Quality Engineer

Thales Group ,
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Location: Glasgow, United KingdomThales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. Quality Engineer Location: Glasgow The Role We are currently looking to recruit a Quality Engineer to join our renowned and thriving Optronics Team based in Glasgow. Working as part of the quality team, you will be involved in working within a multi-discipline team to manage and deliver all aspects of Quality Management required by Thales to meet the requirements of both internal and external customers. Focussing initially on Programmes Quality Assurance within Bids & Projects to fulfil this role demands a core set of behaviours and attributes that will focus on creating confident and trustful relationships with key customers and suppliers, comfortably working across organisational boundaries both external and internal to Thales. This will require a certain proportion of travel within the UK and internationally. The role offers the opportunity to expand within the Quality organization and gain experience in design, supplier, manufacturing and purchasing aspects of Quality Management. · A key aspect of working across these functions will require the individual to have the ability to sort, and analyse key quality issues and risks, resulting from both planned and un-planned events. Another element is the analysis of customer requirements to identify quality objectives and gain buy-in from all stakeholders. Key Responsibilities and Tasks: Capable of working on own initiative, evaluating priorities, identifying problems and acting to resolve them. Has the capability to identify and implement opportunities to improve working methods Encouraging and developing best practice, promoting a quality culture and environment of continuous improvement. Lead the project quality assurance activities to bring solutions in line with Customer expectations, contractual requirements, and quality standards. Ensure governance is applied throughout the project, completing project advises and supporting project reviews. Audit processes as appropriate Skills & Behaviours: Problem solving skills Well developed communication skills both orally and written. Capability to work closely with others in a cross functional team. Understanding and knowledge of Quality Management principles Engineering Degree or equivalent Desirable Statistical analysis Knowledge of Lean/Sigma principles Experience of deploying Quality Management principles Please note, you must be eligible to work in the UK and it also requires the individual to be able to obtain full Security Clearance (SC). Please refer to the UKSV website for further information regarding restrictions and limitations. In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency. At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now

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