Quality Engineer

Branston Ltd; Branston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Employee discounts

Cycle To Work Scheme

Discounted golf/gym memberships

Job summary

Branston Ltd. is seeking a Quality Engineer for its Burton-upon-Trent plant to manage quality deliverables and coordinate with customers across 150+ countries. Reports to the Senior Quality Engineer and will drive defect analysis, control plans, and process audits.

Ideal candidates will have manufacturing QA experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to use problem-solving tools. Willingness to travel as required and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing Quality System experience and customer communication activities.
• Automotive industry experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of problem-solving tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer returns, concerns and defects.
• Prepare and maintain control plan for components and complete products.
• Perform capability studies and process audits.
• Lead root-cause analysis on plant/customer issues.
• Raise and manage quality documentation (Quality Alerts, PFUs)
• Travel to supplier/customer sites as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Own initiative

Education

HNC

Tools

PPS

A3

Ishikawa

Is/Is Not

MiniTab

5Why

Job description

Quality Engineer sought by a global automotive manufacturing organisation serving customers in more than 150 countries, based at their Burton on Trent plant. The Role: Reporting to the Senior Quality Engineer, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for fulfilling quality related deliverables for the Burton plant.

Your day-to-day duties as Quality Engineer will include:

• Analyse customer returns, concerns and defects
• Prepare and maintain control plan for components and complete products
• Perform Capability Studies and Process Audits
• Able to use key Quality tools, PPS, A3, Ishikawa, Is/Is Not, Mini Tab, 5Why
• Support the continuous improvement of the Operator Description Sheets (ODS)
• Lead Problem Solving teams for Root Cause Analysis on Plant/Customer issues
• Understand supplier requirements for PPAP
• Be able to travel at short notice
• Raise and manage quality documentation (Quality Alerts, PFUs etc)

Your skills & experience as Quality Engineer:

• Automotive Industry experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Manufacturing Quality System experience and customer communication activities
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills to all levels of the business including the customer
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques
• Required to be committed, self-driven to learn and have the ability to work on your own initiative
• Minimum HNC qualified.

Benefits:

Excellent salary 39 hours per week, core hours Monday to Friday 8am 4.20pm Flexible working: working day can be extended to allow 12.30pm finish on Friday and early finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary) 26 days holiday plus bank holidays Employee discounts available Cycle To Work Scheme Discounted Golf / Gym memberships finishes throughout the week if hours are made up elsewhere (discretionary) Contributory pension scheme Opportunities for development and training

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