Quality Engineer

Job Purpose

- Responsible for Quality of product.

- Assist business on areas for improvement.

- Development of clear and concise Operating Procedures, embedding Quality Best Practice within the business unit.

- Ensure required customer approvals are met.

- Contributing to the satisfaction of internal & external customers.

- Acting as a service and provider of quality techniques to whichever department requires it.

- Primarily focussing on product within the business unit, whilst working with and supporting the other cell Quality Engineers in instilling operational quality across the company and utilising best practice.

Main duties include

Interface with Internal and External customers & suppliers on quality issues.

Disposition of Non-Conforming Product, FAIR approvals, OFI Identification, Customer Issues, Provide Training, Improvement activities (inspection and process related).

Effective Control /raising of concessions, Fixed process Approvals, Production Approval Requests, Design Approval Requests etc. Corrective Action Requests (supplier issues & improvement activities).

Compile and submit FAIR's ( Stage 1 /2 - Risk Based) for customer approval ( using Visual FAIR)

Compilation / monitoring of FMEA , Reproducibility & Repeatability Data , and PPAP Documentation (inc. acting as PPAP Coordinator)

Driving improvement activities to reduce scrap, rework and non-value added costs.

Data capture, analysis, and action generation to bring about improvements based upon factual data.

Supporting / leading 8D exercises multi-disciplined teams

Disposition and management of complaint product using customer process (e.g. Notice of Potential Quality Escape, DIVE package reviews etc.)

Completion of Internal Product, process, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Audits and External Supplier Audits / Corrective Action Follow ups as required.

Prepare and submit KPC data to customer as required.

Involvement with 2 nd and 3 rd party audits.

- HNC/D in an Engineering Discipline

- Proven Quality professionaL

- Approachable but assertive

- Results driven

- Organised, methodical and diligent

- Keen to make a difference

- Able to communicate effectively at all levels