Job Title: Principal Quality Engineer Job Type: Hybrid, Flexitime Work Type: Permanent Hours: 37hrs per week Industry: Defence Job Location: Bristol Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Overtime + Bonus Profile – Principal Quality Engineer Our client is a leading defence organisation who design, develop, and manufacture complex systems for use in the defence sector globally. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a company that pride themselves on delivering high quality superior products to their sector. Job Role – Principal Quality Engineer The Principal Quality Engineer shall work within an established team with the aim of ensuring all core Product Assurance activities are met, as well as the potential to work with domestic and international colleagues on projects involving transfer of technology. Duties – Principal Quality Engineer • Review, give and maintain Project Quality planning documentation. • Ensure compliance to procedures is maintained. • Act as Key Point of contact for Design (Project Chief Engineer & CDE) for any Hardware concerns at Bolton. • Act as External Customer for Product/ Hardware Quality issues/ concerns • Customer interface for on- and off-site Product Acceptance activities • Represent Project PA at the monthly Operations Management Certification Stamp Issuing Authority Meetings • Report on any escapes to our External Customers that could be Human Error issues • Ensure product life cycle reviews are planned, carried out and actions handled appropriately. • Lead product non-conformance and facilitate implementation of non-conformance process. • Support design and manufacturing defect investigations. • Provide non-conformance data analysis and summary reports into major equipment and senior management reviews. • Proactively identify, communicate and mitigate Quality risks and issues to reduce risk and increase customer happiness. • Participate in process improvement and facilitate local flash audits, providing compliance and process improvement ideas. • Plan and facilitate quality focused micro training to increase quality process awareness, efficiencies and proficiencies within the Project teams. • Provide support to the transfer of technology process. Experience/Qualifications – Principal Quality Engineer • HNC/HND in Engineering or relevant discipline or equivalent work experience. • A high degree of self-motivation, autonomy and ability to work proactively, with excellent organisation, communication & social skills. • An ability to inspire change, a respectful great teammate, comfortable working in a matrix organization. • Continuous improvement awareness and initiative to deliver improvements. Candidates who are currently a Quality Engineer, Quality Manager, Quality Assurance Engineer, Continuous Improvement Manager and Principal Quality Engineer could be suitable for this role. To make an application for this role please submit your CV to (url removed) or for more information call (phone number removed). For details of other opportunities available within your chose field please visit our website (url removed) Omega is an employment business specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors