Quality Engineer Location: Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, PA4 8XJ Company: Chart Industries Ensuring Chart's Success This role is all about driving excellent and innovation in quality and efficiency. The primary focus is on enhancing the company's quality assurance program, ensuring that all products - whether new builds or aftermarket, including those for the nuclear sector - meet stringent project standards. Additionally, this role championslean methodologies, helping streamline operations across the business and align with company goals. By coaching and training associates in lean tools, the position supportssenior management in building a culture of continuous improvement and operational effectiveness. Who are we Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy and industrial gas markets. Chart employees over 11,700 people based across 64 global manufacturing locations and 50 service centres. Recognised for an innovative edge and expansive portfolio, Chart has a global leadership position in process technologies with products and services in applications such as hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG to name a few. In 2023, Chart acquired Howden, a leading global engineering business. Since 1854, Howden has been at the forefront of developing engineering solutions for the needs of industrial processes. Today, Howden provide mission critical air and gas handling products to clients with our range of highly engineered compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines and rotary heat exchangers. The strategic combination of Howden and Chart expands our offering of products and solutions across the Nexus of Clean clean power, clean water, clean food and clean industrials. Together we are advancing a more sustainable future, by helping our customers to increase their environmental & functional efficiencies and decarbonise their operations. We have a strong corporate identity and a clear purpose - you will be a member of our team shaping the future of the company and participating in helping our customers tackle some of the planet's most pressing issues. What will you do - Write, monitor & update quality procedures to ensure compliance with relevant national & international standards as directed by the Team Lead - Project Management and Quality. - Conduct quality audits to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 or other specified criteria. - Work with pre-contract and post-contract associates to develop and adapt project specific quality plans & dossiers for HUK products to ensure & demonstrate compliance with Company & Customer requirements. - Review / approve & file quality control documentation to ensure compliance with Company procedures and maintain records of same. - Notify, liaise and assist Customer at any meeting (on or off-site) in support of the HUK Sales or Project Manager's need to match or exceed Customer expectations. - Monitor & analyse non-conformance & corrective action data to provide visibility on performance and potential areas for application of lean tools. - Develop lean capability in functional teams to support accelerated performance and sustained process improvement - Support the coaching and training of potentially resistant groups on correct usage of lean tools - Ensure that, at all times, all current Health & Safety rules are rigidly adhered to in order to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety throughout the Business. What do you bring An ideal candidate would likely have the following profile: - An HND or BSC in engineering (mechanical or electrical) or similar and be able to demonstrate a good general knowledge of quality assurance/control and drivers for continuous improvement in an engineering environment. Alternatively being able to clearly demonstrate working experience in a quality assurance/control role in an engineering business with personal experience of driving continuous improvement activities. - Experience in working with ISO9001. - A sound understanding of quality plans, auditing & compilation of quality dossiers. - A sound understanding of continuous improvement tools and application of LEAN tools in a custom engineered product business. - Excellent oral and written communication skills. - Cultural awareness and ability to work with international customers and associates at all levels - Competent with Microsoft Excel skills using formulas and creating graphs. - A good knowledge of fabrication, machining, assembly and testing of large custom-engineered products. - Experience in connection to Nuclear in particular USA standard NQA-1 and Canadian standard N299-2. - Previous experience working with the mining ventilation industry. - Experience & understanding of technical drawings and specifications. We've put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don't worry if your experience and expertise isn't an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you. Our benefits This is a permanent position based at our HQ in Renfrew, including an early finish on Friday. Our range of fantastic benefits includes; - A flexible, hybrid working environment - Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave - Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7% - Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay - Free onsite parking - Healthcare cash plan - Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary - Group Income Protection Plan - Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal - Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing - Dedicated HelpHand Service - free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc - Opportunity to be involved in our ESG 'Bright Future' initiatives - STEM ambassador & volunteering Chart is an equal opportunity employer The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person's race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.