all data to develop quality improvement plans, ensuring their effectiveness and efficiency
- Ensure that products and services delivered to the customers have gone through the appropriate manufacturing / repair / validation process
- Undertake QRQC (8D) as required to support timely operational throughput as required
