Quality Engineer Our clients based close to Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join their growing team. The Quality Engineer will be an agent for change. They will possess a strong character to drive change throughout the organisation and will be a “decision-maker” whose natural inclination is to base decisions on facts and data. Responsibilities · Responsible for oversight of the quality-related performance of assigned product streams · Supporting daily shopfloor performance meetings and actioning quality related activities · Attending and facilitating production initiated QRQC events · Spearheading the continuous improvement culture in production and manufacturing teams · Ensuring compliance with processes and procedures through continual verification of operations activities · Conformity of product; compliance to design, customer and regulatory requirements · Capture and analyse manufacturing metrics to identify trends, gaps and opportunities for improvement; and facilitating the realisation of those improvements · Assist with machine and process capability studies using data and statistical techniques · Support the running of trials and other process improvement initiatives · Implement and support the 5S and workflow improvement activities in manufacturing areas · Ensure adequate installation and control of fixtures, jigs and tooling and calibration/maintenance thereof · Generate and maintain Quality Control Plans and process flow charts to support manufacturing processes · Adjudication and supporting technical liaison with suppliers on part concerns and rejections · Timely response to customer and internal concerns raised, including effective containment and corrective action as necessary to secure conformity of product and service · Supporting the RMA root cause analysis activities, liaising with the operations teams Engineering support Work closely with Design and Production Engineering to enhance the manufacturing quality assurance · Participate in the creation and maintenance product and process flow documentation, SOP’s and work instructions in conjunction with the Production Engineering function · Support the Product Development and Design Engineering function from a quality perspective as part of the APQP and PPAP processes Required Skills & experience: * Experience implementing culture change * Experience with supplier and component issues * Experience working with Quality Tools and techniques Working hours: 7:30 to 16:45 Monday – Thursday 7:30 to 12:00 on Friday