Quality Engineer

Oliver Rae Ltd; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Rae Ltd in Stourbridge is seeking a Quality Engineer to lead quality improvement in a forward-thinking manufacturing environment. The role focuses on implementing processes, driving a 'quality-first' culture, and using industry-standard tools to resolve issues and enhance performance.

The successful candidate will generate and review quality data, lead root-cause analysis, and support audits and supplier and customer interactions to ensure first-class standards across production.

Qualifications

• Proven technical foundry knowledge related to production processes and controls.
• Experience facilitating Lean / Root cause analysis projects.
• ITAF and ISO awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead RCA teams to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Generate, monitor, report quality data to identify trends.
• Maintain communication of rejects to stakeholders and implement process controls.
• Input data into QMS and support internal/external audits.
• Drive improvements to reduce variability and enhance quality.

Skills

Foundry knowledge

Lean methodology

Root cause analysis

ITAF awareness

ISO awareness

Job description

Quality Engineer (QE-LRJ) Stourbridge, England

Salary: GBP35000 - GBP40000 per annum

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Stourbridge

Shift Patterns: Monday - Friday 40-hour week starts from 05:00am

Are you ready to take the lead in driving quality excellence within a forward-thinking manufacturing environment? We're looking for a passionate and proactive Quality Engineer to join a growing business that’s committed to delivering first-class standards across every stage of production. In this key role, you'll be instrumental in shaping a 'quality-first' culture implementing processes, influencing continuous improvement, and using industry-standard tools to resolve issues and enhance performance. If you're motivated by making a measurable hands on impact, thrive on solving problems, and want to be part of a team that values precision, innovation, and high standards, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Brief Description of Job Duties

• Generating, controlling, monitoring, reporting, and reviewing quality data to identify and communicate trends.
• Head RCA teams in the identification and resolution of quality issues and concerns raised, using Quality tools such as 5 whys, 8D and corrective action tracking tools.
• Maintain communication of internal and external rejects to stakeholders
• Implementing process controls.
• Recording and control of internal and external rejects and their disposition.
• Conducting scrap and customer return reviews.
• Generation of quality documents such as quality alerts/sop etc.
• Upkeep of quality data and reporting to the business.
• Physical measurement, using basic inspection equipment such as verniers, height gauges etc.
• Audit processes across the business to ensure compliance to the process.
• Inputting data and compliance documentation into QMS.
• Drive targeted improvement to eliminate non-conformances.
• Controlling and tracking the effectiveness of improvements and corrective actions
• Identifying product, process, and manufacturing improvements.
• Reducing variability in casting quality through active pursuit of improvements to our quality system and process controls.
• Devise procedures to inspect and report quality issues and concerns.
• Develop documentation to support the product development.
• Participate in customer audit visits and assessments.

Requirements

• Proven technical foundry knowledge associated with production processes, foundry capabilities and controls for high integrity ductile iron.
• Ability to facilitate Lean / Root cause analysis projects.
• ITAF and ISO Awareness.