Supplier Quality Technician

Cwmbran Permanent £29,750 - £30,000 per year
  • Expanding manufacturer experiencing increased sales and investment
  • Career and academic development / support for all staff

About Our Client

Our clients Cwmbran operation, designs and builds innovative, customised and high-value-added seating solutions for all classes: Economy, PremiumEconomy, Business and First class, as well as crew seats. The complete range of ergonomic seats ensures passenger comfort, based on state-of-the-art design and engineered components to ensure optimised use of space. One million seats made by the company are now in service worldwide.

Job Description

  • To support the Supplier Assessment process through conducting audits and assessments as directed.
  • Ensure that Suppliers apply Safran requirements such as APQP by: adapting and applying requirements and related tools (FMCE, risk assessments etc.) as part of implementing Safran requirements.
  • Ensure that Products and Services comply with quality requirements by: helping suppliers understand the requirements; ensuring that products and practices comply with regulations, customer requirements and our standard
  • Ensure proper management of non-compliance - Ensuring that supplier system, product and process anomalies are addressed, with the necessary assurances that corrective actions are effective.
  • Ensure that supplier system, product and process anomalies are addressed, with the necessary assurances that corrective actions are effective
  • Ensure Supplier improvement by: Implementing KPI's to measure Supplier quality performance in line with the rating system; Support and promote excellence by implementing tools and methods recommended by the business
  • Ensure that the customer's voice is heard and understood by all suppliers
  • Support customer inspection activities
  • Assist as a team member in problem-solving activities for manufacturing product quality issues and measures (Using 8D Techniques)

The Successful Applicant

  • Apprenticeship level or equivalent in an Engineering discipline
  • Sound engineering / quality background, with experience of Quality inspection within a manufacturing / engineering industry
  • Internal Auditor AS9100 trained desirable but not essential
  • Experience within the Aerospace industry and/or Manufacturing
  • Knowledge of management of HSE risks



What's on Offer

Annual leave

25 days holiday per year, which includes Christmas Shutdown, plus bank holidays - pro rata, which increase with service.

Family Friendly working

We offer a range of family friendly policies benefits: we have a range of maternity, paternity and adoption polices. We also offer flexible working from day one.

Pension Scheme

Our Pension Scheme is provided by Legal & General.

Life Assurance

We offer all employees life assurance cover. This death in service benefit plan provides a lump sum of four times base pay, and employees qualify from day 1 of their employment.

Employee Discounts

We offer a competitive online benefits portal. Via the online portal, employees have access to a wide range of retail discounts at many high street and online stores, restaurants and activities. Gym membership discounts are also made available for local and national gyms.

Christmas Savings plan

This annual scheme is offered on a non-profit basis and is designed to allow employees to save a proportion of their monthly salary each month. The scheme runs from January to October each year and the payment is deducted from your net pay. Participants can join the scheme at any time during the year and stipulate the amount they wish to have deducted each month by completing a form from the HR Team. Your savings are paid out in the November salary.

Learning and Development

As a company, we pride ourselves on developing and supporting our people throughout their career and encourage a working environment where you can thrive and succeed. We provide opportunities for ongoing training as well as advice and support to facilitate career progression, including course available via Safran University.

Cycle to Work

We encourage employees to cycle to work and offer a Cycle to Work scheme where employees can make savings on their bike purchases.

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

Our Employee Assistance Programme offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Scheme, provided by Health Assured. The scheme covers a range of advice and support for employees and their immediate families. Free access to confidential helpline and face to face counselling for a range of advice from legal and financial to stress and family issues.

We offer an optional Health plan, provided by Benenden Health. Benenden health offer a healthcare plan, which provides medical diagnostics and treatment as well as access to 24 hour GP appointments and a 24 hour mental health line.

Long Service

The company appreciates the invaluable contribution made by all colleagues and seeks to recognise this. The Policy rewards colleagues based on milestones in their length of service with Safran which can take the form of vouchers or additional leave.

Getting Involved

Our Employee Consultative Committee (ECC) helps promote effective and proactive two way communication between employees and senior management of the company. This enables information sharing and consultation for better employee engagement and investment in the workplace.

The Charity and Wellbeing Committee meets monthly to guide the charity and wellbeing agenda for the business. This includes the deployment of the CIPD Award winning Wellbeing Strategy, which helps support our colleagues across physical, mental, financial health and engages in Corporate Social Responsibility activities such as charity fundraising and volunteering events.

Contact
Chris Clarke
Quote job ref
JN-112023-6239993
Phone number
+44 115 934 8693

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Quality, Technical
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Cwmbran
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Chris Clarke
Consultant phone
+44 115 934 8693
Job reference
JN-112023-6239993