Experience

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  Swift Aerospace

  • Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

  • Quality Director

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

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  DW Windsor

  • Hoddesdon, England, United Kingdom

  • Quality Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
    • Hoddesdon, England, United Kingdom

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  HENSOLDT UK

  • United Kingdom
  • Defense and Space Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Product Quality Assurance Manager

    • Dec 2018 - Aug 2021

    Quality Authority for all manufactured and purchased parts.Leaded a team of three engineers and two apprentices covering all aspects of Quality Assurance and Control within the business.Accountable for the performance and development of the Product Assurance Group.Responsible for the management of the non-conformance reporting process.Leaded investigations and resolution of customer complaints and product defects.Represented quality in all stages of product life cycle gate reviews.Managed any program quality related tasks from bid stage to in service hand over.Identified and conducted training and quality assurance programs.

  • Senior Product Quality Assurance Engineer

    • May 2018 - Dec 2018

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  Raytheon UK

  • Harlow

  • Senior Quality Engineer

    • Nov 2015 - May 2018
    • Harlow

    • Quality authority for all mission critical solution products.• Responsible for the update and creation of Quality Plans.• Estimated quality budgets for new programs or contracts.• Collated and presented metrics and escalated any issues to the leadership team.• Collated and sent customer requested reports such as FRACAS & Obsolescence.• Chaired program obsolescence, FRACAS and non-conformance meetings.• Represented quality in all stages of product life cycle gate reviews.• Conducted supplier audits of prime subcontractors to identify and reduce program risk.• Conducted internal, system and program audits.• Represented quality in Configuration Control Board Meetings.• Prime liaison between program and manufacturing quality to ensure program risks are identified and if required escalated and fed back to the customer.

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  MBDA

  • Stevenage, United Kingdom

  • Principle Manufacturing Quality Assurance Engineer

    • Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
    • Stevenage, United Kingdom

    • Live build site manufacturing quality lead. • Supported the manufacturing team in project review meetings.• Generated, updated and delivered training in quality assurance disciplines.• Supported Product Assurance Managers in customer related challenges.• Evaluated manufacturing program quality and safety risks.• Supported audit activities in providing evidence that the function is complying with the quality system requirements AS9100• Responsible for the non-conformance process

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  UTC Aerospace Systems

  • Hemel Hempstead

  • Quality Engineer

    • Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Hemel Hempstead

    SAP superuserMaterial master creation and amendment co-ordinatorInternal auditorNPI shop floor product quality assurance lead.

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  Mode Lighting

  • Hertford

  • Senior Quality Engineer

    • Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Hertford

    • Responsible for managing, developing and maintaining the company Quality Management System in a multi-site organisation to ISO9001 2008.• Responsible for the non-conformance and MRB processes.• Generate and analyse monthly KPI reports for the CAPA and MRB systems, to drive continuous improvement programs.• Organising and performing patrol, product, internal and 5S audits.• Involved in the new product introduction process.• In charge of shop floor training using IPC training guides for hand soldering both conventional and SMT and component identification

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  Curtiss Wright Controls

  • Letchworth

  • Quality Engineer

    • Mar 2011 - Oct 2012
    • Letchworth

    • Responsible for managing, evolving and instigating quality processes and procedures in a multi-site organisation to AS9100 rev C. • Lead the Quality Control Team.• Designed CAPA database for inspection and test data and used Pareto analysis to improve yield and focus on quality issues.• Prepare and present quality performance metrics globally and in the UK.• Create and managed FAIRs to AS9102.• Organise and facilitate customer source inspection.• Liaise with suppliers and when required issue SCARS.• Manage all CAPAs utilising 8D principles using QA management system TIPQA.• Issue quality notifications using SAP to track non-conformities. • Perform supplier and internal audits, including product, 5S and FOD audits.• Managed the MRB process• Involved in NPI reviews including APQP, PFMEA and control plans

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  Mode Lighting

  • Hertford, England, United Kingdom

  • Quality Engineer

    • Sep 2006 - Mar 2011
    • Hertford, England, United Kingdom

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  Semikron

  • Hertford, England, United Kingdom

  • Quality Manager

    • Jun 2003 - Sep 2006
    • Hertford, England, United Kingdom