Job Title
Quality Engineer
Location
Redditch
About Us
Gardner Denver is a leading provider of mission-critical flow control and compression equipment and associated aftermarket parts, consumables, and services, which it sells across multiple attractive end-markets within the industrial, energy and medical industries. Its broad and complete range of compressor, vacuum and blower products and services, along with its application expertise and over 160 years of engineering heritage, allows Gardner Denver to provide differentiated product and service offerings for its customers' specific uses.
Job Summary
The Quality Engineer shall plan and coordinate quality activities in conjunction with the quality team to ensure all components; processes and products meet the specified requirements. Provide assistance to departments to resolve assembly or test issues and promotes continuous improvement. Provide quality planning and training as necessary to support the successful launch of new parts, processes and products. Investigate and resolve Customer Complaints and support Warranty claims investigation. Liaise with suppliers and internal operations to effectively resolve all issues, promote quality, productivity improvements and cost reduction.
Responsibilities
1. Day to day support of the manufacturing cells:
2. Leading root cause analysis investigations including ownership of problem definition, implementation of containment and working with cross functional teams to ensure robust corrective actions.
3. 8D completion for internal and external issues
4. RFT (Right first time) tracking and improvement
5. Providing feedback to manufacturing team (all levels from Operators to Senior Management team)
6. Representing quality at daily production meetings
7. Product and Process audits
8. Control Plan maintenance
9. Providing required data to support PPAP submissions
10. Using data to define priorities
11. Own to resolution customer complaints
12. Internal and external audits to ISO9001 and / or IATF16949 requirements
13. Represent department during external audits
14. Supporting the engineering change process and actions required to control changes
15. Scrap processing and scrap investigation and reduction
16. Project work to lead or support Lean/continuous improvement activities
17. Provide technical support for internal and external customers
18. Maintain quality KPI’s
19. Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required within the scope of the role
Basic Qualifications
20. HNC or Degree in Mechanical, electrical or manufacturing engineering (or relevant experience)
Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements
Fully site based
Key Competencies
21. Proven experience in / with ISO & IATF management systems
22. Experience of being a QE in a manufacturing environment (Ideally an automotive assembly environment using machined components)
23. Use of SAP Quality Management
24. Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel)
25. Problem solving using 8D (or other tools)
26. Auditing experience (System, product, process)
27. Strong analytical skills
28. Team focused with practical approach
29. Takes ownership
30. Ability to understand engineering drawings
31. Able to build relationships
32. Managing change
33. Attention to detail
34. Ability to work on own initiative
35. Excellent written and oral communication skills
36. Ability to maintain personal technical knowledge of products
37. Pragmatic approach to problem solving
What we Offer
38. 25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays (Option to purchase 5 days after probation period)
39. 7% Employer Pension Contribution
40. Westfield Health Medial Cash Plan Cover
41. Death in Service Benefit of 4 x salary
42. Cycle scheme (After probation period)
43. Electric Car Scheme (After 1 year employment)
44. 10% of salary in shares after 1 year of employment
45. Costco Gold Company member, allowing employees to join.
46. Employee Assistance Program
47. Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Policies