Our client, a global Aerospace systems manufacturer, is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to join their dynamic engineering team based in Slough. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in the design, development, and delivery of innovative electrical and mechanical products that support cutting-edge aerospace applications.\n\nMain scope of the role:\n\n * To be responsible for maintaining, controlling, and ensuring the quality performance of all suppliers\n\n * To ensure that all supplier nonconformities are examined and, if necessary, escalated\n\n * To maintain and complete a supplier audit schedule in accordance with AS9100 and customer requirements\n\n * To drive towards enhanced supplier quality performance by developing measurements for important processes and agreed targets\n\n * To provide feedback on supplier performance through regular internal KPI evaluations\n\nDuties will include but are not restricted to:\n\n * Providing Quality interpretation of requirements to suppliers and relevant departments\n\n * Managing and supporting the supplier quality interface and ensuring that all supplier quality issues and non-conformances are managed to an agreed timescale\n\n * Reporting regularly on the quality performance of the supply chain, Co-ordinating the generation and deployment of Metrics to support business requirements\n\n * First Article Inspection (FAI) support to any modifications or supplier transfer activities if required\n\n * Engaging with suppliers and planning and discharging a supplier review process, covering all quality aspects to drive quality improvements as well as implementation of APQP on all programs\n\n * Conducting capability assessments and processing validations to support supplier selection activities\n\n * Performing analysis, tests and process audits to ensure manufacturing and test readiness\n\n * Providing material review (MRB) dispositions for non-conformances\n\n * Performing internal audits to ensure Maintenance of QMS to AS910\n\nThe ideal candidate will have:\n\n * Proven experience in Quality\n\n * Experience in interpretation of engineering drawings\n\n * A clean valid UK Driving Licence\n\n * Proven experience working directly with suppliers and supplier management\n\n * Proven experience performing quantitative or statistical analysis, data collection, preparation and interpretation\n\n * Proven experience in root cause analysis and corrective action\n\nSalary £40,000 -£45,000