Project Quality Manager for special mission aircrafts

Your role

As Project Quality Manager you will be part of the section Operations Support where you will meet experienced people working with Quality, Risk and Opportunity, Business Improvement and various other tasks. You will be assigned to one of our projects as main responsible for the project quality management. If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read more about them here

Your main responsibilities/activities will be:

* Quality plans for the project - clarify and secure compliance to standards, regulations and customer requirements
* Securing deliveries that fulfil the quality requirements of the project - review and accept/reject
* Managing deviations - drive investigations, perform root-cause-analysis and secure ways of working for the future
* Drive improvement initiatives and keep your eyes and ears open for the business needs - to secure a clear and effective way of working
* In your work you will handle very different and sometimes challenging tasks. To be able to succeed you need to have a good cooperation with the project manager and build a strong network within the project and its interfaces.

Your profile

You are a result oriented "hands-on" Quality Engineer with a positive attitude. You are familiar with quality management tools. Experience from Six Sigma or Lean programs would be appreciated.

We value your personal strengths like

* Being flexible and ready to handle different issues, sometimes with a challenging deadline
* Being curious and interested in design, production and service
* Being able to work in a team but also on your own
* Having a structured way of documenting, analyzing, identifying root cause and corrective actions
* Basic knowledge about manufacturing and/or development is required as well as experience of handling requirements based on regulations

An Engineering Master's degree in quality management is preferred. Relevant experience in complex organizations/projects with many interfaces is required. Extra credits for experience of quality management work within development/design.

You need to have good communication skills and be strict enough to make sure we follow requirements and regulations, but with a solution focused mindset to ensure that we move forward.

It is a merit if you have a good understanding of project management as well as experience with standards like EN-9100 and ISO-9001.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. Observe that you can send us your application in either Swedish or English. Last application day: 25th of March.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 18,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world.

Special Mission and Regional Aircraft (SMRA), a part of the Aeronautics Business Area, delivers extensive aircraft platform modifications, services and integrated support solutions for cost effective support of systems and platforms during the complete life cycle.

SMRA currently has several high profile Special Mission and Civil delivery projects ongoing, with more on the way. Our business aims to establish and support the customer capability to operate and maintain world class systems like GlobalEye, SK60, Saab 340 and 2000.

Business area Aeronautics is an innovative supplier of world-class aircraft systems, advanced aerostructures and a wide range of support solutions within civil and military aviation. Within the business area, research, development and production of military aviation systems is conducted as well as future studies in preparation for future manned and unmanned flight systems and further development of existing products. Operations are conducted in Sweden, Brazil, Norway, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a learning culture, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal - to keep people and society safe