Quality Assurance Project Lead - APQP

Your new company:

Our client is a world leader in Power Conversion & Storage and provides electrification systems that are critical to their global customers'' power and energy needs. They work with the world''s major energy, maritime, and industrial organisations, enabling their transition to energy efficiency and decarbonisation, including through their specialist motors, drives, and control technologies.

Having won major contracts in the UK defence sector, this company will work in partnership with 3 major global engineering organisations to deliver a programme of market-leading projects.

Your new role:

Our client has an exciting opportunity for someone to lead the APQP and Quality Assurance across 3 key sites, working on challenging and exciting world-leading defence projects.

In this role you will be driving quality assurance and continuous improvement at a project level, making sure everything runs smoothly from start to finish. You will work closely with internal teams, suppliers, and customers to ensure that APQP principles are fully embedded in key projects whilst maintaining quality standards.

This role is focused around someone understanding design drawings and being able to set up and write the DFMEAs and ensure every stage of APQP is followed correctly, from planning through to final approval.

The successful applicant will be the point of escalation for quality planning, control plans, and audits, making sure all sites are aligned and compliant with ISO9001, AQAP2110, and other key standards.

Identify root causes of quality issues, implement long-term fixes, and promote continuous improvement.

What you''ll need to succeed:

For this role, we can only accept applications from UK nationals with SC clearance eligibility.

The successful applicant will have strong experience with APQP, PPAP, and FMEA and experience implementing these processes across multiple sites. You will have confidence in reading electrical and mechanical engineering drawings and working with manufacturing processes to create and set up DFMEAs.

A solid background in quality systems, auditing, and problem-solving tools, with a good grasp of Lean Manufacturing, VSM, and Gauge R&R.

Experience of phase gate review 1 and 2 is highly sought after for this role.

An ability to think strategically and manage projects from a quality perspective, keeping multiple teams and sites moving in the right direction and previous experience with NATO standards (AQAP2105/2110) and quality management systems.

A proactive, hands-on approach with strong communication and leadership skills.

What you get in return:

Apart from an industry-leading benefits package that includes health insurance, income protection, life assurance, generous pension, hybrid working pattern and 26 days holidays plus bank holidays, you get the opportunity to deliver technology which will have a lasting national impact and get to work on projects that are cutting-edge and world-leading.

You will get the chance to work with end clients and partner organisations on schemes that will redefine engineering in the defence sector.

What you do now:

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