Design Quality Engineer
Flintshire - Onsite
12 Month Contract
£26.00 PAYE - £34.76 Umbrella
A vacancy has arisen for a Design Quality Engineer for a large Manufacturing Company within Aerospace Industry based at our client’s site in Flintshire. This is a great opportunity to interface with Engineering teams and suppliers around different locations in Europe, America and Asia.
The Role
The role involves the resolution of quality issues and continuous improvement projects by setting the measurement standards and identifying/facilitating improvements to increase process performance and product adherence to standards, reliability of processes, and repeatability of processes at initial design phase, before any process changes are made and continuously through the life of a product.
Responsibilities
The Quality Engineering team is accountable for the deployment of the Quality Strategy within the Engineering organisations. This strategy is deployed via the implementation of 'Quality Improvement Project/Plans' in order to support the achievement of the Engineering quality targets.
You will also be responsible for Quality Performance activities, such as:
Drive and deliver improvement projects in order to support the achievement of the Engineering quality targets (Primary activity of role)
Facilitate and support root cause analysis & practical problem solving activities
Establish and drive corrective and preventive action plans in order to support the improvement of engineering quality performance and its associated deliverables
Identify risks/issues relating to the quality of the engineering deliverable and facilitate, support and drive standardised mitigation plans in order to prevent / mitigate risk linked to the product and its related processes
Support the deployment of Quality standards and apply them within the Engineering organisation
Essential Skills Required:
• Engineering experience essential
• Programme management experience highly desirable
• Quality and Design understanding
• Relevant Quality and/or Engineering Experience
• Project Management knowledge
• Understanding of Failure modes effects analysis
• Understanding of root cause analysis techniques (e.g. 9S, 8D etc.)
• Be able to demonstrate appropriate people skills and associated behaviours when interacting with all levels of the management structure
• The ability to learn quickly, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards the workload
• Have exceptional communication and English skills, both verbal and written
• Have excellent IT skills as appropriate to the role (Google Workspace/Microsoft Office)
Desirable
Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management and Product Data Management Systems
Understanding of Engineering Drawing and Modification management
Experience in a Design or Manufacturing Engineering Environment would be beneficial although not essential
Ability to communicate in German both verbally and in written form are highly beneficial although not essential
Programming experience (Javascript, Google apps script, Python…) are highly beneficial although not essential