Product Assurance Engineer

Join GKN Fokker Aerospace as a Product Assurance Engineer

The Vacancy

At GKN Fokker Aerospace in Papendrecht, we are looking for a Product Assurance Engineer to join the Quality department of Fokker Landing Gear. As a Product Assurance Engineer, you combine an independent perspective with being a partner to the site’s production and program groups. By ensuring and improving the quality of production processes, products, and services, you look beyond departmental boundaries and take action accordingly.

Additionally, you plan and oversee audits on products/services and production processes to demonstrate and ensure that these processes meet customer requirements and expectations, and that they are robust and effective in achieving defined objectives. You report identified findings and opportunities for improvement, best practices, and risks, and provide support in fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Fokker Landing Gear

Landing Gear, part of GKN Fokker Aerospace, is a recognized specialist in landing gear and related systems. We focus on the design and development, production and assembly of complete landing gears, as well as the repair and reassembly of systems already in use. In doing so, we work on the most famous aircraft and helicopters; think of the Apache combat helicopter, the F-35 Lightning II (JSF), the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, and the multipurpose NH90 maritime combat helicopter.

What You'll Do

• Assure and verify product quality planning, realization, and delivery activities are completed in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Support Program Management/IPT teams, acting as the first line POC for Customer and Governmental Quality Representatives, including relationship management, coordinating product buy-off, audits, quality-related inquiries, and issue resolution.
• Exemplify a Safety/Quality-first mindset and ensure compliance with the GKN Aerospace Cultural Principles, HSE, and Quality policies and standards.
• Support Site/Group/Team leaders in the development and nurturing of the site Quality Culture.
• Provide quality-related support and advice to the organization for the development/improvement/maintenance of Product Safety and Quality awareness through (unsolicited) consult/feedback and training.
• Ensure customer, regulatory, and GKN system, product, and process requirements are identified, documented appropriately, understood, and implemented through effective means of compliance, meeting interested parties’ needs.
• Work with Engineering (Design and Manufacturing) teams to ensure design specifications and production process capabilities are aligned and to define effective process controls and unambiguous product acceptance criteria to enable and ensure product safety and zero defect delivery.
• Work with ME and Operations to identify and plan projects/initiatives to attack and reduce or eliminate Cost of Poor Quality at the source (sites).
• Support and assure the identification, understanding, and effective mitigation of product and process-related risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Support and assure responsive and effective problem resolution through Containment, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action, and Verification of Effectiveness.

What You'll Bring

• Technical expertise in Manufacturing/Quality Engineering, with a professional qualification (university degree) in engineering or related science or quality management (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical).
• Strong skills in deploying effective Quality Cultures within organizations by setting the tone for Quality.
• Strong communication, presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills, building and maintaining trust and effective internal and external working relationships.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Experience in managing and assuring Product Quality Assurance and Improvement in New Product/Process introduction (industrialization) & existing Production Realization.
• Demonstrate applicable knowledge, experience, and training of APQP/Zero Defects/LEAN/6σ/SPC processes, tools, and practices. Strong ability to guide and coach APQP/RCCA activities and use critical thinking to develop and implement robust solutions.
• Proven leader of risk management and risk-based assurance activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and training of ISO 9001, AS/EN/JISQ9100, Aviation Regulatory (EASA, FAA, etc.) & customer quality requirements and application of these into an accredited QMS/BMS to assure compliance.
• Fluent in English language, verbal and written.
• Local compliance with technical Country of Origin/site-based regulations.

What We'll Offer

Our organization demonstrates passion for innovation and our employees are rightly proud of what we engineer and build. This is a truly challenging work environment: a role where you contribute as an individual but also as a member of a diverse and international team of experts. At GKN Aerospace, we not only provide you with the tools to perform at the best of your capabilities, but we also support and promote your technical and personal development.

Furthermore, we offer to you:

• A gross monthly salary up to €6.003,- based on the CLA Metalektro and in line with your experience and qualifications (CLA Metalektro L1).
• 8% holiday allowance.
• 40-42 paid holidays for full-time employment.
• Working conditions according to the CAO Metalektro, including an excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance.
• Profit sharing scheme.
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers in a pleasant atmosphere.

Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where your career journey may take you!

Extra info

Are you interested in the role? For questions, you can contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist Marina Monogyiou at marina.monogyiou@fokker.com

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