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PA and Safety Support Engineer (ESA-ESTEC)

Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Sapienza Consulting [QQQ833]

Field(s) of expertise
Product and Quality Assurance
Job type
Permanent
Education
Master
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Sapienza Consulting, a tpgroup company, is recruiting a PA and Safety Support Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC).

Sapienza has been a partner of ESA for almost 30 years, and we pride ourselves in supporting a wide range of missions including Galileo, MTG, Copernicus and ExoMars. Our team is international with activities across the U.K., the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Responsibilities

  • Maintenance and operation of the ESA/ESTEC Test Centre Division Quality and Safety Management System (QMS) in accordance with applicable requirements (i.e. EN-9100, ISO-9001, ECSS-Q-ST-20-07).

This entails:

  • Coordination, monitoring and reporting quality and safety related subjects;
  • Ensuring the proper functioning of the safety processes applied in the test centre division;
  • Liaising with the ESTEC Health, Safety, and Environmental Unit;
  • Focal point for EN-9100, ISO-9001 and ECSS-Q-ST-20-07 certification bodies;
  • Organisation of an effective implementation of the test centre audit programme and supporting the audits;
  • Organising and supporting the NC review boards within the Test Centre, conduct root-cause and extent analyses, and contribute to the definition of action plans;
  • Initiation, management, follow-up and close-out of the action items;
  • Coordination and follow-up of audit findings and related actions in PMX tool;
  • Administer and maintain the Test Centre Sharepoint QMS site;
  • Organisation and completion of the regular review and timely update of QMS documentation;
  • Organisation and preparation of management reviews;
  • Preparation and coordination of safety- and risk assessments and dependability analyses;
  • Liaising with the QMS coordinators of TEC-M and TEC;
  • Maintain and manage the competence database of the Test Centre;
  • Monitoring the maintenance, calibration and repair activities within the scope of the Test Centre;
  • Assessing existing test facility installations and operations with respect to safety, cost effectiveness and performance to identify and suggest opportunities for improvement;
  • Preparation, coordination and control of activities contracted to industry and other institutions related to installation, assembly and acceptance of new/upgrades to test facilities;
  • Improving test methods and facilities in view of productivity, reliability and measurement quality;
  • Supporting ESA projects in risks- and safety assessments for testing related activities

Profile

  • Master’s degree
  • Minimum of 10-year experience in the space sector, including 5 years in Product and Quality Assurance or Space Environmental Testing;
  • Experience leading quality audits, in particular with regards to ECSS standards and other international standards;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills are needed, together with a high degree organizational and communication abilities, and comfortable with working in a diverse and multinational team environment.
  • Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

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