Quality Engineer
Rugby
Mon-Fri 7am-3.30pm
£38,000 - £43,000
Quality Engineer
The Role
Working as part of a wider team, you will be responsible for quality engineering initiatives on my clients’ manufacturing & service facility in Rugby. Projects can be multi-generational, offering you the chance to build your career in a stable, busy and expanding business. Please note, due to the work undertaken with UK Defence customers, individuals will need to be capable of getting SC Level clearance, be a British Citizen and hold a valid British Passport. This position would be ideal for somebody who has worked in a heavy engineering / manufacturing industry.
Quality Engineer
Main Responsibilities
• Lead, develop, coach factory staff on key competencies acc. to the needs
• Ownership for internal NCR/RCA & CAPA plan development & implementation.
• Investigation of NCRs.
• Ownership for implementation of improvement actions resulting from quality plans and customer feedback through continuous improvement.
• Ensure full document control and compliance to the project quality plans throughout project execution.
• Clearing material quality records against their associated quality specifications in co-ordination with team members.
• Support in creating quality record sheets for the collection of CTQ data to meet the project specific quality plan.
• Ensure completed quality records from the shop floor are verified, collated and processed to the appropriate project folder and location.
• Ensure NCR paperwork is completed, and additional quality records are added to the appropriate project folder and location.
• Support customer meetings when required.
• Support Q-framework, QMS and ISO audits as required.
• Support regulatory compliance and optimization of quality systems procedures.
• Support proactive risk identification/mitigation to achieving project quality objectives.
• Review supplier documentation when required, ensuring that contractual elements are met.
• Work with CI team to drive sustainable process changes.
• Lead or support RCA's & CAPA plans for external defects.
Quality Engineer
The Candidate
• Must be from a heavy engineering / manufacturing environment.
• Must hold Engineering qualifications, Bachelors level would be adventitious.
• Proven expertise in customer resolution & preventive tools, ISO knowledge
• Demonstrable experience within a production or Manufacturing environment is essential for this role
• Knowledge of long turning / machining processes is beneficial.
• Knowledge of welding process is beneficial but not essential.
• Knowledge of APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and PPAP (Production part Approval Process) would be hugely beneficial for this role.
• Must be a team player willing to sacrifice individual goals when needed.
• Six Sigma Green Belt would be advantageous but not essential.
• Knowledge of RCA and CAPA tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of Lean and/or alternative continuous improvement methods.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail with an organised approach to work.
• Strong computer skills and IT literacy.
• Quality inspection career progression route would be ideal.
• Must be able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Must have appreciation for ERP / MPR systems, ideally SAP or PLM.
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