Quality Engineer

The Whittan Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

33 days holiday per annum including 1-

Company pension

Life assurance

Employee discount scheme

Long Service Awards

Monthly STAR Awards

Medicash Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2Work Scheme

Job summary

The Whittan Group operates from Milton Keynes and seeks a Quality Engineer to support and maintain quality processes on site within the Health & Safety and Quality team. You will ensure product conformity and manage NCRs across the manufacturing environment.

You will conduct internal audits, drive continual improvement, and train shop-floor personnel with SAP familiarity, contributing to cost reduction and process control.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of ISO standards.
• Experience in engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Methodical and very organized.
• Good written and oral reporting skills to the business and customers.
• Able to work on own initiative and train others.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Manage and influence others to achieve key objectives.
• Knowledge of internal auditing.
• Be able to review and flow chart a process.
• Understanding of measuring equipment and engineering drawings.
• Work with suppliers to ensure specifications are met – Steel, Chemical etc.
• Computer literate, SAP preferable

Responsibilities

• Internal auditing of all areas.
• Customer-focused resolution of issues.
• Quality inspections and ensure product conformity.
• Oversee documentation control – company forms register.
• Raising of NCRs / corrective actions.
• Support continual improvement initiatives.
• Training of key processes to shop floor personnel.
• Monitoring / upkeep of process boards.
• Calibration & issuance of all measuring equipment.
• Collection of scrap data to drive cost down.
• Writing of new procedures.
• 8D and problem-solving analysis.

Skills

ISO standards

Engineering experience

Organized / methodical

Reporting & communication

Train others

Working under pressure

Influence others

Internal auditing

Process flowcharting

Measuring equipment

Engineering drawings

Supplier coordination

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

Quality Engineer

The Whittan Group is the largest manufacturer of steel storage products in the United Kingdom. Operating through a number of market leading brands; we design, manufacture and install storage solutions for commercial and industrial environments in the UK and Europe.

Milton Keynes

Health & Safety and Quality

Full time

Permanent

Quality Engineer

The Whittan Group is the largest manufacturer of steel storage products in the United Kingdom. Operating through a number of market leading brands; we design, manufacture and install storage solutions for commercial and industrial environments in the UK and Europe.

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to join our busy and growing organisation. The successful candidate will be based at our Milton Keynes site and will be responsible for supporting and maintaining Quality Processes and procedures for Whittan MK.

Key Working Relationships

• Production Management
• Internal Customer liaison
• External Customer liaison
• Engineering / Technical

Key Responsibilities

• Internal Auditing of all areas
• Customer Focused / resolving customer Issues.
• Quality Inspections / Ensure product conformity.
• Oversee Documentation control – company form register
• Raising of NCRs / Corrective Actions
• Support Continual Improvement Initiatives
• Training of key processes to shop floor personnel.
• Monitoring / upkeep of Process Boards
• Calibration & Issue of all measuring equipment
• Collection of Scrap data to drive cost down focus.
• Writing of New procedures
• 8d and problem-solving analysis.

Qualifications / Knowledge & Experience

• Working Knowledge of ISO Standards
• Experience in engineering & manufacturing processes
• Methodical & very organized
• Good in both written & oral skills to deliver reports to the business & customers.
• Ability to work on own initiative & train others.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Manage & influence others to achieve key objectives.
• Knowledge of Internal Auditing
• Be able to review and flow chart a process.
• Understanding of measuring equipment
• Understanding of engineering drawings
• Work with suppliers to ensure specifications are met – Steel, Chemical etc
• Computer Literate, knowledge of SAP preferable

Company Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 33 days holiday per annum including bank holidays
• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Employee discount scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Monthly STAR Awards
• Medicash Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Support from Trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle2Work Scheme

The Whittan Group promotes equality of opportunity in that everyone who works for us and any job applicants will be treated equally, regardless of gender or gender reassignment, age, ethnic or national origin, nationality, race, colour, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.