Quality Engineer in Stourbridge, West Midlands

Energy Jobline CVL; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL is seeking a Quality Engineer in Stourbridge to lead quality initiatives within our foundry operations. You will generate and analyze quality data, drive corrective actions, and manage documentation in the QMS to improve product quality and process control.

You will head root cause analyses, support customer audits, and collaborate with stakeholders to reduce variability in casting quality and ensure compliance with internal standards.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Generate, control, monitor, report and review quality data to identify and communicate trends.
• Lead RCA teams to identify and resolve quality issues using tools like 5 whys, 8D and corrective action tracking.
• Maintain communication of internal and external rejects to stakeholders.
• Implement process controls and document control procedures.
• Record and track internal and external rejects and their disposition.
• Conduct scrap and customer return reviews to drive improvements.
• Input data and compliance documentation into the QMS and drive improvements.

Skills

Lean / RCA

Foundry knowledge

ITAF / ISO Awareness

Job description

Job Title: Quality Engineer

Location: Stourbridge

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

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.
• 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.
• Manage Standard work documentation.
• 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.