What to Expect
We are recruiting for an SQD Engineer – Propulsion to join our fantastic Supplier Quality Assurance team in Woking. As the SQD Engineer, you will work closely with the Suppliers allocated within Propulsion, to ensure the Supplier’s Management Team are fully supporting McLaren Quality and Capacity requirements. You will provide leadership for assigned Suppliers to deliver the McLaren Supplier quality, capacity and timing requirements.
As well as this, you will establish and maintain control of the supply base part Quality and part availability in support of the McLaren business objectives. You will also develop strategic Supply base improvement initiatives, that underpin the McLaren continuous improvement ethos.
What You'll Do
- Ensuring new supplier site Sourcing is well researched to build and maintain a competent supply base.
- Supporting Supplier selection & development processes to achieve a self-sufficient supply base IATF 16949. Ensure Non IATF16949 suppliers deliver their certification qualification to the approved nomination plan.
- Supporting the implementation of APQP for all new tooled parts and support Robust Manufacturing Feasibility strategy deployment and reviews.
- Ensuring that allocated suppliers meet launch / delivery commitments in line with APQP
- Driving Supplier / Part Risk Assessments and develop risk mitigation actions.
- Identifying Critical suppliers / parts that require full cross functional team engagement with the supplier.
- Providing supplier progress reporting to Purchasing and SQA Program team for: APQP open issues, PPAP part pedigree prior to each build phase and PPAP delivery forecast / actual confirmation.
- Tracking and managing PPAP part approval to agreed delivery plan.
- Managing Non PPAP part Concession process to ensure “Plan for every part” is established to support the builds.
- Delivering Quality & Capacity Verification in line with MDP targets.
- Driving Major open issue resolution at Key suppliers, to ensure Supplier Senior Management team are fully engaged in the resolution process.
What You'll Bring
- Ability to interrogate Programme plans and evaluate supplier’s ability to deliver, quality on time to meet company milestones.
- 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. Skills
- Technical Engineering qualified to Degree standard, or equivalent experience.
- Must have previous experience in SQA, including multiple new model launches.
- Experience of leading suppliers through new model launches
- Have a working understanding of: PPAP, MSA, APQP, FMEA, SPC.
- Demonstrated structured approach to Problem Solving (8D)
- Practical use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP and CATIA
What We'll Do for You
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
- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
- 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
Qualifying criteria applies
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