Quality Engineer

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

Job summary

A component manufacturer based in Wakefield is seeking a Quality Engineer to enhance their team. The role involves ensuring compliance with procedures, conducting process control studies, and maintaining ISO9001 standards. Candidates should possess at least 3 years of experience in quality engineering, particularly in the automotive industry, along with an Engineering Degree or HNC/HND. The position emphasizes problem-solving skills and teamwork to foster continuous improvement in quality processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as a Quality Engineer.
• Experience working in the automotive industry.
• Familiarity with ISO9001 standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with company procedures.
• Liaise with other sites for common system development.
• Lead continuous improvement teams.

Skills

Quality Engineer experience

Problem solving skills

Good communication

Lean techniques knowledge

Decision making skills

Methodical thinker

Presentation skills

Education

HNC/HND and/or Engineering Degree

Tools

ISO9001

SPC

FMEA

MRP knowledge

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. You will support the Quality Manager for maintaining and continuously improving quality strategies to ensure customer satisfaction is achieved and maintained.

Quality Engineer – 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.

Quality Engineer – 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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