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What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
• Company performance bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive health cash plan
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay)
• Structured training & opportunities to progress
• Opportunity to join ERGs (employee resource groups), participate in community projects & much more!

What does the role look like?

We're recruiting two exciting roles for our Wolverhampton site; Supplier Quality & a Supplier Development Engineer.

Whilst the roles have similarities we're looking to speak to a range of candidates who have experience or skills in the following: driving supplier quality performance improvements and can ensure compliance within the supply chain, exposure & experience to setting up line balances, engineering changes & working practically solving supplier issues as well as possessing a fantastic Quality toolkit.

You will either work alongside the internal value streams, supply chain or be out in the supplier base supporting our other Collins sites mainly in the UK but they may be some overseas travel when required.

You could either already be in a similar role or we'd be interested to hear from Operations or Engineering biased candidates looking to further develop skills in Supplier Quality or Supplier Development.

We do offer a hybrid working pattern: Where possible, we seek to accommodate a blended approach to on-site and remote working for these roles. This will vary depending on the nature of the work requirements.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

• Develop processes which interface with the Suppliers and Collins Aerospace.
• Improve supplier performance through the supplier quality strategy. Leads initiatives with a direct impact on reducing non-conformities and ensuring quality standards are in effect.
• Frequently analysing supplier defects metrics to implement improvement plans.
• Review audit results and trends to identify and implement systemic corrective actions
• When issues have systemic root causes, ensure the corrective actions are read across processes, products, and suppliers as necessary.
• Generate reports for business Corrective Action Board (CAB) and management reviews.
• Ensure Quality Notifications (QN) and SAP Quality Issue management (QIM) related metrics are reported accurately and timely manner.

• LOB tracking, Component Expediting and reducing lead time on critical programs. Arears recovery and execution of BTG plans with critical suppliers.

• To work with Collins stakeholders to resolve technical, Quality and engineering issues within supplier manufacturing processes.

• Drive resolution to Supplier escapes and prevent re-occurrence.
• Improve Customer satisfaction for SQA department.
• Drive the Collins Zero Defect Plan and AS9145 across selected suppliers.
• Support the Quality Management System to ensure compliance to all applicable requirements e.g., AS9100, & Customer.
• Ensure critical Non-conformances are actioned through 8D’s and other problem-solving tools.
• Update internal procedures and supplier flow downs to capture preventative actions and lessons learnt.
• From time to time provide cover for the Supplier Quality Manager and Supplier Quality Engineers.

What will you bring to the role?

Essential skills:

• Customer focused with a broad experience of managing a variety of Quality activities with multiple supplier interfaces.
• Develop positive relationships through effective communications. Enable and empower others within the business to be successful.
• Be able to demonstrate the use of an excellent Quality tool kit

Desirable skills:

• Clear open two-way communication skills.
• Highly motivated, with a keen ability to use own initiative.
• A good understanding of problem-solving techniques and their application to resolve production quality issues.
• Influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
• Passionate about continuous learning and self-development.

• Understanding of business processes with a high degree of commercial acumen.

• Understanding of Supplier Quality requirements and contractual flow downs.

• AS9100 Lead Auditor Training or Industry equivalent would be advantageous

About us

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side by side with our customers & partners to dream, design & deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. We are part of Raytheon Technologies & provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry to connect and protect people around the world. We are inventors, we are manufacturers, we work in space exploration, commercial air travel, defence & rescue applications.

Are you looking to join a dynamic global team that works across the entire Aerospace industry? If yes, get onboard the Collins Aerospace Team & play a part in expanding the opportunities to develop new products & challenge the state of art technology.

We believe Diversity drives innovation; equity eliminates obstacles, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where everyone can belong & succeed, contributing to a better society.

We are committed to ensuring the recruitment process is barrier-free & inclusive as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have disability or long term condition to remove barriers that may be experienced in the recruitment process.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day!

Please note that potential candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and background checks and that project access restrictions may apply to some nationalities.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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