Quality Engineer

Permanent Futures Limited; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading component manufacturer in Saffron Walden is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to ensure compliance with company procedures and ISO9001 standards. The ideal candidate will have a background in the automotive industry, possess strong problem-solving skills, and a relevant engineering qualification. This position involves leadership in quality processes and continuous improvement efforts, making it key to driving product excellence.

Qualifications

• 3 years previous Quality Engineer experience.
• Experience of working in the automotive industry is essential.
• Previous change management experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance to company procedures.
• Champion use of approved tools and techniques to solve problems.
• Ensure auditing is carried out on both product and process.

Skills

ISO9001 compliance

Lean techniques

Problem solving

Communication

Decision making

Education

HNC/HND and/or Engineering Degree

Tools

SPC

FMEA

MRP

Job description

Quality Engineer. Our client, a successful and long established component manufacturer for highly regulated industries, is looking for a Quality Engineer to strengthen their team.

Role and Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance to company procedures
• Process control and capability studies
• Liaise with other sites to ensure common systems are developed
• Ensure conformance to ISO9001 standard and other customer requirements
• Adopt / implement proactive actions to obtain internal improvements
• Champion use of approved tools and techniques to solve problems and develop processes
• Report corrective action for non conformances (internal/external)
• Analyse and report on cost of quality
• Ensure quality approval is obtained for suppliers and sub-contractors
• Ensure auditing is carried out on both product and process (internal/external)
• Ensure appropriate process control and capability studies are in place
• Development of skills based training for employees including SPC, auditing, problem solving and FMEA
• Carry out benchmarking exercises in pursuit of implementing quality best practice.
• Leadership and facilitation of continuous improvement team and introduction of various lean manufacturing techniques and variation reduction.

Skills and Abilities

• HNC/HND and/or Engineering Degree is essential
• 3 years previous Quality Engineer experience
• Previous change management experience
• Experience of working in the automotive industry is essential
• Experience with ISO9001 is essential
• Knowledge of lean techniques is essential ideally six sigma
• MRP knowledge essential
• Knowledge of SPC and FMEA
• Methodical and logical thinker with problem solving skills
• Decision making skills
• Good communicator
• Good presentation skills
• Clean driving licence

Quality Engineer, ISO9001, SPC, FMEA. APQP, Lean/SixSigma

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