Plant Series Supplier Quality Development Engineer

What to Expect

You will be part of the Series Vehicle Line team within the Supplier Quality and Development department, work related experience with automotive systems, manufacturing processes and quality control is a must. This includes but not limited to casting, forging, assembly fixtures strategy and a high literacy on GD&T. Any previous practical application in a quality or manufacturing engineering environment is essential.

This role is based primarily at the [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Production Centre, where you will be assigned a deck of suppliers and be expected to collaboratively work with them to assure [Employer hidden] Quality requirements are met.

Support the technical team with effective design of experiments to find the real root cause of the issues that arise on a day-to-day basis. Establish and maintain control of the supply base supporting all change management, part quality and concern resolution to support [Employer hidden]’s business objectives.  

Develop strategic supply base improvement initiatives, that underpin the [Employer hidden] continuous improvement ethos.

What You'll Do

Production Sustaining through effective design of experiment creation and root cause analysis of day-to-day supplier quality concerns.

Lead all supplier quality concern resolution using the 8D methodology and similar tools.

Develop quality improvement strategies with poor performing suppliers and lead execution through to completion that will support mitigate plant production disruptions.

Manage supplier part concession requests to ensure every known issue is planned and its intrinsic risks mitigated to support production plans.

Drive continuous improvement on assigned supply base, track and manage PPAP process to agreed delivery plan.

Monitor and generate the performance metrics of assigned suppliers, feedback to the wider organisation on quality performance to support informed decision making.

Support the quality operations team whenever required to assure accuracy and effectiveness of Inspection Plans.

Manage the Cost of Non-Quality associated with confirmed supplier quality concerns.

Provide supplier progress reporting to the management team for PPAP delivery forecast / actual confirmation.

What You'll Bring

Business Knowledge

Understanding of supply chain and value stream map.

Understand the manufacturing process within [Employer hidden] Production Centre.

Ability to interrogate control plans and evaluate supplier’s ability to deliver quality, on time to meet company production needs.

Must be capable of planning manufacture of their components at the supplier from goods-in to goods-out, if required.

Capable of carrying out effective scenario planning to establish potential mitigation actions, if required.

Essential Functional / Technical Skills

Technical Engineering qualified to Degree standard; Master preferred.

Must have previous experience in quality, manufacturing or similar in a production environment.

Have a working understanding of Quality Core tools: Control Plan, PPAP, MSA, FMEA, SPC, APQP.

Have a working understanding of DMAIC tools: VSM, Pareto Chart, RCA, Design of Experiment, Poka-Yoke.

High literacy on Problem Solving (8D) technique.

Practical use of Microsoft Office and Office 365 apps, SAP, CATIA and Minitab.

Application knowledge of GD&T and tooling concept.

Personal Attributes

Highly motivated, team player who can lead by example and act with integrity.

Good communication skills to deal with people of all levels both within [Employer hidden] and at suppliers.

Well organised and delivery focused, with a demonstrable track record of on-time delivery in a high-pressure environment.

Self-sufficient with ability to prioritise workload and request help when appropriate.

Flexibility in terms work patterns and travel, including short notice travel.

No hybrid working allowed.

Capable of representing a world class automotive brand.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

Structured career development framework

25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days

Enhanced company pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus award

Private medical insurance and health cash plan

Life assurance 4x your basic salary

Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave

Tax efficient nursery scheme benefit

A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Friends and family day

Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars

Qualifying criteria applies

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. [Employer hidden] Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

[Employer hidden] Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.