Job Title: Quality Engineer
Job Type: Full Time; Permanent
Salary: £32,000 - £40,000 per annum
Location: Barnstaple
Our client is a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships.
Key Responsibilities:
* Working closely with the Quality Manager to improve the Business Management processes in line with the Regulatory, Customer and Business needs.
* Supporting and hosting Customer Audits and visits as well as a Customer Focal for Quality.
* Driving effective Continual Improvement activities in the Value Stream to deliver RFT and COPQ objectives - including PPAP, Control Plans, 8D RCCA.
* Deliver planned Internal Audits to support annual internal audit plan and manage non-conformances to completion on time.
* Drive improvements in the Quality Culture.
* Quality Training.
* Deliver the Value Stream Quality Improvement Plan.
Qualifications:
Core Requirements
* Health and Safety awareness and engagement
* Coaching, Training, engagement and visual on shop floor
* BMS Process, Procedure Documentation creation
* Proactive problem identification and solving - using tools and techniques appropriate to task
* Accountability for driving and facilitating effective RCCA through AS13000 deployment
* Manage Customer Returns, including determining liability, using / issue of RMA and driving to root cause.
* Attend and support daily Tier 2 meetings
* Lead and Focal for identified Key Customer Accounts - driving performance improvement and compliance to standards
* Managing and reporting on Permit / Waiver status and also for Processing Permit applications for Focal Customers
* Conducting internal audits to AS9100 and support and lead on customer Audits as required
* Raising the level of Quality Awareness through the support Teams using techniques such as Toolbox Talks
* Key player within delivery team - focussed on RFT and OTD
* Co-ordination and lead on PPAP activity
* You may be required from time to time to undertake such other duties as the company may reasonably require.
Desirable Skills and Experience
Competency
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.
* Good Understanding AS9100 and Business Management Systems.
* Be able to influence key stakeholders and cross functional teams to achieve key business objectives and deliver process improvement.
* Able to create and work to KPI's in a performance driven business environment.
* Good time and priority management.
* Ability to facilitate and lead where appropriate effective RCCA problem solving events with a cross functional team.
* Work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
* Able to and confident in presenting to the wider organisation.
* Ability to think and act strategically across all the support areas
* Bias towards action - a completer finisher
Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities:
* A high standard of Maths and English.
* A sound experience base in problem solving - method specific
* Lead Auditor or Internal Auditor qualified (AS9100)
* Relevant training in AS9100 and ISO.
* Experience of Customer FAIR to AS9102.
* A formal qualification in Quality / electronic / mechanical engineering.
* Computer literate.
* PPAP / Lean Manufacturing/ CI qualification and or relevant experience in application of lean tools and creations of improvement plans. (Six sigma)
* Strong presentation skills.
* Experience of Leading Teams
KPIs accountability:
* No Audit Non compliances in VS's
* RFT - Product Quality Right First Time
* COPQ - Cost of Poor Quality
* 8D Status - Complete on Time and Effectiveness
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