McLaren

We are recruiting for a SQD Engineer - Electrical to join our fantastic Series Vehicle Line team within the Supplier Quality and Development department, work related experience with automotive systems, manufacturing processes and quality control is a must. This includes but not limited to electric and electronic assemblies, software quality and small mechanisms. Any previous practical application in a quality or manufacturing engineering environment is essential.

This role is based primarily at the McLaren Production Centre, where you will be assigned a deck of suppliers and be expected to collaboratively work with them to assure McLaren Quality requirements are met.

• Production Sustaining through effective design of experiment creation and root cause analysis of day-to-day supplier quality concerns.
• Leading all supplier quality concern resolution using the 8D methodology and similar tools.
• Developing quality improvement strategies with poor performing suppliers and lead execution through to completion that will support mitigate plant production disruptions.
• Managing supplier part concession requests to ensure every known issue is planned and its intrinsic risks mitigated to support production plans. 
• Driving continuous improvement on assigned supply base, track and manage PPAP process to agreed delivery plan.
• Monitoring and generating the performance metrics of assigned suppliers, feedback to the wider organisation on quality performance to support informed decision making.
• Supporting the quality operations team whenever required to assure accuracy and effectiveness of Inspection Plans.
• Managing the Cost of Non-Quality associated with confirmed supplier quality concerns.
• Providing supplier progress reporting to the management team for PPAP delivery forecast / actual confirmation.

• Understanding of supply chain and value stream map
• Understand the manufacturing process within McLaren Production Centre.
• Ability to interrogate control plans and evaluate supplier’s ability to deliver quality, on time to meet company production needs. 
• Must be capable of planning manufacture of their components at the supplier from goods-in to goods-out, if required.
• Capable of carrying out effective scenario planning to establish potential mitigation actions, if required.
• Technical Engineering qualified to Degree standard; Master preferred.
• Must have previous experience in quality, manufacturing or similar in a production environment.
• Have a working understanding of Quality Core tools: Control Plan, PPAP, MSA, FMEA, SPC, APQP.
• Have a working understanding of DMAIC tools: VSM, Pareto Chart, RCA, Design of Experiment, Poka-Yoke.
• High literacy on Problem Solving (8D) technique.
• Practical use of Microsoft Office and Office 365 apps, SAP, CATIA and Minitab.
• Application knowledge of electric and electronic components, troubleshooting of software and hardware.

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance 4x your basic salary
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave
• Tax efficient nursery scheme benefit
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
• Friends and family day
• Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars

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