Job Description
We're recruiting a Quality Engineer for a household name in the Pumps and Rotating Machinery sector.
Location:
* Southampton
Package:
* £50,000+ (Higher for More Experience)
* 10% Bonus
* 9% Pension (4% Employee / 5% Employer)
* Private Healthcare
The Quality Engineer is responsible for Quality and Continuous Improvement within the Southampton service centre; providing leadership in quality procedures, and improve and promote the quality culture.
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for management, implementation, and monitoring of quality requirements, customer requirements, and third-party audit requirements (e.g. Supplier Quality Management, Customer Feedback, Non-Conformance Management)
* Raise and assess quality non-conformance issues, and work with the service centre management team to facilitate root cause analysis investigations and implement preventative and corrective actions
* Analyse non-conformance and root cause trends, implement improvements to reduce cost of poor quality and increase customer satisfaction
* Responsible for LEAN and continuous improvement projects; working alongside the service centre management team to implement continuous improvement initiatives
* Own the internal audit program and support external audits for the service centre; analysing results for focused improvement activities
* Assist in the management of supplier conformance and adherence to relevant KPI targets
* Provide required quality support where needed to support sales and tendering processes, including pre-qualification documents
* Ensure compliance and adherence to project quality documentation throughout a project
* Proactively engage and support company initiatives designed to promote a culture of safe working, environmental protection and continual improvement of the management systems, including documented information such as standard operating procedures.
Qualification / Experience Requirements:
* HNC in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering or relevant industry experience.
* Experience in adherence to ISO9001
* Experience with Pumps or other Rotating Equipment standards
* Appreciation and knowledge of materials and product repair procedures