Quality Engineer (Industrial Engineering / Foundry)
£35,000- 48,000 + Benefits
Location:- Dudley Area
Are you a Quality Engineer from an Industrial / Heavy Engineering / Automotive or similar background looking for a varied, primarily hands on role where you will be one of the go-to specialists within a long-established Foundry who offer ongoing progression to Quality Manager?
The long-established Foundry have seen ongoing stability and development to the point they have over 100 staff and work with a broad client base of blue-chip clients. They are in a period of exciting growth, having increased their turnover by several million in the last 3 years and as such are looking to grow their friendly team.
In this autonomous role you will be one of the go-to quality engineers in the business as you work primarily on the shop floor carrying out audits, inspections and defect investigations. You will also carry out admin work in the office and mentoring for junior team members and advise on continuous improvement.
This role would suit a Quality Engineer looking for a varied role within a long established foundry offering a good work life balance and ongoing progression to leadership roles.
Quality Engineer - The Role:
• Primarily hands on role (70%)- audits, inspections and investigations on the shop floor
• Carry out associated administrative work and train junior team members
• Advise on process improvement to senior leadership
• Work within quality team and liaise with other departments
• Ongoing progression to Senior and then Quality Manager
Quality Engineer - The Person:
The ideal candidate will come from a Heavy Engineering background as a Quality Engineer. You will also have the following skills, qualifications and experience:
• Hold a recognised engineering qualification such as C&G, HNC, HND or BEng
• Ideally have some experience of Green Sand but not essential
• Experience of SPC, FMEA, PPAP, 8D’s or similar quality related tools and techniques.
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