Project Quality Engineer

As a Project Quality Engineer, you’ll identify and coordinate quality requirements for customer projects, from the RFQ and contract review stages through to product release. You’ll prepare and maintain project quality documentation, such as inspection and test plans, FMEAs and control plans, and coordinate its submission, approval and communication with customers, suppliers and internal teams. Working closely with Project Managers, you’ll track quality deliverables, approvals, risks and issues, support customer and supplier meetings and witness activities, and help ensure suppliers understand and meet BEL’s quality requirements. You’ll also contribute to audits, the maintenance and improvement of the Quality Management System, corrective actions, lessons learned and continuous improvement, while keeping up to date with relevant quality standards and procedures.

What you'll be doing

• Review assigned RFQ packages and specifications, identify applicable quality requirements and communicate them to relevant areas of the business via the contract review template.
• Build & maintain effective working relationships with customers, suppliers and relevant internal stakeholders.
• Attend bid clarification meetings when required to discuss and agree quality requirements.
• Review assigned purchase order packages and specifications to identify project quality requirements for relevant customer projects.
• Creation and/or compilation of up-front project quality documentation packages and other required records for submission to customers for approval and/or product release. Including but not limited to; MITP’s, FMEA’s, Control Plans etc.
• Compile and/or obtain required supplier quality documents and information in a timely manner, submit them for customer and/or third-party approval, and distribute relevant information throughout the business.
• Expedition of any customer approvals of project quality documentation.
• Ensure any relevant project quality documentation is regularly reviewed and maintained in line with actual work scope, coupled with any re-submissions for customer approval where necessary.
• Support project meetings, including customer meetings and site visits where required, to discuss and agree quality requirements.
• Attend internal contract-review and sales-order handover meetings.
• Work closely with the relevant Project Manager to coordinate quality deliverables within the overall project plan, providing updates on quality documentation, approvals, risks and issues. · Liaise with customers, including through site visits, meetings, email and telephone.
• Support with customer & supplier witness visits, where applicable. · Liaise with suppliers to communicate BEL quality requirements and support their understanding and adherence to them.
• Support with approval of raw materials certification. · Assist with supplier quality audits if required.
• Assist with the internal QMS audit process and product-specific audits, if required.
• Assist with internal process capability studies, such as PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis).
• Assist the Senior Management Team with compiling and publishing departmental KPIs.
• Support lessons-learned workshops where applicable, to ensure key learnings are recognised within the business, to support continuous improvement.
• Monitor the effectiveness of relevant company quality systems and processes and support the identification and implementation of corrective actions where necessary.
• Continually develop and improve quality engineering processes and procedures and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain familiarity with relevant quality standards, such as ISO 9001, AS9100 and industry standards such as ASME.
• Maintain familiarity with quality-related BPPs and SOPs, and assist with maintaining the QMS.
• Work in a safe manner and comply with the company’s Health, Safety & Environmental Policy.
• Carry out any other duties not listed above that may reasonably be expected of the role, including but not limited to, providing business cover for your associated Project Manager counterpart during leave / absence, to support business continuity

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with extensive knowledge of quality processes and demonstrable experience in a similar role within subcontract manufacturing, ideally in a machine-shop environment. You’ll be confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings, working accurately with metric and imperial measurements, and dealing directly with customers and suppliers on quality matters. Experience in sectors such as aerospace, civil nuclear or defence would be valuable. You’ll bring strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to adapt, manage deadlines and deliver quality-related work to plan. A relevant engineering apprenticeship certificate and an engineering HNC or NVQ Level 4 are required. A full UK driving licence is also required, as the role involves occasional travel to customer and supplier sites.

Benefits

Wellbeing app (Employee Assistance Program)

Holiday buy & sell

Car scheme

Competitive pay

Enhanced pension

Training & development

Successful candidates will be required to undergo BPSS clearance as part of the onboarding process.