Quality Technician

E3 Recruitment; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Quality Technician for a manufacturing group in Maidstone. This role involves R&D project support, sample testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. A competitive salary of approximately £36,000 is offered, along with a KPI bonus, life assurance, and an enhanced company pension.

Benefits

Competitive salary

KPI bonus

Life assurance

Employee welfare program

Enhanced company pension

Qualifications

• Health and Safety compliance to protect employees and customers.
• Effective communication of risks and hazards.
• Willingness to learn and participate in training.
• Establish as a subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, executing, and documenting R&D projects.
• Prepare and test samples to UKAS standards.
• Collaborate with teams to prototype new solutions.
• Support investigations into product performance.
• Work on waste minimisation projects.
• Conduct scheduled calibrations and maintain lab equipment.
• Update documentation to support ISO standards.
• Provide technical input for development projects.

Job description

Overview

Our client are a Market Leading Manufacturing group that are looking to develop their team within the factory with the recruitment of a Quality Technician. Unrivalled development and learning available to become knowledgeable within moulding and automation manufacturing.

What’s in it for you as a Quality Technician?

• A salary of circa £36,000
• Monday - Friday Working 8am-4pm
• KPI Bonus
• 3x Life assurance in salary
• Employee welfare program
• Enhanced company pension

Key Responsibilities of the Quality Technician

• Assist in planning, executing and documenting R&D Projects, including those focused on product durability and innovation.
• Prepare and test samples in accordance with UKAS standards, including freeze/ thaw cycles and other long- term durability assessments.
• Collaborate proactively with cross-functional teams to prototype and evaluate new solutions and construction methods.
• Initiate, as well as support investigations into product performance and contribute to research programmes replicating field conditions in laboratory settings.
• Work on projects aimed at minimising waste in addition to projects assessing the impact of new and related materials
• Conduct scheduled calibrations, including plant calibrations, to save money, and maintain lab equipment to ensure accurate and reliable testing.
• Maintain and update documentation to support ISO standards.
• Provide technical input for development projects

Requirements of the Quality Technician

• Promoting and complying Health and Safety policies to ensure the health and safety of its employees and customers.
• Communicating effective awareness of the risks and hazards to all personnel and maintain controls necessary
• Developing self within role and participate in and develop from training and developmental activities assigned to oneself.
• Establishing self as a subject matter expert in designated technical/professional/operational discipline.