Lead Quality Engineer

Bosch Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in motion control systems is seeking a quality assurance specialist in Birmingham. The role involves managing customer claims, ensuring quality assurance processes, and collaborating with internal teams. Candidates should have a degree in relevant engineering and experience in quality assurance and manufacturing. The position is office-based, requiring the right to work in the UK without sponsorship for international workers.

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant engineering required.
• Experience in engineering and quality assurance processes.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and assurance tools.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with customers regarding claims and quality notifications.
• Coordinate internal and external customer claims.
• Ensure internal quality assurance activities.
• Lead internal quality management teams and handle complaints.
• Support manufacturing for quality-related topics.

Skills

Quality assurance techniques

Problem solving tools

Leadership skills

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Job description

HydraForce, operating from our purpose-built facility in Birmingham, UK, is a global designer and manufacturer of motion control systems and the world’s leading manufacturer of hydraulic cartridge valves and custom hydraulic integrated circuits, as well as electronic controls for a variety of off-highway industries
Bosch Rexroth and HydraForce bring together two world-class leaders in hydraulic motion control. By combining our strengths, we've broadened our hydraulics offering to deliver the world's highest quality hydraulic control solutions to more OEMs across the globe. Together, we are expanding the possibilities of hydraulic control technology to provide innovative and reliable solutions.

Job Description

• Communicate with end-customer, service and internal stakeholders in case of any claim or quality notification
• Coordinate and handle of internal and external customer claims within Birmingham Plant
• Ensure serial production quality assurance activities such as internal process release, part and process approval procedure, engineering changes, concession, product audit and lessons learned activities
• Lead external claims and internal quality management team, MRB-IDC and tollgate teams
• Take role in problem solving team and/or lead problem solving team in case of any customer complaint and/or internal quality problem
• Support manufacturing in handling of internal technical failures
• Support manufacturing for any quality related topics by participating Q-Table meeting and performing Q-oriented process confirmation
• Take role as product quality responsible in project team of any projects such as relocation, insourcing, outsourcing, new product and other
• Perform process audit and follow up status of actions (as lead/co-process auditor)

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering or relevant engineering
• Experience in engineering, quality assurance and manufacturing processes
• Have knowledge of quality management system, quality assurance tools and methods such as measurement techniques, capability analysis of measurement systems, problem solving tools e.g 8D, Ishikawa, 5 Why analysis and so on
• Leadership skills in team leading
• Be structured and systematic and good at collaboration, have good communication skills both in internal and external business environment
• Have a solid basis of technical knowledge in manufacturing and/or engineering
• Have ability to work as a part of an international team

Additional Information

You will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK, as we are unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants would not be provided with a Skilled Worker visa for this role and will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.