Quality Engineer
Chipping Norton
£40,000 - £48,000 DOE
QUALITY ENGINEER ROLE OVERVIEW
To be responsible for embedding a strong quality culture into the company by creating and maintaining robust quality procedures and ensuring effective training is provided to the production team so they have the knowledge and skill to achieve the high standard of quality product to guarantee all products meet the correct standards for customer compliance.
QUALITY ENGINEER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead quality improvements through containment, resolution and deployment of learnings
Carry out root cause analysis on any non-conformities or known quality concerns, either individually or as part of a quality circle
Liaise with suppliers and customers
Coordinate internal actions and validate their success
Use and deploy advanced quality and statistical analysis tools as beneficial to the quality outcomes of the business
Implement quality procedures and roadmaps to meet customer satisfaction and internal quality metrics
Ensure on-going compliance of ISO standards
Maintain the company quality manual
Collect, create and retain all quality documentation, such as traceability records and non-conformities
Co-ordinate and / or carry out internal and external Quality audits.
Work closely with all departments to ensure that the companies QMS, processes and customer requirements are met at all time
Provide advice and guidance on statutory compliance issues
Improve the standard of documentation throughout the business and operators
Work instructions to ensure operators know the standards expected of their work
Quality alerts to raise profile of specific issues
Failure mode analysis to proactively prevent issues
Drawing revision control and ECN
Supplier quality documentation
Lead quality meetings to ensure cohesion between departments and provide Quality data to enable site improvement
Lead cross functional team initiatives in quality to achieve specific gains.
Manage the quarantine areas
QUALITY ENGINEER DESIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Flexible, tenacious, and diligent approach
Confidence and courage to drive change
Ability to manage own time and priorities efficiently
Excellent attention to detail and organisation
Hands-on experience in solving problems of all types through structured methods, i.e. 8D
Data analysis and statistical aptitude.
Ideally a good engineering knowledge of plastic materials and processes
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong communication skills, particularly in person and in writing
Strong computer skills, particularly word and excel.
Experienced in a hands-on quality role within a mechanically orientated factory environment, such as automotive