Quality Compliance Certification Engineer

Owen Daniels; Aston; Presencial; EUR 57.000 - 77.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

10% matched pension

Flexible working

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Health care scheme

Descripción de la vacante

Owen Daniels are recruiting a Quality Certification Engineer for a permanent role in the Aston/Birmingham area. The engineer will review supplier certification for naval marine and civil nuclear components, ensuring compliance with customer specifications.

Responsibilities include liaising with suppliers, verifying materials with XRF, training suppliers on certification requirements, and leading workflow improvements to achieve 100% RFT quality and accurate certification documentation.

Formación

• Strong track record in Quality with exposure to operations, engineering, distribution and supply chain.
• Graduate or equivalent with engineering/manufacturing background.
• Quality/Metallurgical qualifications or industry experience.
• Experience in global manufacturing/tech business with strategic and operational balance.
• Nuclear/Defence industry knowledge desirable.
• Knowledge of Defence standards and accreditations.
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Customer-focused with ability to build deep relationships.
• QA support for process audits, audit preparation, and internal reject analysis.

Responsabilidades

• Review supplier certifications against customers' specifications for compliance.
• Liaise with suppliers to communicate required corrections to certificates.
• Analyse and verify material using XRF technique and identification equipment.
• Provide guidance on material and testing standards to colleagues and suppliers.
• Train suppliers in certification requirements and provide on-site support.
• Lead projects to improve certification workflow and reduce lead times.
• Maintain certification database and ensure KPI targets are met.
• Handle material inquiries; support goods-inwards and works order reviews.
• Ensure SOPs are followed and updated for accuracy.
• Raise concessions, DRs, and support QASOR activities.

Conocimientos

Quality management

Engineering background

Metallurgical knowledge

Nuclear/Defence knowledge

Defence standards

MS Office

Educación

Graduate in engineering/manufacturing

Herramientas

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Quality CertificationEngineer

Permanent Position

Rapidly growing business

Birmingham

Excellent Salary

My client are a precision manufacturing business, based in Birmingham, specialising in machining and assembly of high value, low volume components.

Role Overview

The Quality Certifications Engineer will be responsible for reviewing and approving supplier certification, which is used to manufacture critical components for supply primarily into the naval marine sector but also other marketplaces including civil nuclear.

Key Responsibilities

The Quality Compliance Certifications Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that the certification received from suppliers is correct and to the quality standards our customers require.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Reviewing of certification supplied by supply chain and verifying against the customers specifications in order to ensure full compliance with the customers’ requirements.
• Liaising with suppliers to communicate effectively any required corrections to certificates where required. Position Quality Compliance Certifications Engineer Reports to Senior Quality Compliance Officer Location (Preferred) Aston, UK
• Analysing and verifying material using XRF positive material identification equipment.
• Providing advice and assistance to colleagues and suppliers regarding material and testing standards and requirements.
• Train suppliers in certification requirements and provide on-site support and certification approval as required.
• Lead projects to improve the workflow of certification and efficiency of processing to reduce checking lead times and ensure 100% RFT quality of product provided and associated certification.
• Maintain the certification database and ensure KPI targets are achieved.
• Dealing with all material enquiries both internally and externally
• Ensure that standard operating procedures are adhered to, deviations from process should be highlighted and the SOP reviewed and updated to ensure the process is correct and up to date.
• Carrying out any other duties appropriate to this post, as necessary or as requested.
• Raising concessions relating to material
• Raising and actioning DR’s.
• QASOR review support
• QASOR generation support
• Support Contract review process including Quote2Order
• Support the goods inwards process.
• Support works order reviews where required.
• Arrange and monitor 3rd party test house requests.

Skills & Experience

• Proven track record of success in Quality with a strong understanding and exposure to operations, engineering, distribution and supply chain.
• Graduate or equivalent qualification with a strong engineering/manufacturing background.
• Relevant Quality/Metallurgical professional qualifications/industry experience
• Experience of operating within a global manufacturing/ technology business and a balance of working both strategically and operationally.
• Broad based technical and business knowledge of the Nuclear/Defence industry is desirable.
• Knowledge of Defence standards and accreditations
• Strong computer literate skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Excellent attention to detail with a high accuracy level.
• Able to keep the customers’ interests front of mind, creating strong and in-depth relationships.
• Support the Quality Assurance as required in the following area(s):-
  • Process audits
  • Customer audit preparation
  • Internal reject analysis

Benefits

• 10% matched pension
• Flexible working
• 25 days plus bank holidays annual leave
• Health care schem

Due to security clearances and restrictions, candidates must hold a British passport