Quality Engineer in Bosham

Energy Jobline ZR; Bosham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday and 8 bank holidays

High standard of working environment

Competitive pay rates

Yearly personal bonus potential

Car share scheme

Pension - 5% employee + 3% employer

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Staffline are recruiting for a Quality Engineer to work for our client at their pristine automotive manufacturing plant in Westhampnett, West Sussex. The pay range is £21.88 to £25.72 per hour, with up to 40 hours a week and potential weekend work based on production needs.

You will support Production, prepare APQP documents (FMEA, Control Plans), and lead problem-solving activities with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and continuous improvement across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Qualification to HNC/D level in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Quality Engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing operations and quality systems.
• Lean tooling and quality problem-solving methods knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support Production with attendance and status reporting for multi-project landscape.
• Provide quality documents to support defect capture and corrective actions.
• Prepare Advanced Product Quality Planning docs such as FMEA, Control Plans.
• Influence product and process development with cross-functional teams.
• Lead problem-solving activities and communicate corrective actions.
• Gather data and feedback to improve development and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure lessons learned are applied to future products.

Skills

Fluent English

Team player

Strong communication

Education

HNC/D in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Quality Engineering

Tools

DTI

Inspection gauges

DMAIC

5-Why

Fishbone analysis

FMEA

Control Plans

Job description

Job Description

Staffline are recruiting for a Quality Engineer to work for our client at their pristine automotive manufacturing plant, based in Westhampnett, West Sussex. The rate of pay is £21.88 to £ 25.72 per hour (subject to training completion/performance). Up to 40 hours per week (currently 38 hours per week, dependant on production requirements).

• 07:00 to 15:30
• 8-hour shifts
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend working may be required

You will be required to complete an interview prior to starting this role.

Your Time at Work

As a Quality Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Supporting your department and Production with meeting attendance and status reports, ensuring the multi-project landscape is supported and represented by the Quality department.
• Provide quality-related documents to Production to support defect capturing and corrective actions, such as rework methods and deviations.
• Supporting the department by preparing necessary Advanced Product Quality Planning documentation e.g. FMEA, Inspection Instruction, Control Plans across the multi-project landscape.
• Influence the product and process development with cross-functional teams across the business.
• Identifying/containing issues; leading problem-solving activities, defining, validating solutions and communicating with internal stakeholders about potential causes or corrective actions.
• Input & feedback to aid the improvement of development & manufacturing processes.
• Feedback to engineering teams to ensure upcoming products have lessons learned applied.
• Communicate test plans or inspection methods to ensure accurate data collection.
• Communicating with stakeholders to influence product design and applying lessons learned.
• Using technical knowledge and understanding of defects and Customer relevance, including defect capturing methods.

Our Perfect Worker

Requirements:

• The successful candidate will be qualified to HNC/D in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Quality Engineering or equivalent work experience, and be experienced in manufacturing operations.
• Specialist in using measurement tools (DTI, inspection gauges), quality management, and problem-solving tools (e.g. DMAIC, 5-why, Fishbone analysis); data collection/analysis/visualisation.
• An understanding of lean manufacturing principles and working knowledge of 7 basic tools of quality.
• Comprehensive IT skills, including but not limited to Office, SharePoint, preparing presentation slides aiding reports.
• Good organisation and planning skills as well as ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines; flexibility to work extended hours when the business need arises.
• A strong team player who is self-motivated, reliable, trustworthy and conscientious. Willing and able to develop new initiatives and ideas and make the right decisions without supervision.
• Confident with engaging and negotiating with internal stakeholders.
• Project Quality Management, including reporting, would be beneficial.
• Fluent English is essential; German would be advantageous.

Key Information and Benefits

• 27 days holiday and 8 bank holidays (based on 40hrs per week)
• High standard of working environment
• Competitive pay rates
• Yearly personal bonus potential
• Car share scheme (subject to availability)
• Pension - 5% employee contribution & 3% employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program

Job ref: 1RRMC