Quality Engineer

Deep Sea Electronics Ltd; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electronics company is seeking a Quality Engineer to support the Quality Team with daily activities, review production complaints, inspect incoming goods, and ensure compliance with quality regulations. Ideal candidates will have experience in a manufacturing environment, a strong understanding of quality systems, and technical qualifications. This position offers competitive benefits including healthcare and pension contributions.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

New flexible holiday scheme

Bupa Healthcare package

Life Insurance

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

5% Pension contributions

Companywide performance based annual bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Quality System Knowledge along with Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic experience.
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and inspect dimensionally using vernier / CMM.
• ISO9001 Quality systems knowledge.
• Quality techniques and tools, including 8D problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support Quality Team with day-to-day activity.
• Review production complaints with process team.
• Inspect incoming goods with quality issues.
• Monitor critical features on new products.
• Use KPI data to investigate process issues.
• Maintain quality documentation in accordance with ISO9001.

Skills

Quality System Knowledge

Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic experience

Ability to read engineering drawings

8D problem solving

Confident IT skills

Team working

Education

Technical qualification HNC/ONC/Degree

Job description

Quality Engineer

• Support Quality Team with day-to-day activity
• Review production complaints with process team, organising containment activity
• Support Warehouse team and inspect incoming goods with quality issues
• Manage defective parts / quarantine & return/replacement of defective stock
• Monitor critical features on new products / components / new suppliers to quality requirements are met
• 8D problem solving to address quality issues
• Use KPI data to investigate process issues and opportunities for improvement
• Deal with quality ‘walk-in’ issues. (stores / production / customer)
• Support purchasing with supplier quality issues
• Internal Audits
• ISO9001; 14001; 45001 support

Requirements:

• Quality System Knowledge along with Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic experience
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings; and inspect dimensionally using vernier / CMM
• Technical qualification HNC/ONC/Degree or on the Job Training in a Quality Position
• ISO9001 Quality systems knowledge
• Quality techniques and tools, including 8D problem solving
• Confident IT skills, MS office are essential
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings; and inspect dimensionally using vernier / CMM
• Team working
• Technical qualification HNC/ONC/Degree
• On the Job Training in a Quality Position

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support process team with quality issues, initiating and controlling containment actions
• Support temporary / permanent corrective actions to address quality issues
• Work with Engineering and Production teams during product introduction to ensure critical features are identified and monitors
• PPAP & DFMEA & PFMEA creation and upkeep
• Hands on metrology skills to enable mechanical components to be verified against drawings, using vernier or CMM
• Review process rejects to establish trends and improvement actions
• Inspection of components when required, new components, new supplier, quality concerns
• Quarantine and manage NOK components / products, working with suppliers where necessary to correct the issue and manage replacement
• Support the Quality team in collecting KPI data from process owners to allow monitoring of performance, ensure dissemination throughout the company
• Escalate to Quality Manager issues that cannot be resolved
• Maintain quality documentation in accordance with ISO9001 rules
• Support in resolving customer quality issues
• Support purchasing team with supplier improvement
• Support in the ICAR process, working with process owner to reach satisfactory conclusion
• Work with warranty team to establish top issues and review with process team
• Product Audits against key features

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• New flexible holiday scheme
• Bupa Healthcare package
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
• 5% Pension contributions
• Companywide performance based annual bonus scheme