Job Title – Senior Quality Engineer

Job Location – Farnborough

Job ID – 17491

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Farnborough specialist in secure ground and airborne communication and network systems for the US military, international forces and commercial customers.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Supporting and developing the business’s management systems.
• Supporting the Senior Quality, EHS and Facilities Manager to ensure conformance to ISO9001:2015, TickITplus and business requirements.
• Supporting the operations team, including:
  • planning,
  • review of shop floor data,
  • assurance of implementation of manufacturing processes
  • audit, investigation and resolution of quality problems,
  • quality/process improvement.
• Liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors on quality matters, including:
  • Investigation and resolution of supplier related problems and quality/process improvement.
• Audit of suppliers and sub-contractors, and assessment of potential suppliers.
• Performing internal audits across the Business Management System.
• Coordinating and reporting on continual improvement programmes within the business.

What you’ll bring

The role of Senior Quality Engineer requires the following experience and skills:

• HND\Degree level qualification in an engineering or business discipline.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a technical role in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• A good working knowledge of manufacture and test in a high-tech environment
• Ability to work closely with a wide range of personnel throughout the organisation, suppliers and customers.
• Good analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and the ability to conduct root cause analyses and devise suitable corrective action plans
• Understanding of continuous improvement / lean principles and tools.
• Experience using a wide range of root cause analysis tools.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.