Quality Engineer
Posted on June 17th, 2024 by
Newport
£38,000 - £40,000 per annum
Type of Job: Permanent
Role: Quality Engineer
Location: Newport
Salary: £38,000 - £40,000
Monday - Thursday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, and 7:30 am to 12:30 pm on Friday
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Quality Engineer to join an established engineering company in Newport.
This position provides you with the opportunity to work with a leading engineering business, operating in a wide range of industries including aerospace, defence, automotives and transportation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Ensure that the site Quality and Inspection function satisfies the business requirements
2. Ensure processes documentation complies to internal and external quality systems, including but not limited to NADCAP, AS9100
3. Ensure understanding of internal and external quality systems (as above) is flowed to all levels on site
4. Ensure that the Contract review undertaken is effective and assist with the PAQP/FAIR
5. Customer Liaison ensuring, customers are notified if any issues or non-conformances occur. Ensure timely resolution of any customer complaints received.
6. Monitor vendor ratings and ensure suppliers issues are resolved.
7. Monitor the KPI data, liaise with site Management to resolve any problems that occur, to ensure that the site objectives are on target or action has been implemented to address any issues that may arise.
8. Review root causes and effectiveness of corrective actions
9. Support the Lab and Inspection areas
10. Participate and Initiate Continuous Improvement Projects
Qualifications & Experiences
11. Knowledge of quality assurance terminology, methods, and tools
12. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
13. Demonstrated knowledge of testing best practices, version-control procedures, and defect management processes
14. CMM Experience/Knowledge
15. Work independently and is reviewed infrequently with minimal supervision
16. Self-supervising within the guidance and expectations of divisional management
17. Knowledge of quality systems and measurement
18. Lean Manufacturing knowledge
19. Knowledge of AS 9100 & NADCAP
20. Ability to present data effectively
21. Analytical skills
What we can offer
22. Pension - match contribution from 4% - 10%
23. Life Assurance – 2x annual salary rising to 4 x if join Company pension.
24. Free parking on all sites
25. Free refreshments provided.
26. An entitlement to full pay whilst off sick for a limited number of days (in addition to your statutory sick pay entitlement)
27. 25 days holiday plus national holiday.