Crosby Composites (established in 1982) is the number one composite manufacturer in the UK, excelling in the design and manufacture of high-quality carbon fibre parts. Our global customers cover Formula 1, motorsport but primarily automotive, making components and bodywork for some of the most prestigious and outrageous hyper cars in the world. Our services in supporting this include conceptual design, bespoke tooling and manufacturing (with inhouse state of the art spray painting, kit cutting and multiple large autoclaves).
About our employees:
As a member of the Crosby Composites team, we expect all our employees to:
* Adhere to all Crosby Composites policies and procedures
* Represent the Company in a professional manner at all times
* Ensure workplace safety is practiced at all times
* Maintain a clean and safe working environment
Core Values:
Teamwork – At the heart of everything we do
Reliability – Honesty and dependability in our everyday business
Accountability – It up to me and its up to us, we all take responsibility for our actions
Continuous Improvements – Always striving to improve all that we do
Exceeding Expectations – Never excepting the minimum standard
Driving Safety First – Looking out for ourselves and each other
Company Objectives:
* Support the development of an efficient and effective operational Team
* Increase efficiency to +90%
* Reduce scrap to 2%
* Ensure 100% Plan Adherence
Measures:
* Meeting the mission objectives (detailed above) which are measured and monitored through the data and metrics collected by the company
Purpose of the job:
The role of the Quality Engineer is to ensure the manufacturing processes are compliant to the Quality Management system and ensuring customer requirements are met (or exceeded).
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Responsibilities
* Ensuring the Quality Management systems and processes are adhered to at both Brackley and Wellingborough sites, including (and not limited to) Internal Product and Supplier Audits where required.
* Ensure customer quality requirements are embedded in all production processes including (and not limited to) CNC, Laminating Trim and Paint departments, by way of close interaction with Project Managers, Manufacturing Supervisors and Production Teams.
* Create and develop action plans with development heads to drive improvements in quality performance and close out any NCR’s raised.
* Supporting Production teams in using problem solving tools to implement permanent fixes to quality issues.
* Liaising directly with Suppliers and Customers to resolve non-conformance issues
* Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organisation
* Record, investigate and assist the Quality Manger, Projects and Production teams in the completion of Internal and customer NCRs and concessions.
* To assist when necessary with various project related tasks Own and maintain our organisation’s quality management system to ISO9001, IATF and Customer specific standards.
* Control of Quarantine process areas.
* Agreeing in-house standards while promoting quality achievement and improvement across the organization.
* Maintaining a constant awareness of the business context and company profitability.
* Creation and development of inspection manuals
* Update and review PFMEA’s and control plans
Quality and Standards
* Use of customer quality standards
* ISO9000 Competence
* IATF16949 Competence
* IATF16949 Core Tool Competence
* Calibration Competence
* Internal / external audit competence
SKILLS:
* Proven history in using Problem Solving techniques to drive reduction in quality issues
* Experience in processing / submitting PPAP requirements.
* Experience in entering and updating IMDS requirements.
* Experience in running MSA studies (which may include visual criteria).
* Experience and proficiency in reading and understanding drawing requirements.
* Experience and competency in root cause analysis including management and feedback within a team environment.
* Experience in managing customer expectations both face to face and offline.
* Experience of deployment of automotive visual standards.
* Experience of working in a busy quality department in manufacturing
* Using 3 and 5 Axis Probing equipment and a range of handheld measuring devices.
* Safe handling techniques
* Good verbal communication and listening skills
* Ability to work under tight deadlines
* Used to working in a fast paced environment
* Flexible and adaptable
* Excellent attention to detail
* A team player
* Able to able to co-ordinate / run development groups for business improvement activities.
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