Quality Engineer
~ Support Quality Team with day-to-day activity
~ Review production complaints with process team, organising containment activity
~ Support Warehouse team and inspect incoming goods with quality issues
~ Manage defective parts / quarantine & return/replacement of defective stock
~ Monitor critical features on new products / components / new suppliers to quality requirements are met
~8D problem solving to address quality issues
~ Use KPI data to investigate process issues and opportunities for improvement
~ Deal with quality ‘walk-in’ issues. (stores / production / customer)
~ Support purchasing with supplier quality issues
~ Internal Audits
~ ISO9001; 14001; 45001 support
Requirements:
Quality System Knowledge along with Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic experience
Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings; and inspect dimensionally using vernier / CMM
Technical qualification HNC/ONC/Degree or on the Job Training in a Quality Position
K e y Duties & Responsibilities:
Support process team with quality issues, initiating and controlling containment actions
Support temporary / permanent corrective actions to address quality issues
Work with Engineering and Production teams during product introduction to ensure critical features are identified and monitors
PPAP & DFMEA & PFMEA creation and up keep
Hands on metrology skills to enable mechanical components to be verified against drawings, using vernier or CMM
Review process rejects to establish trends and improvement actions
Inspection of components when required, new components, new supplier, quality concerns
Quarantine and manage NOK components / products, working with suppliers where necessary to correct the issue and manage replacement
Support the Quality team in collecting KPI data from process owners to allow monitoring of performance, ensure dissemination throughout the company
Escalate to Quality Manager issues that cannot be resolved
Maintain quality documentation in accordance with ISO9001 rules
Support in resolving customer quality issues
Support purchasing team with supplier improvement
Support in the ICAR process, working with process owner to reach satisfactory conclusion
Work with warranty team to establish top issues and review with process team
Product Audits against key features.
Benefits:
~25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
~ New flexible holiday scheme
~ Bupa Healthcare package
~ Life Insurance
~ Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
~5% Pension contributions
~ Company wide performance based annual bonus scheme