Quality Engineer (1 Year FTC)

Eagleston Financial Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.

Our Quality Engineering role will offer you an excellent opportunity to apply, grow and develop your engineering skills, applying them in a business that is committed, through collaboration, to changing the lives of others.

This role is all about ensuring the quality of the products leaving our factory by building strong processes and procedures, problem solving, and driving improvement.

You will work to maintain the appropriate controls and processes in place with our manufacturing partners, and make sure products follow the required standards. You will have the chance to define improvements along the way, highlighting trends in non-conformance and other data sources to instigate improvements in our products and processes.

Sound exciting? We believe so!

What will you be doing?

• Leading the review, investigation, and corrective actions for any issues with components, materials, sub-assemblies, and finished products.
• Collaborating with local teams to implement continuous quality improvement programs, which may include designing experiments to control process variables, improving quality systems, and installing process controls.
• Supporting the introduction of new products into the factory by developing inspection plans and managing documentation.
• Participating in the creation, approval, and review of validation studies, capability studies, and FMEA/Hazard analyses.
• Analysing returned products, implementing corrective actions to improve product quality, and identifying areas for improvement.
• Contributing to continuous improvement activities, including updating local procedural requirements.

What will you need to be successful?

Our successful candidate will be educated to degree level in a quality, science, engineering or a business management based field, or have equivalent work experience in Quality Engineering.

To thrive in this role, you'll need strong analytical and communication skills with a passion for problem solving.

You. Unlimited

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.

• Inclusion, Diversity and Equity: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Growing on Diversity, Learn more about our Employee Inclusion Groups on our website.
• Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension schemes, Save As You Earn share options.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Holidays and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities!
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more.
• Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles).
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship.
• Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts.

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